December 5, 2011

Get all the best electric refrigerator features in this new WILLIAMS ICE-O-MATIC (Mar, 1930)

Get all the best electric refrigerator features in this new WILLIAMS ICE-O-MATIC

Too many electric refrigerators have been sold on the appeal of some one mechanical feature. You are rightly entitled to all the best features when in vesting your money. This advanced new Williams Ice-O-Matic combines—for the very first time—the 15 most important characteristics of American and European makes.
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December 4, 2011

FRONTIER CABIN (Jan, 1960)

FRONTIER CABIN

$1.00 – 5 for $4.00 BIG ENOUGH FOR 2-3 KIDS!

This huge, western-style cabin is a child’s dream come true.

Size Approx. 3 ft. high—9 ft. square, 23cubic ft. inside. Endless hours of play run. Big: enough for 2-3 kids to ‘Live’ in this cabin of their very own. Constructed of specially treated, safe… flameproof and waterproof DuPont Polyethelene. Use year round, indoors or outdoors. No tools needed, nothing to assemble. Sets up in a jiffy, folds compactly for easy storage. Walls and door are realistically imprinted in authentic brown split-log design. Peaked roof is in contrasting color. Read the rest of this entry »

December 2, 2011

“So Easy to Turn – Saves Mother’s Back (Oct, 1930)

The headline mentions “Mother’s back” but all the text talks about how easy it is for kids to do it.

I had to look up what F.O.B meant. It’s a bit ambiguous but it seems like it means that you have to pay to transport it from the warehouse. Which makes me wonder where that is, because a 200 lb machine is probably pretty expensive to have delivered. Maybe your only choices are the two addresses on the bottom.

“So Easy to Turn – Saves Mother’s Back”

American SEPARATOR

WOMEN like the close-skimming New American Separator. Watch-type pivot ball-bearing and scientifically balanced bowl make turning so easy I “It certainly is the separator for worn en, “says John Rivinius, of Alberta, “our 12-year old girl turns through milk from 10 cows and likes it fine!” “Turning the American is more like play than work, ” writes J. A. Shackleton, Misouri. Others say: “Easiest running separator I ever owned “. Our 10-year old child maintains speed with ease.”
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December 1, 2011

IT’S MORE FUN TO Eat Out WITH THE Ala-diner* (Jun, 1949)

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IT’S MORE FUN TO Eat Out WITH THE Ala-diner*

YOUR PLAYTIME SNACK-BAR!

C’mon, obey that impulse! Head out for the wide open spaces and healthy, fresh country air. It’s easy as pie when there’s a shiny Ala-diner jam-packed with picnic eatments tucked away in the back of your car.

Forget stuffy apartments and hot kitchens, crowded restaurants and tasteless food. With the Ala-diner you’re really “eating out,” your table a grassy knoll or shaded bank by the water’s edge— your appetite, terrific!
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November 30, 2011

To communicate voice and data simultaneously the ordinary modem leaves a lot to be desired. (Jul, 1984)

To communicate voice and data simultaneously the ordinary modem leaves a lot to be desired.

Introducing the Tel-A-Modem.

Now you and your personal computer can talk on the same phone at the same time.

Let’s say, for example, certain data you were transmitting via your personal computer to a remote computer user needed some verbal explanation to go along with it. With the ordinary modem it couldn’t be done. Not simultaneously.
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November 29, 2011

Billy Pierce took a shower.. ..then he used Vitalis (Sep, 1956)

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Billy Pierce took a shower.. ..then he used Vitalis

New greaseless way to keep your hair neat all day

After exposure to water, wind or sun, Vitalis restores hair’s normal moisture balance better than leading cream or oil tonics. It makes even thick, unruly hair easy to manage. Yet you never have an oil-slick look, because Vitalis contains V-7, the greaseless grooming discovery. Try new Vitalis—you’ll like it. (And so will your teammate.)

VITALIS® HAIR TONIC WITH V-7
ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT OF BRISTOL-MYERS

Electronic Ruler (Sep, 1979)

Electronic Ruler

Take the very best technology from solid state, large scale integrated circuits, add some brilliant innovations and leave it to Panasonic® to create the first critical measuring device that lets you measure road maps, cubes, around corners with incredible accuracy.

FOR: Drivers, Aviators, Sailors, Architects, Engineers, Scientists, Artists, Designers, Draftsmen, Carpenters, Decorators, Cartographers, Surveyors, Travel Agents Homemakers, Warehousers, Shippers, Students. Read the rest of this entry »

November 27, 2011

Beautiful and makes beautiful toast! (Jun, 1949)

Beautiful and makes beautiful toast!

On the gift table they’ll praise
this Proctor for its beauty …
on the dining table
she’ll praise it for its skill…
its outstanding ability to make
toast exactly to suit your taste …
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November 22, 2011

The Misery Waltz (Jun, 1949)

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The Misery Waltz

Oh Misery of Miseries!

But who forgot to look for the “Sanforized” trademark on those shorts? Who but your good, forgetful self? Now, as a result, you’re caught with gripping, binding shrinkage.

And it makes no sense at all, at all. For you know, we know, everybody and his brother and sister knows that “Sanforized” on a garment label says that the garment will never shrink out of fit!
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November 20, 2011

LOCKHEED JETSTAR: The corporate-size jetliner with stand-up, walk-around, stretch-out room (Apr, 1965)

LOCKHEED JETSTAR: The corporate-size jetliner with stand-up, walk-around, stretch-out room

You won’t feel cramped or hemmed in aboard the JetStar. Even on long trips, big active men find plenty of room for comfort on this largest of corporate jets. There’s space, too, for the tables, desks and lounge furnishings you choose, or for 10 airline-type passenger seats. And more room for galley, private lavatory, separate pilot’s flight deck and a generous amount of baggage. Read the rest of this entry »

November 15, 2011

By The Year 2000,The World May Catch Up With The Way CompuServe’s New Electronic Mall Lets You Shop today. (Jul, 1984)

Given that Amazon.com opened in 1995, I’d say they were a bit optimistic.

By The Year 2000,The World May Catch Up With The Way CompuServe’s New Electronic Mall Lets You Shop today.

Introducing the first computer shopping service that brings you convenience, savings and enjoyment Here’s your chance to expand the practical uses of your personal computer.

Sign up for CompuServe and shop in our new Electronic Mall. It’s easy to use It tells you more about the products you’re buying. It lets you order faster. And it’s totally unique CompuServe’s new Electronic Mall ” offers you all these shopping Innovations. Read the rest of this entry »

Nesbitt’s of California (Jun, 1949)

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Nesbitt’s of California

American Firsts
NESBITT’S is made from California Valencia oranges by craftsmen who take pride in producing an orange drink that’s delicious, pure and thirst quenching.

Try Nesbitt’s —be sure to ask for Nesbitt’s Orange Drink by name.

Buy 6 bottles today!

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