VESPA

Tom McCahill, famous Automobile Test Driver says: “Here is real fun … this car has a fantastic ride”

When Tom McCahill test drove the 1960 Vespa “400″, he stated that he experienced a thrill unknown in driving for a good many years… that it steered with the alertness of a Grand Prix car.
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What is the asterisk in the title all about?

KEEP YOUR BABY “SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE”* IN PLAYTEX BABY PANTS

See how the Baby-in-Motion picture (on top) proves that Playtex Pants —and only Playtex Pants —can shield baby with such complete comfort and provide such practical and gentle protection. Stitchless, seamless, longer lasting. Washes in seconds. No wonder more mothers buy Playtex than any other make!

International Latex Corp’n, PLAYTEX PARK, Dover Del. In Canada: Playtex Ltd., Arnprior, Ontario

Um… so… yeah… moving right along…

the brightest jewel of all can be your lips…

Tangee PRESENTS “BRIGHT ‘N CLEAR”

Tangee’s newest lipstick shade—BRIGHT ‘N CLEAR is the brightest,clearest, most dazzling red on record. It is exactly the color and lipstick America’s leading beauty authorities say smart women should wear. And — exciting miracle! — here is an indelible-type Lipstick that actually stays BRIGHT X CLEAR for hours and hours. It will not dry your lips . . . will not go dull and lifeless even alter blotting. So start your BRIGHT X CLEAR future today!

a new shade… a true shade… a just-right-for-you shade!

No other deodorant now asks women to Shave First!

Actual skin tests prove YODORA SO “KIND” TO SENSITIVE SKIN we can make this bold statement

FIRST . . . shave under arms. (For faultless grooming — ask your druggist for Yodora shaving booklet.)

THEN . . . apply Yodora immediately with complete confidence* Read the rest of this entry »

$2 in 1949 dollars ($17.85 in 2008 dollars) for 30 soft core pictures. That’s pretty damn expensive. Technology sure has made porn cheaper.

PHOTO COLLECTORS

I HAVE HUNDREDS of GIRLIE PHOTOS! Some very good, others not worth the paper they’re printed on. I have selected 30 ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS that I believe are the best ever offered for sale. ALL 5 SETS, 6 POSES TO A SET, ONLY $2.

YOU BE THE JUDGE! PRINT NAME & ADDRESS. ORDER WILL BE SENT 1st CLASS.

50c FOR A SAMPLE SET 2 SETS $1 GEM FOTOS, Box 375-J, Dayton, Ohio

Wow.

Imagine! Your Christmas Greeting Inside a Chinese Fortune Cooky!

Your Friends will be Amazed and Delighted When They Open this Gay Attractive Package And See Your Personalized Greeting

Think of it! Just picture this scene, taking place in each of your friends’ homes!

Approximately one or two weeks before Christmas this year, your friends’ doorbell rings! There, in the hands of their postman, along with the usual run of ordinary Christmas cards, is something completely different — a small, cardboard Christmas container, with their name and address on the front, but with no other identification! Read the rest of this entry »

From Seattle to Miami

To Air-Mail this report: 40 HOURS

To send it by SCAN-A-FAX: 3 MINUTES

Scan-A-Fax is Fairchild’s transistorized facsimile transmission system—a new way for businessmen to communicate WHAT SCAN-A-FAX CAN DO FOR YOUR COMPANY: If your company needs to get errorless facts quickly from one place to another, Scan-A-Fax should be ideal for you. With this system, you can get memos, charts, schedules, blueprints, drawings, and photos in minutes instead of days. For example you can transmit as many as twenty 8-1/2 x 11″ documents in an hour over long-distance telephone lines or by microwave. Read the rest of this entry »

When was the last time you saw a soft drink ad with alcohol in it?

Sprite with vodka speaks for itself.

Sprite. The soft drink with a message: tingling tartness.
Switched on. Exuberant. Noisy.
Not sweet.
Not anything you’ve heard before.
Or tasted.
Get a carton of Sprite and hear how it turns vodka on.
Then taste!

If a soft drink answers don’t hang up.
Sprite has something to say!

Presented without comment.

NEW WINSTON SUPER KINGS
“Its not how long you make it…
“It’s how you make it long!”
We make our long cigarette with an extra measure of that famous good taste that has made Winston America’s largest-selling cigarette! Buy a pack today.

Just close your office door open the EXECU-CHAIR

NEW EXECU-CHAIR IS DIFFERENT This is the first chair designed exclusively for the office. Closed… it looks like a regular office chair… blending perfectly with any decor. It is a comfortable chair to sit on. Yet it flips open in just a second… almost effortless into full-length 76″ long bed with a pillow rest for the head.
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One finger works all this

TWIRL your Bell telephone dial and a maze of apparatus like this goes into action in the central office—puts your call through quickly, surely.

Making and installing such complex apparatus— as well as producing telephones, cables and thousands of other kinds of equipment used in your service—is Western Electric’s job as manufacturing unit of the Bell System. Read the rest of this entry »

Notice the teeny tiny text on the bottom of the page: “The Videocorder is not to be used to record copyrighted materials.”.
Even in 1967 Sony was worried about getting sued for people pointing their video camera at the TV.

How to make a scene
(that everybody will love you for)

It’s as simple as A, B, C to enjoy this year’s most enjoyable product, the home video tape recorder. You can produce instant movies in sound of memorable family events. Tape TV programs off the air. The compact, low cost Sony Videocorder® has hundreds of uses in business and education. Read the rest of this entry »