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62Vintage Celebrity Ads: Dick Powell
It's 1946, and Dick Powell has tasted a WOW, apparently. This boils down to being a glass of tomato juice spiked with French's Worcestershire Sauce. Men were supposed to like this, according to this ad from...
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78The Wonderful Camera Obscura
Image of Eastbourne Pier courtesy of Wikipedia. The camera obscura is the dome at the far end of the pierThe camera obscura - Latin for "dark room" - was a sort of giant camera that Victorians could enjoy...
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68Egg Creams and Candy Stores
Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital GalleryWhen I was a kid in New York City the 1960s there was a candy store not far from where we lived. And we used to go there to buy the paper and if I was...
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62The One Dollar House
When I first spotted this tiny ad in the Canadian McClure's Magazine of 1917, my first thought was - I know that things were less expensive back then but a house for a dollar? I must read on! Well, not so...
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57The House of 1000 Mysteries
Well, look who's being tricksy, my preciousss! For only a quarter you too can be the life of the party, making strangely spotted cloths and doves appear out of nowhere. I trust that the dove is not responsible...
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56Don't Forget, This Includes A Lapel Pin
It's good to know that even if you are a private sort of man or woman, you too can enter this exciting profession through a home study course - or you could if you were reading the magazine it came from, in...
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5410,000 Presents!
Here we have an intriguing little ad in which a baking powder manufacturer claims to know exactly what would be an "appropriate gift" for you - as long as you're either a maiden, wife, mother or cook (wait, I...
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