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Three Simple Steps: From Frigid Wife To Frigidaire

LIFE 11/21/49

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Christmas 1961

All of these ads are from my 12/16/61 Saturday Evening Post. Kodak Brownie  

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Those Extra Holiday Pounds

LIFE 4-9-1956 Mom and the kids are throwing shade at Daddy again. And who could blame them? Dad must be up to 150 lbs at this point. I’d give my right pinky finger to hit that number. Fact is, before...

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Dad’s Lofty Pipe Dream

LIFE 4-9-56 Another perfect ad for I Don’t Get It.  Where is Dad looking? Why is his family made into a pyramid? Isn’t Mom unstable? Who needs that much fuchsia fabric?  

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Audience Of One

Kentile ad 1956 There’s no denying the eye-catching power of these mod Kentiles, in “gaeity” and “fleecy cerulean” with a white feature strip. See how well they compliment the gold-plated television...

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Here’s Hoping New Year’s Eve Makes You Feel Like This

1956

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Stumbling Upon Random Tame Buck Willing To Pose With Little Johnny

1956 Rambler ad

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Why Watch TV When You Can Stare At The Technician?

LIFE 4/9/56

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For The Taxpayer On The Go

“A Living Lens” by Newhouse

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How It Feels Whenever I Get More Than Four Hours Of Sleep

Serta Mattress 1958

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Roll Tide

Ladies Home Journal, May 1954

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Playing Matador in ’54

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Don Your Kotex For Hobo Hikes

Does this 1954 ad make ANY sense to you? Pretending to be homeless must have been a gas, gas, gas. Sulphur and molasses was actually considered a spring tonic back in the day, though it sounds...

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Go Cantonese Tonight!

LIFE 5/5/58 This frozen dinner must have been pretty exotic in ’58, but it looks pretty ew on my end.  One wonders how well it held up to the reheating process. And trying to mix the rice with the...

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Not What I Meant By “Playful Hair-Tugging”

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If You Could Read My Mind, Love

May ’58

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Television 70 Years Ago: January 1947

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A Change Is Gonna Come

Owens-Corning Fiberglas [sic} 1958

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Yes, We Have Huge Bananas

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51088 Banana Burt and Lil pose in snazzy white trousers (who knows? maybe they were yellow…) at the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Dairy Queen in 1950. Forget the dilly...

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Gazing Gal With Floral Bosom And Hair Swept Into Wheel Well

August 1947 What is this woman staring at??

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