Too Skinny? Add 5 Pounds of Alluring Curves!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings, Society | No Comments »Another ad from a 1930s newspaper, this time encouraging the malnourished ladies to take Kelp-a-Malt tablets to put on 5 pounds of firm flesh. This would be the pre-Twiggy days when people liked a little meat on their women. But ...
The Sanitary Meat Company
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing, Newspaper Clippings | No Comments »Here's yet another 1930s newspaper clipping I scanned, an ad from the Sanitary Meat company. Boy, I sure hope so. But right there in the title they've assuaged my fears: Butcher: Wanna buy some meat? Shopper: Yeah, but is it sanitary? Butcher: [points to ...
The Wife Who Needed Spanking
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings | No Comments »I found this gem in an October 22, 1933 issue of the St. Paul Pioneer Press Magazine: "The Wife Who Needed Spanking". Despite the illustration and the kinky title it's more a cat burglar story with some soap opera thrown ...
Dandruff Disappears T-shirt
Monday, August 20th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings | No Comments »OK, I'm having a bit too much fun with my stash of old newspapers. At first I thought, what could be more fun than a yellow Minnesota Macaroni T-shirt? Well, the obvious answer was a Dandruff Simply Disappears T-shirt. ...
Technicolor Newspapers and a 1934 ‘Monkini’ Swimsuit
Saturday, August 18th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings, Style & Fashion | No Comments »This is one of my favorite discoveries from my odd little stash of 1930s newspapers. There are several pages of poorly colored photos, like a Technicolor version of the newspaper. I scanned two full pages from a 1934 issue, one ...
Creepy 1934 Listerine Ad
Thursday, August 16th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings | 2 Comments »How creepy is this? I think she's actually rubbing listerine into that kid's head and he says it feels "swell." Now I know things were different in 1934, but when I was a kid you rinsed your mouth out with ...
Babe Ruth’s 700th Home Run Newspaper Clipping
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings | 1 Comment »So fun story. While a friend of mine was tearing apart his house he found a curious form of insulation in the walls: newspaper. Someone had wrapped old newspapers together in butcher paper and sowed the whole package together and ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
