A big stack of 1940's Good Housekeeping magazines that I purchased on eBay arrived in the mail earlier this week, and as I was paging through a 1946 issue I stumbled across an ad that made me do a double take:
This is the top half of a full-page ad. "I'm going to grow a hundred years old......Thank your doctor and thousands like him...that you and yours may enjoy a longer better life."
Can you guess what's on the bottom half - and what they're advertising here?
A logical guess might be...
...Life Insurance?
Or maybe something healthy like...
...Campbell's vegetable soup.
...or Welch's Grape Jelly?
Nope!
Hmm...how about something a doctor might recommend to encourage good digestion, at every age...
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?
Nope, not even close.
Well, this is a stretch. Kodak pictures last a lifetime - could that be it?
NO...
Well, how about an ad with "Lovely Sally Carleson and How She Grew"...using doctors' advised Ivory Soap?
No again.
Anyone want to take a stab at guessing what advertisement the little girl who is going to live to be 100 - thanks to her doctor - belongs in?
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I say a child's laxative....for some reason there are always a ton of laxative ads in my vintage magazines! Which I guess is not surprising if you see some of the food recipes :-) hehehe
ReplyDeleteDebi - Good guess, but no that's not it... It is funny though how many laxative ads there are in these old magazines.
ReplyDeleteI will try my luck with milk...;)
ReplyDeleteHi Lexy, thanks for guessing. But no it's not a milk ad. But they did have some great milk ads back then - with "milk moustaches" similar to the 1990's "Got Milk" ad campaign.
ReplyDeleteLove this post and your site! I guess some nasty soda or 'health" drink.
ReplyDeleteHello capability - thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not something you drink.
But all three of you are on the right track in one respect: it is something that enters your mouth.
oh dear, not a cigarette ad!
ReplyDeleteI love this post as much as I love the comments!!
ReplyDeleteI'll try a thermometer!
Have a nice Sunday!
Lili - I wish it were a thermometer...
ReplyDeleteLinda, oh dear is right - it's a cigarette ad! I told you I did a double take.
I'll post the full ad in a moment.
Happy Sunday!
I collect old magazines too!
ReplyDeleteMessy Missy - Do you really? We should share notes. I'm totally obsessed with old magazines and catalogs right now, and they're starting to take over my home!
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