~ Gold Shield Coffee, Cupid’s Book of Good Counsel, 1918
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“How the taste tickles palates and drowns the petty memories of the things that may have happened the night before! Don’t ever be without it in the house. Something awful might happen if you were forced to disappoint him with ordinary coffee.”

~ The Pittsburgh Press, January 9, 1911

“Uneeda Biscuit are touched only once by human hands - when the pretty girls pack them - That makes them CLEAN”

~ Highland Linen Writing Paper, c. 1920’s
via Vintage Ads Live Journal

“Your Self-Respect will not allow you to receive friends in a kimono. But do you ever send your friends letters that are inappropriately dressed?”

~ Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1922
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Cycle Trades of America, 1920

“Make your trips to and from work a pleasure instead of a mean ride on a crowded car. Ride a bicycle.”

~ Prevue Simplicity Fashions, April 1939
via New Vintage Lady

“You find, as millions of others, that the relaxing chewing helps you forget your petty worries so you are more at ease and therefore more attractive.”

~ The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit, c. 1871-1890
via University of Washington
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“DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD DIE!”

Note: Given the dramatic advertisement I assumed Fenning’s Children’s Powders would be another Victorian era quack medicine but surprisingly they are still sold today and contain paracetamol (acetaminophen).

~ Nerlich &. Co., Toronto, Canada; General Catalogue, Season 1938-1939
via Library and Archives Canada
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“Negress Dolls. Smart Pickaninny Models”

~ The Saint Louis Cook Book. A Practical Cook Book with health suggestions, toilet, household recipes, invalid cookery, etc., June 1908

“…always a comfort and a constant source of satisfaction in every home.”

~ Woolrich Woolen Mills, Playboy, September 1962
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“When you’re wearing a WOOLRICH Casual - you’re nine feet tall and handsome.”

~ Bullene, Moores, Emery & Co’s Illustrated Catalogue and Shopping Guide, Fall and Winter, 1886-1887

~ Bohemia Nugget, May 2, 1902 (Cottage Grove, Oregon)
via Historic Oregon Newspapers

~ Seagram’s V.O. Canadian Whisky, 1944
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“Your Facsimile Newspaper of Tomorrow!
Ready for you when you wake up, your newspaper of the future will be printed through the night - in tabloid size, on a continuous roll. You will bring yourself up-to-the-minute on the highlights of the news…by seeing what is happening on the television screen of the same machine.”

~ Fuller Brushes, Saturday Evening Post, June 19, 1926
via vintage ads livejournal

“Just tell the wife to phone the Fuller office in your city or drop a postcard to the address below. The Fuller Man will bring you one of these surprisingly inexpensive Shower outfits and tell you just how to use it to make you happy and to make the bath tub your favorite haunt.”

~ Gordon-Moore’s Cosmetic Toothpaste, June 1954
via Grace’s Guide