How often do you wish you could travel back in time to the 1900s, Pandas? Perhaps time travel is not something we can offer, but we can share a time capsule that reflects the 20th-century lifestyle quite well. Bored Panda came across a pretty fascinating page that shares advertisements, posters, and products from that era.
While scrolling through the content from the "Archaic Ads" page, you'll get a whiff of what it was like to live in that era: what products people had advertised to them, how the adverts were worded, and what (sometimes insane) visuals accompanied them. So, get into the shoes of a 20th-century consumer, Pandas, and see what the world had to offer!
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#61 "All The Fun You Can Have With Him"... But What Fun Can You Have With A Dead Alligator? Actually, I Don't Want To Know
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#62 In 1970, Ohio Art Invented A Toy Phonograph And Promoted It As The "World's Smallest Record Player." It Also Had The World's Worst Sound
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#66 TV Was Already Doing An Excellent Job Of Hypnotizing Viewers By The Time This Ad Appeared
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#67 The Johnny Astro Space Vehicle -- "The Most Exciting Toy Ever" -- Was Actually A Balloon That Used A Fan For "Lift-Off" And Controlled Flight
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#68 The Word "Colored" Was First Used To Describe Black People In The Us In 1807, And Didn't End Until The Mid 1960s
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#70 The Faultless Rubber Company Promoted Its Faultless Sanitary Sealed Package For Delivering "Clean Balloons, Untouched From The Factory To Your Child."
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#71 The "Modern World" Of 1954 Apparently Had A Lot Of Women Pushing Lawn Mowers
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#72 "Roger Put Me Into A Street Van. And I'm Not Coming Out." Why Not? Are You Being Held Hostage?
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#73 The Black Dragon Fighting Society Was Created By Hairdresser, Criminal, Pornographer, And Egomaniac John “Count Dante” Keehan To Separate Paper Route Money From Comic Book Reading Young Boys
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#74 Jell-O Brand Powder First Hit The Market In 1897
Over the years their advertising featured many recipes. In this ad from 1959, readers are told that the gelatin protein that is produced when animal bones, connective tissues and other similar meat by-products are boiled makes a delicious soft drink.
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#75 "For Men Only! . . . Brand New Man-Talking, Power-Packed Patterns That Tell Her It's A Man's World . . . And Make Her So Happy It Is."
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