1909

[albear.livejournal.com]

January 1909 ad from, Women's Home Companion magazine.
LOL at how the company was trying to cash in on that very new and mysterious X-ray technology. And exploding stove polish??

Check out the stove gremlins too.

Comments

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a challenge to me!

[poultrygeist99.livejournal.com]

Oh, indeed! How shall we go about it? Do you suppose we'll need to add gun powder to improve our explosive potential?

[geckoman.livejournal.com]

I thought they were Sea-Monkeys!

[cuddledumplin.livejournal.com]

They DO look like Sea-Monkeys.

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

Aw, I was hoping it would be one of those Law & Order fake address things where they say stuff like, "That's in the middle of the East River!" and Richard Belzer rolls his eyes in a knowing way.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, a trivial risk ought not to be mentioned in an ad, and that it IS mentioned means it wasn't a trivial risk.

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

And think a bit about something you're rubbing on your probably coal- or wood-burning stove -- you're going to want something without flammable vapors.

Still funny, though.

[morienos.livejournal.com]

I want the cooking demons.

[bigkidsid.livejournal.com]

thank god for that - you wouldn't believe the number of exploding stoves I've had!