Campbell's Tomato Juice - Life Magazine, Feb 1943

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[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

Mom looks really stressed out.

Also, she needs to button her shirt up a bit more.

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

I'm so distracted by trying to figure out what's in the bowl that I haven't got anything snarky to say about tomato juice.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Me too! Is it cream of wheat? cold cereal? old corn cobs?

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

At first I thought maybe the bowl was empty. But then, what is the dusting of brown stuff sitting on?



The queasy-stomach in me wonders if it's rice pudding. >_< It was common to dust cinnamon on top of that. I thank all the gods there are that my father hates rice pudding, and thus never inflicted it upon our family.

[blue-sky-lark.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Fresh blood of innocents! With fresh-blood-of-innocents vitamins too!

Yay for Iron and the other stuff. It's perfect for vampire children...at least the non-sparkling kind, those are just staked at birth (or should be!).

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to wonder what else she put in the glass. My money's on Valium for herself, and lots and LOTS of Valium for Little Miss Freckle-Butt.

[kartusch.livejournal.com]

I agree. It almost appears to be some torched meringue. It is the wrong consistency (and the brown...?) for cream of wheat, oatmeal, or rice pudding that have not been pureed.

[magista.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I dunno. It could be the off-white of CofW or oatmeal, with milk or cream on top. *is hungry now*

[weekendpbs.livejournal.com]

what is with so many of the kids in these ads being just plain vile?

[weekendpbs.livejournal.com]

There's probably vodka in that glass too.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

I think it might be full size shredded wheat, with badly done milk.

[pbrim.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of one of those old "Mommy, Mommy" jokes.

"Mommy, Mommy! Where's Daddy?"

"Shut up and drink your tomato juice before it clots."

[owl-eyes-4ever.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately the first thing I thought of when I saw this was "Daywalker." But she has too many freckles?

... I'm gonna miss my job when I leave this weekend. xD

[1girl.livejournal.com]

Toasted styrofoam.

[misstia]

i totally agree with you!!!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Thank you for forcing me to google a full list of those (http://joy.debian.net/other/mommy.html). Ah, childhood memories.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

They really liked gingers back when, didn't they. Seems like every kid in these ads is redhaired and spotted.

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

Yes, because if there was one beverage I loved in my childhood, it was tomato juice. Bleargh.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

It looks like porridge with brown sugar and a ton of milk to me. ASK ME how I know so well what said breakfast looks like. But it would taste vile with tomato juice!

[ice-hesitant.livejournal.com]

Victorian nannies used to spike their charges' food with laudanum to get some quiet time.

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Hell, between that and the narcotic-packed teething remedies, I'm surprised the entire 1800s didn't consist of little kids jonesing for a fix.

[wonderwonder.livejournal.com]

oh my GOD! my mother would always tell me these! "Mommy mommy, but I'm tired of walking in circles!" "Shut up or I'll nail your other foot to the floor."

[wonderwonder.livejournal.com]

...aaand the ones she told me were DEFinitely a lot more innocent than the ones on that list. disgusting.