Radiation Posters, 1947

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Over at Retronaut they are showcasing some cool old Radiation posters from 1947.

“These posters were produced at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1947. Their purpose was to remind personnel of radiation safety practices and also to let them know what the term “Health Physics” meant, i.e. radiation protection. In 1947 the term was only 4 years old and no less confusing then than now.”

- Oak Ridge Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection

More at ...
http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/radiation-posters-1947/

CONTEST ENTRY, COLDS: Cover Coughs, Cover Sneezes

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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information.
Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services.
(03/09/1943 - 09/15/1945)


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Let's hope this photo was doctored to emphasize the message.  "Cover your cough" is the same message given today, along with "Sneeze into your arm". 

CONTEST ENTRY, COLDS: Creosote! Greatest Cure on Earth!

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An early exemplar of the "how our product works INSIDE you" graphic, this comes from the 19th century, the UK, and the glorious time when quack remedies were abundant. 

Karswood Inhaled Creosote, 1898



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Read a brief history of medicinal creosote HERE.  These days, it's used to preserve railroad ties, but back then it did everything, even "cure toothaches like magic".  I also love the old pricing.

CONTEST ENTRY, COLDS: The Coldene Cutaway

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One of the more popular styles of this era (and one of my favorites) is showing the inner workings of the human body, the flow of medications, or as George Lois put it,  ""the witless, nasty, sinus and nasal passages world of over the counter pharmaceutical advertising".   Here is Coldene's (often repeated) description of five ways that colds attack.

Coldene, 1956



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The anatomical aspect of these ads is endlessly fascinating.  I'll try to uncover some others. 

CONTEST ENTRY, COLDS: Schirdewan, Leipzig, GDR

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Schirdewan was a schnapps brewery in Breslau (Poland), widely distributed, naturally, in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).  The low quality printing and colors are not age, but quite typical of the GDR in that era; the paper was coarse and the ink used sparingly.   The ad itself is a bit jumbled from a design standpoint, but I love it for its little rhyme and for its rarity.

Schirdewan, 1950s



"Fühlst Du die böse Grippe nah'n, trink einen Grog von Schirdewan!"

"If you feel the evil flu coming on, drink a grog from Schirdewan!"  The medicine being added is not specified. 

Via Altes und Neues von Bernd Nowack, Dessau.

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still fighting computer virus & still on laptop, but i wanted to post this!

because when you have a cold, you basically just need to take a dump?? really???????

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Hall's Mentho-lyptus

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[Disclaimer: I don't know if 1992 is old enough, but that's when this commercial is from. I was actually looking for an older one from the 70s that I remember; I believe Didi Conn was talking with her trademark cute nasal voice, but I couldn't find it on YouTube.]

Here a guy in an India tube station takes a Hall's cough drop and is immediately hit with a snowball lobbed by a polar bear.

Free from clothing... And Pubic Hair?!?

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( Cut for, yes, Nekkidness )