Don't Get Me Started.

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Careful there buddy, you might just blow your nuts off!

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I had no idea dollar stores had been around so long! Now would someone be so kind as to tell me what the hell a "Fine Carbuncle Set" is exactly?

What are they advertising?

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Take your best guess - you'll probably still be wrong.  The answer awaits you
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Dow Chemical and things not to do with cellophane.

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If you've looked for vintage ads online, you've probably already seen these three CREEPY & DISTURBING ads featuring babies wrapped up on cellophane. Apparently babies weren't enough.

Dow Chemicals, Ethocel, 1938


From periodpaper.com, full size 1000x1259

Could we have a plastics or chemicals tag, please? :)

A plastic cover for everything!

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Thanks to VisQueen Film (a product of the VisKing corporation!), 1948

COVER IT ALL


Full size, 1100x1500

Why I need a coffee brewer cozy, I have no idea. ;D

( and VINYL LUXURY CURTAINS! )

The Gray Specter of Infection

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I can't even read the whole headline without laughing, especially because I'm not supposed to laugh at the spectre of infection.

Which IS creepy, I'll admit.

Blue-Jay Corn Remover, by Bauer & Black, 1927.  Artwork by Walter W. Seaton.



 
There are many other Blue-Jay ads out there, some quite funny.  But this "Gray Specter of Infection" is a powerful image they used at least three other times.  See them
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