Contest Entry: McKesson & Robbins Cold & Grippe Tablets, 1927

[midniterose.livejournal.com]

It is February 1 here so I hope I am allowed to submit an entry. This is my first and it is a 1927 ad for McKesson & Robbins Cold & Grippe Tablets.

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And I will submit the first YES!

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

All sorts of interesting things in that ad!

-Yes, we believe you now that the "little tablet" you describe is INDEED a little tablet because of the illustration.

Grippe sounds awful. Oh, it's another term for the flu? Hmmm, interesting.

POISONS IN THE SYSTEM AGAIN! I wonder if it cured acne.

It took me a little bit to figure out what they meant by three handed bridge, Ah, ok :)

[bradygirl_12]

I'd guess that flu or grippe struck terror in everyone's hearts after the 1918 influenza epidemic.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

I pointed out "the little tablet" to my boyfriend and he said "awwwwwwww!" lmao