Contest Enrtry: Jewelry

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

Taken from, yes, a comic book.

I don't quite know what "No Age Limit" means.

Comments

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

You're never too young…

And YES, by the way.

[kaelstra.livejournal.com]

I like how her earrings actually seem to just be in her hair.

[mary-shelley77.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. I was about to say, "That's got to be from a comic book." And you confirmed my suspicions. I've got a fuck-ton of old comic books and 50 year old tabloid rags laying around my house. One day, I'll get a good scanner and blow your MINDS!

Until then, yes. What the crap was the deal with these old jewelry ads? I can't help but notice that the order form asks for a Social Security number. And a wife and/or sweetheart's name. I'm sure it was all perfectly innocuous, but, jeez. It makes me only too aware of my pre-internet upbringing.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That is pretty scary, isn't it? I remember when SSNs were used for everything. They were used as my student IDs number at one and it was my driver license number when I lived in AZ in 2000, but they changed that policy shortly thereafter and issued me a new license.

Can't wait to see those ads! :)

[bradygirl_12]

Yes!

And I remember this ad well. :)

[cookiefleck.livejournal.com]

I used to pore over ads like this in comic books when I was a kid, so it's fun to see this. I'd always be trying to figure out what I would buy if I had the money. Hmmm, I'm thinking Apple Blossom.

I remember ads for wigs, too, with a zillion styles, hand drawn.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

This exact ad pops up in my old 70s Scooby Doo books all the time (a few of those books contains entire jewelry catalogs in the middle!). The first time I saw these, my thought was "were military men with lots of disposable income the target audience for Scooby Doo back then?".