Giant Women Advertising Radiators

[write-light.livejournal.com]

American Radiator Company, 1936

Comments

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

o_O Paul Bunyon's wife must be a landscaper and the 50 foot woman sells radiators door-to-door.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

What a very, very, very odd illustration.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

It is. There's no way those ladies would fit in that house. And I can't see what giant women have to do with radiators, except that they would draw the eye to the ad.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

They immediately move on to gossiping about The Jolly Green Giant and his great big tender peas.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

And is that Brawny dude really that quick?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That would suck. You finally get AC in your house and you can't even fit in the damn thing!

Also, does her garage have a steeple? Either those people are very religious or their cars are.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I think that's a far-off medieval tower behind her house. Or she lives near Prague, either way. ;D

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

OMG, the steeple!?!? That's inexplicable. As I said earlier, what a very ODD illustration!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

They're obviously members of the First Automoblian Church (reformed).

I also wonder about the giant table with a watering can, open letters and what's either a weeding fork or a riding crop in the foreground.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I didn't notice that stuff. It's proportionate to them. I'm guessing that's all gardening stuff. Maybe the envelope is a seed packet?

You know, maybe they're normal-sized women, but they never outgrew playing with dollhouses and they are serious about it! If you get air-conditioning and provide real landscaping for a dollhouse, you are a committed dollhouser! I wonder if that's a thing with conventions and everything. I need to explore that world.

The other comment reminds me of a line from Cars 2: "Is the Popemobile Catholic?" There ya go. Cars can have religion!

[misstia]

i LOVE the house!!!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I love the garage doors, and the covered portico/walkway that keeps arrivals out of the main house. :)

[herbadness.livejournal.com]

I think the illustration would work if the woman with the trowel was standing in front of the house. It looks like they're supposed to be meeting at the street level, Mrs. Housewife is busy burying Mr. Housewife, when Miss White Gloves comes to call, and pretend that her 'daintiness' might not be compromised.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Housewife, up to her armpits in dirt, assures Miss White Gloves that she can, indeed, come in, use the toilet, and because of their conditioned air, she won't stick to it. Then, Mrs. Housewife kicks a last bit of dirt over Mr. Housewife's face and turns towards the house.

As luck would have it, Mrs. Housewife has a brand new jellied chicken in a can to serve, with a jello mold with eggs in it. Everything is covered in jello, including the spinach dip.

I do love the house. Especially the garage and the fireplaces that must be inside.