Monsanto: CHEMICALS in Action (1955)

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Frankly, that mutant cow in the last panel SELLS IT.  I'm in.  Give me CHEMICALS.

Comments

[jasonbeast.livejournal.com]

Better living through chemistry!

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

I wish I had my very own three-headed cow. I would name her Monsanta.

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

I remember those hot-beverage cups with the preposterously flimsy little paper handles.

And I like the bit about "throw-away cups and spoons". The notion, all the way through the 1950s and 1960s, was that there was some mysterious product oubliette called "Away" -- and that "disposable" products could be thrown "Away" and would vanish, that there was no need to worry about what happened after they were thrown "Away" because when you threw them "Away" they ceased to exist.

[itskelp.livejournal.com]

i was just about to say, is that a paper cup with a handle?! i'm both sad and glad that it was a flawed design...

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, handled paper cups! Before they developed styrofoam cups, which had the dual advantages of not scorching your fingers and keeping your coffee hot.

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

woah, crazy. I just watched this today!


(my husband said it looked like they were living in a bunt cake, lol)