Mitchell has no bulge! and other surprises from the Sunday Sampler

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Poor Mitchell.

Mitchell Manufacturing, 1954

Comments

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Mitchell! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0776513/quotes)

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

That is quite a stylish air conditioner, though.

Just looking at the patterns for those paper dresses makes me dizzy.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

My parents had one of those in our house and it was still chugging away in 1975. In the summer, in Saint Louis, you need at least one air conditioned room for sanity. I can't imagine any air conditioner built today lasting 21 years and still working.

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

Avenger? What a bold name for an ordinary bus.

[morganskye.livejournal.com]

I found 18 faces. Anyone else?

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that was a scam (esp. if you read the breathless text). Here's a similar appeal from 1934:

See also THIS. (http://www.papergreat.com/2011/06/how-many-faces-can-you-find-vintage.html)

[morganskye.livejournal.com]

lol I'm a sucker for stuff like this. XD

Shoot $2k is a big deal now. I wonder what it felt like back then.

[fynoda.livejournal.com]

That Japanese ad is written simply, indicating that it was probably geared toward children who couldn't read complex kanji yet.