write_light ([identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2013-02-14 07:46 am

LOVE! In a canoe! With a box of chocolates!

Samoset Chocolates, c. 1910

This ad is only the left side; right is a movie still shot.

Note that "No Canoeing Party Is Complete Without Them" :D

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You may also enjoy "Love Boats: The Delightfully Sinful History of Canoes"

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[identity profile] teamrodent.livejournal.com 2013-02-14 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Smut paddler

I never realized how hip and swinging the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes were.

Fun story: Grandma met Grandpa by pinching his butt in Cedar Lake.

[identity profile] zydee.livejournal.com 2013-02-15 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
... is it cold on that lake?