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While doing my usual lazy genealogy research, I came across this ad for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in an American newspaper from 1922. Turns out there's a whole Wikipedia entry about Lydia, whose elixir was considered quack medicine. A version, still purchasable, exists today!


Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, 1922
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I have a few individual posts for this with ads I haven't posted before, but wanted to kick off this with a truly epic selection of some the best-worst DAFUQ?! products that I have come across. Some so absurd that I feel the need to say upfront yes, these are ALL real, I found every single one in an old magazine or in some cases, old medical journals. Yeah..

Let's start with probably my favorite of all time:


Vigor’s Horse-Action Saddle, 1895



Mail Order Monkey, 1967

WAY MORE BEHIND THE CUT -

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