# Advertisements from 100 years ago

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-from-100-years-ago/401659>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 25, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-from-100-years-ago/401659 "2007-04-25T22:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-from-100-years-ago/401659/41 "2007-05-01T16:16:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Philster]  
And **Hypno-Toad** , that old phone booth ([http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/Attad.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/Attad.jpg)) might be something we all wish was marketable now!  
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In some cities, that would be considered a good size apartment. And a very fancy one, at that. I love how the ad explains the advantages of the telephone. It blows me away that there was a time when it couldn’t be taken for granted that a person would just _know_.

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-from-100-years-ago/401659/42 "2007-05-02T16:25:04Z")

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I’ve continued perusing the ads from 100 years ago today. Amazing what was acceptable back then as compared to today. |[LINK](http://picasaweb.google.com/asimovian/StraightDope/photo#5059999353967532514)|

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-from-100-years-ago/401659/43 "2007-05-02T16:34:45Z")

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If only our lady Eve were here.

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