But is it Kosher for Passover? 
Here’s a retro take on phones. Wouldn’t you like to show these people a Motorola?
The Uneeda Biscuit?
But he doesn’t know the territory!
This is the first time you’ve heard of the brand? Perhaps you recognize some of this old-school rap:
From other contexts I’ve seen it in, I believe in those days it meant simply that he was sweet talking her. If the accusation is true, I presume that since she didn’t slap him, he thought that that was license to take further liberties. Apparently she was left speechless by the first kiss - and from missing her teeth - and could not express displeasure until after the third one.
Margaret Mitchell uses it to mean something like sweet-talking in Gone with the Wind. There’s a line in which Scarlett wonders how she could have ever stood “hearing other men make love to her” when she really loved Ashley.
Thank you, Civil Guy and Lissa. I was not aware of that, and the phrasing made for some puzzled but amusing discussions at work. 
Suction-cup tires (so your car will stick to the road!) from 1914. Advertisement
Check out this broadside (no idea of date) for “Kool Koast Kamp”.
There are TONS of old advertising pieces at that site, I just happened upon this one today. If there could be something more appalling than the one above, it has to be broadsides which advertise slave auctions found at same site. Ugh.
Lots of other interesting stuff there!
If you are of a certain age, you might want to look at this page:
Ads From Old Comic Books
Sea Monkeys, Charles Atlas, X-Ray Glasses…ah yes, the dreams of youth…
There was a wonderful ad in a reproduction 1902 Sears catalogue. It was for “Pure Spirits of Turpentine- for Internal or External Use!”
The whole medicine section was scary and hilarious. There were a lot of Electrified Health Gadgets, especially belts and insoles.
Tuna dip and crackers? :eek:
I got sucked in by a scheme to sell some “cure all” salve. This was in the 40’s and I was about 9-10 years old. The hook was to win a bike, or BB gun, or somesuch. I think I sold 2 or 3 and my mother sent the rest back. They wrote letters for awhile, but she just threw them away until they finally gave up.
I seem to recall reading that if the World Trade Center had been lined with asbestos, it wouldn’t have been destroyed. Of course, all of the people would have had breathing problems, so it’s a lesser-of-two-evils thing.
Also, if you don’t realize what they’re trying to say, “asbestos contains fire” is a rather strange statement.
As for Uneeda Biscuits, they’re still being sold. They’re on the shelves at the store I work at for substantially less for $24.
James Lileks has a number of old ads from his place of employment, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, on his website with his typical humorous commentary.
I’ve wasted much time at The Insitute of Official Cheer
I collect issues of the National Geographic magazine. I always want the full issue, not the ones where the covers and ads are stripped off, leaving only the articles. Ads are great.
From May 1912:
An ad touting the Cunard shipping line. One of the ships named is the Lusitania.
The 3A Folding Pocket Kodak, for $20.00
An Around the World Cruise, on the Hamburn American ship S.S. Cleveland. Trip lasts 110 days, prices starting at $650.
I’d have to go through my attic to find it, but…when I came into some 1950s-era comic books through my grandmother (used to belong to my mother), I found some mighty amusing stuff in them. One was a little health quiz thing that mentioned “the new wonder drug, cocaine.”
If you want to see a really great collection of old advertising, check out the website for the Hartman Center at the Duke University libraries. Of particular interest is Ad*Access, a collection of advertisements from 1911 to 1955, and Emergence of Advertising in America, which has stuff from 1850 to 1920.
Here, for example, is a 1926 ad for Kotex.
And here is a WWI ad for S.S. White toothpaste, which compares American teeth with the teeth of America’s British allies.
And check out the price of televisions in 1948.
:eek:
For all our ‘progress’, you can find ads today for magnetic shoes, writst bands that help you lose weight, pills that lengthen still unmentionable parts of the male anatonomy, and even homeopathic ointments and meds that are some of the most recognizable ads and products on the market.
And Hypno-Toad, that old phone booth (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/Attad.jpg) might be something we all wish was marketable now!