by which they mean, the more women taking over a job which frees a man to go to war, of course.

What a dark wartime ad, though.

Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., 1944


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A young-looking Shelley Long shills for Homemakers furniture store…

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(Really, I wouldn't have thought of this by myself.)

Comptometer, 1942

Adding and Calculating Machines.  Rare advertising use of Zeno's Paradox and yet they explain it as well.


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Lucien Lelong, Paris, 1935

But mostly for the artwork.  Mr. Lelong himself


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Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Long. It's the longest day of the year, so any mention of 'long' in an ad or a product name