Comments | vintage_ads: The snob value of canned pineapple

cactuswren in vintage_ads

The snob value of canned pineapple

Aug 01, 2013 23:39

Found this while searching for regrettable-food ads. It doesn't fit the contest category but I had to post it anyway:

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fruit, 1933, canned food, 1930s, racism, great depression

Comments 15

ejia_arath03 August 2 2013, 06:48:01 UTC

For some reason your italic tags are borkenated.

I think we also need a snobbery tag.

cactuswren August 2 2013, 07:05:45 UTC

Fixed -- I did them by hand, drafting the entry in Notepad, and then my laptop battery died. Agreed on the Snobbery tag!

teamrodent August 2 2013, 09:29:04 UTC

I wonder how the couple did a decade later.

vilakins August 2 2013, 09:37:20 UTC

Nick and Nora add some actual food to their liquid breakfast.

pikkewyntjie August 2 2013, 15:51:54 UTC

Well, Nora has definitely had hers. She's barely able to sit up. In a few seconds, she's going to pass out then Nick is going to show the maid the tender tip of his asparagus.

mellzie_1963 August 2 2013, 11:45:15 UTC

The window wreath & the poinsettias on the table, subtly indicating that they are eating fruit in the dead of winter...

misstia August 2 2013, 12:30:15 UTC

ask and i shall tag! :)

cactuswren August 2 2013, 17:17:02 UTC

Thank you!