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Memorial Day


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White Cloverine Brand Salve, 1956


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Blue Contest

Gauloises Cigarettes, 1971


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Halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox is Imbolc/Saint Brigid's Day, a.k.a. Today, February 1st. Some ads with the old time magic...

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Another op-art ad for Fresh-Start by Pond's. Avert yer eyes!


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Pond's Fresh-Start

"Who wants a spotty, polka-dotty skin?"


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I didn't know telling off-color jokes would affect my teeth. That would explain a lot.

Who was Priscilla Dean?


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WEIGHT CONTROL
I found a whole little selection of weight control adverts over at http://www.boredpanda.com - and it was very interesting to note that weight loss wasn't always as desirable as it is today - there were quite a few weight gain ads too !! The weight loss aids however, were sometimes a little frightening - my favourite was this :-


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