B&W Ads, 1950s

Ah, Fifties. What an easygoing time you were. "Vanishing Shelves" were cause for rejoicing rather than one more surface to try and keep clean. Local schools gave away giant vats of peanut butter to enamored youth. Nobody minded if you spilled paint all over the desert, and keeping the walls clean was more fun to the average woman than a dream date with Sinatra. (Well, actually I agree on that one. I can't stand Sinatra.)

Clipped from (Clockwise, left) Sunset, April 1950; Family Circle, August 1953; Sunset, April 1950; Family Circle, May 1950.