amylsacks' photos
B&W Ads, 1950
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Essentials for cultured ladies all around the world, in no particular order of importance. Clipped from the pages of March's Sunset magazine.
United Airlines Ad, 1950
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If you believe this picture, there used to be this thing called "leg room" on planes. Pretty neat, huh?
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Parkay Margarine Ad, 1950
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Rumors spread (get it?) fast and thick in those days about The Great Gildersleeve and "Betty C.", but in reality they were just good friends.
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Vigoro Plant Food Ad, 1950
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Buy us! What are you? One of those organic-loving Commies?
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Universal Select-A-Range Ad, 1950
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Mmm... nothing smells better than roasted Mystery Beast taken fresh from your oddly-shaped oven!
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Plumrose Ad (4), c1960
Plumrose Ad (3), c1960
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Eighty-five sandwiches crammed into a four-section layout? I don't know about the rest of America, but I'm feeling really inadequate right now...
Plumrose Ad (2), c1960
Plumrose Ad, c1960
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Olives without Martinis? Nooooo!
Two sections of a fold-out published by Plumrose of (Copenhagen) Denmark.
Totem Pontiac Ad, 1950
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That is... one funky looking auto antenna!
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Virtue Brothers Furniture Ad, 1950
B&W Ads, 1950
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It's always the right time to eat something processed and flavorless! Woo!
From the March issue of Sunset magazine.
Tuborg Beer Promo (3), c1960
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Okay, this has to be a scale model. Otherwise, there'd have to be some smoke or steam somewhere. Wouldn't there?
The flip side of these three sections is a map of the city.
Tuborg Beer Promo (2), c1960
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I swear, I don't know a word of Danish, but I keep hoping that somebody here is humming "Take This Job And Shove It," or some Scandinavian equivalent.
Tuborg Beer Promo, c1960
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I, too, was stoop-shouldered and swarthy until I discovered the magic of Danish beer!
One third of a fold-out promo published by Tuborg Breweries, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Junket Book (3), 1932
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"Using one of Nature's enzymes, Junket completely transforms milk in a few minutes' time to a delicate, custard-like consistency. The process, perfectly natural, corresponds to the first step in the digestion of milk..."
So... cooking dessert is like digesting your food before eating it. Got that?
The Junket Book (2), 1932
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"Dear Friend:
It is a pleasure to enclose our new 'Junket Book' containing many recipes and suggestions for desserts, and also recipes for making ice cream with less cream..."
The Junket Book, 1932
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Blink and you might miss actually seeing the product label. Front and back covers of a 24-page promotional published by Chr. Hansen's Laboratory (aka "The Junket Folks") of Little Falls, N.Y.
