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Three other evil permutations on the opposite page: Red Devil's, Prize Devil's, and Sour Cream Devil's. "Runnin' With The Devil" had a very different meaning in the first half of the 20th Century.

From the 5-page essay up front: "My share in the preparation of this master book of Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes has been an interesting and delightful task. For through all of my years of varied experience in cookery-- as a student, as a teacher, and as a busy mother-- working with chocolate has pleased me most. And of course it is Baker's Chocolate that I have always used. For there is something so irresistible about each richly gleaming bar of pure, fragrant Baker's chocolate, that the very sight of it tempts me to put on my apron and make something new and delicious!" --Frances Lee Barton

All those marchers and dancers in The Nutcracker Suite were amateurs, I tell you! Amateurs!! Gaze at the left side of the image long enough, and the desserts appear to be floating an inch or so above the tabletop. I'd give anything to know if the photographer did that on purpose. Front and back covers from a 66-page booklet published by General Foods Corporation, New York. Originally posted to flickr on February 3rd, 2011.

I'll need to buy a piano one of these days to justify the expense of all this sheet music.

Later, he'd go to work for Ty-D-Bowl to please his AA sponsor.

It's amazing how back then you could display your Sack O'Sauce™ just... hanging out like that. o_0 From the March issue of American Home magazine.

On the back: "This space for correspondence. Published by Edw. H. Mitchell. San Francisco." For more about this historic landmark (near the Oregon border) and other postcards with alternate views of the same region, click here .

Oh, yeah! I just love a smidge of ground beef with my giant glass of "catsup." Don't you? From the March issue of Western Family magazine.

I kept you all waiting over a month for... chemical foam. :o I'm a terrible host, I know... From the May issue of Better Homes & Gardens .

Notes from a November 13th, 1985 Christie's catalog: "Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1955-- gouache on paper "10 1/2 X 13 3/8 in. (26.5 X 34 cm.) Provenance: Galerie des 4 Mouvements, Paris $3,000 - 5,000

Notes from a November 13th 1985 Christie's catalog: "Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1954- gouache over pencil on paper "9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (24 x 32 cm.) "Provenance: Galerie des 4 Mouvements, Paris $3,000 - 5,000

The "Rollede's" are the best-designed. I bet Keith Haring's mom had a pair. At left: Harper's Bazaar , September 1946. Top right: Women's Home Companion , January 1952. Bottom right: Women's Home Companion , November 1956.

All right, so the artist's signature doesn't really say "Slurm." But I can pretend, can't I? From the May 9th issue of The New Yorker .

When you put these beauties together they almost have a combined MPG of 75!! From the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens .

A hair treatment by any other name would smell as bad. :P

The dancers' outfits are still adorable. I don't care what anyone says. From Sports Illustrated magazine.

Yeah, forget about communication skills or compatible politics. Enduring love is all about endless servings of meringue pie. From the May issue of Family Circle .

The forks are all chattering about how they prefer Minimalism and find representation in art to be trite and played out. From the November issue of McCall's magazine.