amylsacks' photos

Okay, the baked goods don't look like much, but I love her peppy chef's toque. Front portion of a promo from Crown Mills of Portland, Oregon.

So... she's symbolizing the basketball hoop here? Never mind. Maybe I don't want to know. From the March issue of American Home magazine.

I kind of like the painter's palette-Pac Man fusion thingies devouring themselves in the upper right corner.

Minuscule body fat plus monumental earrings. Nice to know that some things never change. One side of an advertising fold-out from a local jewelry store.

What's with the obviously artificial fruit in the background? Was it meant to give a subtle warning as to what this stuff actually tasted like? From the May issue of Everywoman's magazine.

No pretty colors, but it's amusing and appalling at the same time to read what a kitchen full of everyday glassware would have run you back then. From the February issue of Ladies Home Journal.

From the March issue of Everywoman's magazine. (Another ad that should have run the month before...?) They should have gone all out and had the pancake wailing on an entire stick of margarine, harmonica-style.

Audrey's just crooning Tom, Dick, and Harry a nice lullaby as she pours out the nightcaps, I'm sure.

She sells small shakers for Sequoia-sized celery stalks. Or whatever. From the March issue of Everywoman's magazine.

Clockwise: Golden Punch, Strawberry Punch, Orange/Lime Punch, and Champagne Delight Punch. "Your punch bowl is more than a punch bowl. It serves crisp salad greens invitingly, molds gelatin desserts glamorously, holds fruit compotes colorfully. And for a punch party sensation, freeze liquid in gelatin mold, unmold and float in your favorite punch. It's as easy as it is elegant." I feel like an underachiever now. I only take out the punchbowl once a year: On January 1st.

Clippings from inside the fold-out. Clockwise: Almond Cranberry Punch, Christmas Cranberry Punch (love the Bugles™ cameo!), Sparkling Red Punch (which also has cranberries in it!), and Pink Lemonade Punch (which has the romantic motif, but no cranberries). There's a message in all this which eludes me...

Left Side Punchbowl Dude and Right Side Punchbowl Dude are totally having a moment here. D'awww! Front and back of an eight page fold-out published by the Anchor Hocking Corporation.

This unfortunate juxtaposition brings to mind a Nineties zine I've got somewhere. The author recounted being horribly underpaid at his job while being nagged by his bosses to bring in food for a charity drive. So he took a can of beans and a can of pet food and switched the labels before presenting the "beans" to his stingy bosses. "Love Me," for sure. :/ From the October issue of Everywoman's magazine.

4 out of 4 "exotic" paper dolls can't be wrong! From the October issue of Everywoman's magazine.

She doesn't know that he's two-timing her with the Spur Cola babe. From August 17th's issue of Life magazine.

Canada Dry beverages had the best names! "Spur and Wink" should be a buddy cartoon on Nickelodeon. From the August 17th issue of Life magazine.

So many weeks of work in that stifling hot kitchen. It's no wonder that in the end, Mom started hallucinating that the produce was alive and doing a ritual dance on the stove...

I can't recall seeing instructions for canning wheat before, but maybe I just wasn't paying proper attention.