amylsacks' photos
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (7), c1960
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (6), c1960
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So... how long do they have to marinate that cheese in the giant glass before it's ready to eat?
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (5), c1960
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"Take it easy the old-fashioned way..."
Get falling-down drunk and eat your salad right off the floor!
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (4), c1960
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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN JIGGER! Starring Oliver Reed! (Or maybe Dean Martin. I dunno'...)
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (3), c1960
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And here we have the "studies" I was working on at home all last year until the Unemployment Department got wise. [shakes fist]
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home (2), c1960
How To Make 46 Great Drinks At Home, c1960
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Here's a tip for you men out there: When you want to create an aura of romance and mystery around the house, don't dress like Fred Rogers.
Front cover of a 12-page promotional published by the Southern Comfort Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
General Electric Rotisserie Ad, 1958
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Yeah, it's large enough to roast a turkey but it's "wonderfully portable." So long as Mrs. America did amateur weightlifting in her spare time. She'd probably also need the patience of a saint and the contortionist skills of a Yoga master to get the damn thing cleaned afterwards.
Layer-Pak Vegetable Label, c1940
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From a "personalized" letter included with this label: "For a perfect vegetable salad, arrange the vegetables on a lettuce leaf and garnish with your favorite salad dressing." And by "garnish," I'm pretty sure they meant "submerge."
"Cottons You Can Make," 1953
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Please remember: Prices for materials and labor do not include the cost of living on saltines and water while everyone around you savors Easter chocolate and big slabs of brown-sugared ham.
From the March issue of Family Circle magazine.
Old London Melba Toast Ad, c1960
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Snark fails me. Except for the awning-striped veggie holder, this display would still look good today. I'm heading out right now to stock up on Melba Toast and Danish Modern... everything.
From Good Housekeeping magazine.
Cheese of Holland Booklet (10), 1965
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I really want an actual Dutch person to weigh in on the authenticity of the cheese-Maraschino fusion. Anyone?
Cheese of Holland Booklet (9), 1965
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Some very dedicated stylist was up all night getting that top cheese to balance properly. Let's give him/her an, er, round of applause okay?
Cheese of Holland Booklet (8), 1965
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This isn't really my favorite era of commercial illustration, but it has spared us a weird murky photo of the Fruity Cheeseball-gelatine edifice. So in this case, we're cool.
Cheese of Holland Booklet (7), 1965
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This bright, shiny cheese will go great with my new plastic mini-dress and go-go boots! Uh, a couple of years down the road...
Cheese of Holland Booklet (6), 1965
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[sulks] Damn it, I need a souffle' dish! Living without one is pretty much like living without running water or electricity.
Cheese of Holland Booklet (5), 1965
Cheese of Holland Booklet (4), 1965
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So almost every recipe in here is "Cheese + Butter," "Cheese + Mayo" or "Cheese + Butter + Mayo." I'm sorry to ruin the surprise, but it's true.
