amylsacks' photos
National Accounting Machine Ad, c1950
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The giant shoe-dirigible came right at her. It was indeed helmed by the monstrous two-headed Dog Boy, as in the legends told by the elder secretaries around the lunch table. Yet Gail paid the grinning beast no mind. "Mr. Jones needs those figures by 3 PM!" she thought. "I musn't let him down!"
44 Favorite Party Drinks (12), c1961
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Some clippings from the booklet's (uncredited) illustrations, played with in Photoshop.
44 Favorite Party Drinks (11), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (10), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (9), c1961
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By the time you get to the Pickled Peach Course, your guests won't even know which end of the spoon to pick up.
44 Favorite Party Drinks (8), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (7), c1961
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In real life, you should consult a physician if your celery-infused snack is this dark.
44 Favorite Party Drinks (6), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (5), c1961
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Pity the novice cook who wanted to serve perfect Party Puffs. Damn hillbilly "comforters" didn't explain that you have to grate the cheese first.
44 Favorite Party Drinks (4), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (3), c1961
44 Favorite Party Drinks (2), c1961
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And ladies, always check in advance to make sure no one else will be wearing your green dress!
44 Favorite Party Drinks, c1961
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...and then baffle your guests by serving them atop the barbecue grill!
Front/back cover of a 12-page booklet published by the Southern Comfort Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
Chex Cereal Ad, 1954
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Damnit, I hate when the family goes and rearranges all the furniture while I'm out bar hopping!
From the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.
Pyrex Ad, 1959
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I don't know why Mom is serving what appears to be warmed, diluted Pepto in the starry coffee pot. Everything else looks nice, though.
(Oh, and happy Mothers Day, especially to the people at Pyrex Love-- since they were the first group I got invited to share pics with on flickr last year.)
From the April issue of Ladies Home Journal.
Friskies Dog Food Ad, c1959
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Each "cube" has a layer of delicious chiton on the outside. So Rover and Daisy can pretend they're digging up sand crabs on the beach, even if they live in a land-locked state!
From Everywoman's Family Circle magazine.
Chair Sets and Runners (3), 1949
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This was a lot of work to put in for something that would just end up with Brylcream and/or cigarette ashes all over it by week's end.
Chair Sets and Runners (2), 1949
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I swear I glimpsed this wallpaper, or something similar, in my bedroom once while prepping the walls for a fresh coat of paint. Except mine also had giant pink (formerly red?) bows. Scary.
