amylsacks' photos
Chair Sets and Runners, 1949
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That typeface is Art Deco's last gasp, and they only have fruit in the house because somebody's not feeling well.
Front cover of a 16-page instructional guide published by The Spool Cotton Company, ("Distributors of J. & P. Coats * Clark's O.N.T. * Chadwick's Red Heart * Crown Zippers") New York, NY.
Glissando Lipstick Ad, 1964
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"...to wear with whatever you are wearing right this minute!"
Yeah? Which of the unseen 9 would go with a pair of frayed navy blue sweatpants and a grease-stained Eugene Media Collective t-shirt with a hole in the right armpit?
From the December issue of Redbook magazine.
B&W/Duotone Ads, 1953/54
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I wasted a lot of time putting this one together, because my mind was boggled by the saga of "Baby X: Marmalade Junkie." Not to mention wondering what the Incredible Mystery Substance in Fox Beer's World Famous Water might be. (Cheese curds? Uranium fragments?)
(L) From the May issue of Better Living magazine.
(C) & (R) From the April Issue of Everywoman's magazine.
Jell-O Pudding Ad, 1956
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Photographed during the Great Banana Shortage of '56.
From the February issue of Household magazine.
Heywood-Wakefield Furniture Ad, 1955
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A purple chair or carpet was very much like Bigfoot at that time. Sure, maybe you heard other people talking about it in hushed tones, but you never actually saw it for yourself.
From the November issue of American Home magazine.
Folger's Coffee Ad, 1954
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It was a Golden Age of both alliteration and hand-eye coordination. (When was the last time you saw anyone balancing both an overfull shopping bag and a brimming china cup of coffee?) Lord, what's happened to us as a nation? I don't understand.
From the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.
Prem/Hunt's Canned Foods Ad, 1953
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Cazuela de Conservado Carne del Misterioso! From our friends in "foreign" lands!
I considered posting this yesterday, but I have this thing about not being struck by lightning.
From the May issue of Better Living magazine.
Sea Trader Tuna Ad, c1955
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It's mostly forgotten now, but Tuna-lifting was a big-time sport back in the mid-20th century.
Chiffon Tissues Ad, 1957
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The original pitch for I Dream of Jeannie doesn't much resemble the final version, does it?
From the October issue of Everywoman's magazine.
Cookie Craft (7), c1957
Cookie Craft (6), c1957
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I don't have a cookie press, but I have made a version of the mint sticks (with butter, but without nuts). They're damn good.
Cookie Craft (5), c1957
Cookie Craft (4), c1957
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I can't believe Kraft missed the chance to sell us ice cream that would never melt or get rock-hard, either.
Cookie Craft (3), c1957
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Or did they just want her to use up the product quickly before she had time to think about that whole immune-to-temperature thing...?
Cookie Craft (2), c1957
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Most of these recipes feature at least two sticks/half a box of margarine. Did they assume that every woman was feeding dessert to a Boy Scout troop three times a week?
Cookie Craft, c1957
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It's food, but it's impervious to temperature changes, huh? Maybe I should just chew on the foil instead.
Front and back covers of a top-stapled booklet published by Kraft Foods, Chicago, Illinois.
Arvin Clock Radio Ad, 1952
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"...And it perks your breakfast coffee if you desire."
Just don't let your college-educated coffee pot know about this. Anything could happen.
Caramel Surprises (8), 1956
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If this is for a formal buffet, I think you'll need either a seafood fork to eat those puffs, or some really big napkins. Because -wow!- your fingers would get majorly sticky by the end.
