amylsacks' photos with the keyword: avocado

"The Mazola Salad Bowl (5)," 1938

"The Mazola Salad Bowl (5)," 1938

amylsacks
09 May 2023 1 167
This one inspired those medallions that everyone's divorced dads wore to Studio 54 in the mid-1970s. (Originally posted to flickr on Feburary 3rd, 2011.)
"The Mazola Salad Bowl, (3)" 1938

"The Mazola Salad Bowl, (3)" 1938

amylsacks
09 May 2023 1 187
Yum! Every fruit salad should start life looking like a pinball game. (Originally posted to flickr on Feburary 3rd, 2011.)
Calavo-Cade of Recipes (8), 1942

Calavo-Cade of Recipes (8), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 176
Unfortunately, we had to wait another fifteen years for "Space Moon Brandied Flaming Whole Avocado Surprise" to sweep the U.S.A.
Calavo-Cade of Recipes (7), 1942

Calavo-Cade of Recipes (7), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 181
The Aztecs had better aesthetics than the photographer and the stylist, if you ask me.
Calavo-Cade of Recipes (6), 1942

Calavo-Cade of Recipes (6), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 165
The other Calavo™ Free-Sample ladies always say that I over-think the display booth. I think they're just jealous.
Calavo-Cade of Recipes (5), 1942

Calavo-Cade of Recipes (5), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 154
More glossy, big-eyed aspics, because you can never have too many.
Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (4), 1942

Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (4), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 170
Glorious, Deco-like layout. Those sea-slug things emerging from the salad on the lower left are seriously disturbing, though. Originally posted to flickr on January 29th, 2011.
Calavo-Cade Of Recipes, 1942

Calavo-Cade Of Recipes, 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 2 246
"America's Smartest Salad!" So, it can play chess with you and talk about theoretical physics at the same time! The front of a 28-page promotional booklet, published by Calavo Growers of California
Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (3), 1942

Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (3), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 149
Before heading to the kitchen, I was going to put rhinestones on my nails, too. But I was all out of that special glue.
Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (2), 1942

Calavo-Cade Of Recipes (2), 1942

amylsacks
28 Sep 2020 1 146
Always carry a copy of The Official Calavo Ripening Guide in your wallet! You never know...
Pyrex Cookware Ad (2), 1963

Pyrex Cookware Ad (2), 1963

amylsacks
12 Apr 2011 1 262
Is it just because of the way the photo's cropped that the loaf of bread in the oven looks big enough to feed forty people?
The Sealtest Food Advisor (4), Spring 1937

The Sealtest Food Advisor (4), Spring 1937

amylsacks
24 Apr 2011 1 247
Lack of color is a real problem here. At first I thought the custard was just some decorated grapefruit halves stuffed in fancy dessert cups. As for the "salad" on the left-- er, never mind.
The Blue Goose Buying Guide (9), c1946

The Blue Goose Buying Guide (9), c1946

amylsacks
27 Sep 2018 1 215
"...But, in spite of these factors...each fruit and vegetable has some inherent characteristics which do not change..." but which you will obscure under heaps of mayo and/or sugar so your family will actually deign to eat them.
Dole Canned Pineapple Ad, 1950

Dole Canned Pineapple Ad, 1950

amylsacks
18 Jun 2013 368
Above: Fruit-flavored paraffin.Below: Paraffin-flavored fruit. Dig in, Kids! From the May issue of Family Circle magazine.