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Yes, this must why America fought for independence – the right to select your own furniture, no matter how hideous. Continue reading Bicentennial Furniture Fireworks
In catalogs, major kitchen appliances can make women literally dance with joy. This housewife is doing the tarantella with a strawberry shortcake thanks to her Coldspot… Continue reading Getting overheated over a Coldspot
Looking at this Niresk catalog, I’m reminded of the late comic George Carlin’s genius observations on “stuff.” Most of the stuff in this 1960 Niresk catalog is, just…well…cheap stuff. And this stuff has stuff stuffed into it, no less. Continue reading Stuff
In 1930 well over a third of American houses didn’t even have a flush toilet, according to some estimates. Continue reading How the other half pooped.
You might just say “This is a brown sink.” Obviously you’re not a 1920s copywriter besotted with the romance of porcelain bathroom appliances… Continue reading “Frost-browned heather seen through the purplish haze of a sunny afternoon”
All this glistening copper (glistening until you put your fingerprints all over it, anyway) is a quintessentially 1980s thing, and so is the layout of the product photography… Continue reading “For the Hostess…Bright Kitchen Wares”
Not in any medical sense. This is the “family that plays together, stays together” sense. Continue reading New Organ = New Life
Would you really “make the kiddies happy” showing up in a “heavily waxed” Santa mask? I think this is just one step away from a scary clown. Continue reading Depression Expression
There’s no better way to sell to the average dreams of the everyday housewife than to show them an idealized version to aspire to. Continue reading There she is, Mrs America
Milady is cleaning in a silk dress and pearls, thanks to a ” Sweet Home Electric Vacuum Cleaner”. Continue reading Swept Her off Her Feet…
