WARNING: This post contains disturbing historical racist imagery.
3.You know what else is messed up?
4.And here’s an ad for cough drops with quite the active ingredient.
As the copy says, “The problem has been solved by the pharmaceutical compound known as glyco-heroin!”
It will also “suit the palette of…the most capricious child.”
It’s good for kids, too!
7.I mean, the bullshit truly knew no bounds.
Thank you, magic brush!
“No diet or exercising.
Be as slim as you wish.
Acts like magic…!”
(Yes, they were saying soap would do all that.Soap.)
11.Let me tell you…cigarette ads were really something else.
What an amazing product!
Cooking, cleaning, looking pretty, you name it.
I mean, look at this ad for “her Christmas present.”
As the copy says, “Can YOU doubt that it’s the best?”
FYI, there’d yet to be a woman member of Congress at that time.
Heck, womencouldn’t even votefor another 19 years.
(And look at all those white women in the photos…not exactly a paragon of diversity.)
