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Levi’s Panatela Slacks – not $lacks [1973]
Today’s post makes me absolutely weep with nostalgia. I yearn so much to go back to the days when the clothes featured in this ad were not only acceptable but in fact in vogue. Now that you’ve had your...
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Change the way your hair looks. Without cutting it. Brylcreem [1973]
Sometimes I like to post these and try to add a bit of random dry humor just to spice things up a bit. This time (and if you’re lucky, many times to follow) I’m not really feeling like I need to say...
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You’re out of cash. And out of town. Master Charge [1973]
It’s hard to imagine, I suspect, a time when you couldn’t just wave a bit of plastic at Wal-Mart and they’d give you anything in the store. This 1973 ad for Master Charge is a relic of a by-gone era…...
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Reach out and Touch Someone – Bell System [1979]
Well here it is the day before Christmas and I don’t know about you but to me nothing says “Holidays” like creepy clowns making long-distance phone calls. So harken back to the days when phones had...
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Star Wars Promo – 1978 TEAC Tape Decks
With the purchase of any TEAC open reel tape recorder, we’ll give you a commemorative set of Star Wars tapes! These specially packaged open reel tapes are a limited edition and are not for sale...
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In just seven days I can make you a man – 1960′s Charles Atlas
’tis true, Rocky Horror didn’t just make it up. In seven short days Charles Atlas (or Angelo Siciliano to his friends) can make you a new man with his “Dynamic Tension” workout system. 1970s Charles...
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Studyboppers Delight – 1970s Smith-Corona Typewriters
It’s hard to believe that in some of our lifetimes a typewriter was considered a great college study aid. It’s to tiny it can fit easily on the lap of that girl in that little tiny skirt! 1970s...
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Early 70s Fashion Free-for-all
It’s almost too easy to take pot-shots at seventy’s fashions but I’ll do it anyway. Imagine, if you will, a world in which it’s cool to wear all-denim outfits. Is this what you imagined? 1973 Denim...
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Popular Science – June 1971
Greetings! Today’s blast from the past comes to us courtesy of Popular Science in the early 70s. It’s interesting to me to see what the ads in a publication say about the people who read it. In this...
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