A few more vintage ads...assorted

[twintubdexter]

I thought I'd post a few more old ads since it seems several people enjoy them.

PS...so many interesting topics here, such great photos, such good advice, great recipes and such very cool people

I guess it's safe to say Sarah Bernhardt invented the "frizzies" in 1901

 

[twintubdexter]

Thought I'd just stick this in since it shows the old Cliff House in San Francisco that was destroyed (I think) in the 1906 shake. The new Cliff House certainly doesn't look as elaborate as this but it's still wonderful. I used to live out by the beach along The Great Highway. You people that live in or near this area are so fortunate.

 

[twintubdexter]

1904

I wonder what was in this stuff? Maybe cottonseed oil. Well at least it lengthened your life.

 

[twintubdexter]

According to this creepy 1905 ad, I'm somewhere between stage 6 and 7.

 

[twintubdexter]

The smart, modern 1905 housewife knew exactly what to do when her husband said "how about a little tounge tonight?"

 

[twintubdexter]

I never realized the chef on the Cream of Wheat box was named Rastus.

I'm not sure this is the best way to dress your little boy for the breakfast table, unless you want him to grow up to become another Richard Simmons.

 

[danemodsandy]

Cottolene

Was 90% cottonseed oil and 10% beef tallow. It was sold from 1868 until sometime around WWII. The idea was similar to Crisco, except that Crisco (when introduced) was 100% cottonseed oil solidified by hydrogenation. Cottolene's tallow content was what made it solid. It was hugely popular in its day.

 

[twintubdexter]

Harsh, splintery, positively injurious... sounds like using the potty was scary in 1910.

 

[twintubdexter]

I'll just bet she doesn't tell her Jewish guests she stuffed that bird with ham.

1913

 

[twintubdexter]

Now here is the perfect way to solve the unemployment crisis. Heinz, Bush's and Dennison's alone could put the whole country back to work...and the girls look so happy too!

1925

 

[twintubdexter]

Kind of a funky name, even for 1928. I guess soap chips were in.

 

[polkanut]

Horlick's Malted Milk powder is now sold primarily in the UK, India, Hong Kong, and Australia I believe.

 

[mysteryclock]

Irony...

The interesting thing about Cottolene is that, in spite of the 10% beef tallow content it may still have been healthier than the hydrogenated Crisco with all those trans-fats they used to make. Cholesterol isn't great but trans-fats are turning out to be worse after all!

 

[roto204]

Vintage to modern

The newer Cliff House pales by comparison, to be sure:

 

[whirlcool]

Upper Midwest Region

I remember Horlick's Malted Milk mix from the 60's. That was when I lived in the Chicago 'burbs. I believe they also made a Malted Milk candy of some kind too, like tablets.

Horlick's products are still available through vintage candy companies online. But what I have found is that when you order vintage candy from one of these places the following is true:

They are most likely made by a different company than the
original.

They don't always taste the same as the original. You might
say that the taste is "Reminiscent" of the original.

 

[twintubdexter]

roto204

Even though it's no Victorian masterpiece, that new Cliffhouse pic still looks very nice. You can see The Camera Obscura (The Giant Camera) in the photo too, along with some of the fake rock structure above the highway that was once part of Playland, now a bunch of condominiums and a Safeway store.

...sorry about that post above for Libby's, that's "tongue"...I will never learn to spell