More really really old advertising

[twintubdexter]

I thought some of these ads, most past the 1940's, would be of interest to simpletons like me who breeze through a magazine just looking at pictures. Once again, if all my crazy posts are clogging up this site like an old metal-screen lint filter in a 57' Lady Kenmore, please let me know.

A pre-1900 dishwasher..."No home complete today without this Queen"...how times have changed!

 

[twintubdexter]

Mary Sydney wouldn't lie

They must have been desperate to sell these, they shipped it to you prepaid, let you use it for a month, then you could send it back if you didn't like it and they paid the freight again...such a deal!

 

[twintubdexter]

Electric or water powered

The pic on the left shows the machine powered by a water motor. Looks like the lady is standing between the drive belt with her apron blowing around. Didn't Isadora Duncan meet her end in a similar way?

 

[twintubdexter]

still looks like a lot of work

No wonder the Bendix Automatic was so popular and revolutionary when it came out.

 

[twintubdexter]

all gone, even Apex

These were the leading washing machine makers in 1924? The "Savage" was probably pretty rough on lingerie.

 

[twintubdexter]

don't look too automatic to me

There's an attachment for my KitchenAid mixer that looks just like that agitator.

 

[yogitunes]

keep them coming.....

we like to see more..........

 

[twintubdexter]

that thing is just plain ugly

I guess a skirt would help (someone said that to me in a bar once.)

 

[twintubdexter]

This is nice...

...if you appreciate the art-deco style of this 1930 ad.

 

[panthera]

Neat!

Thanks!

 

[twintubdexter]

high-society dames

You just know those dresses didn't come off the rack at Kmart. In 1934 it was just as important to look poised and smart in the kitchen as it was on Wilshire Blvd.

 

[twintubdexter]

how perfectly lovely

You show off your new refrigerator to the bridge club girls while the maid cooks, serves and then cleans everything up. What a deluxe way to live.

 

[twintubdexter]

the appliance gets the minor role

I like the way this 1933 ad makes a big production out of the girl(s.) Even theatre ushers were stylin back then. Now they walk around in shorts with a can of mace (I go to rough theatres.)

 

[twintubdexter]

1930 General Electric

What very fine artwork in this ad, nice enough to hang on the wall.

 

[twintubdexter]

1947 Bendix

The comic strip type characters don't look as good but they're still fun,

 

[twintubdexter]

nap time...

I'll post a few more later if there's an interest...be good.

 

[polkanut]

IIRC, the 1900 Washer Co. was the forerunner of the Whirlpool Corp. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me.

 

[twintubdexter]

you are probably correct

I've only seen it spelled Nineteen Hundred Corporation. They made Whirlpools while they were still called that. Interesting that you would catch that. Did you notice how the electric motor version is plugged into the light fixture?

 

[whirlcool]

Each of these adverts is representative of the times they were created in. Fascinating. It gives you a good idea of what caught peoples interest back then.

That Alcoa Aluminum advert looks like it was designed by Raymond Lowey.