Your FAVE 'Golden Era' Picture Ads.

[vitanola]

1931 Hugo Gernsback parody of an Atwater Kent "Golden Voice" radio ad:

Parody of Zenith ad:

One of my favorite early radio ads (1922/23 Magnavox loud-speaker ad):

How about something pre-war (the Great War, that is):

Some lovely interiors, which just HAPPEN to feature radios:

and a charmingly elegant party scent, featuring the Radiola 66:

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Copper Pot of the Day - November 5, 2008.

Life; June 5, 1950.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Product Jingle Contest of the Day - November 6, 2008.

Life; October 19, 1953.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Cloud o' Pumpkin of the Day - November 6, 2008.

COCONUT PUMPKIN CHIFFON PIE

Ladies' Home Journal; November 1950;

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Bucolic Buick of the Day - November 6, 2008.

Life; November 14, 1955.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Kombinationskraftwagen of the Day - November 7, 2008.

Time; July 13, 1962.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Beetle of the Day - November 7, 2008.

Time; October 4, 1963.

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[C.K.Farnsworth]

I am Sooo making this pie for Turkey Day!

COCONUT PUMPKIN CHIFFON PIE

Ladies' Home Journal; November 1950;

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Swell!

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Gort-esque Trophy of the Day - November 7, 2008.

Life; July 18, 1938.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Pall Mall of the Day - November 8, 2008.

Life; September 7, 1953.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Corvette of the Day - November 8, 2008.

Time; January 12, 1959.

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[Mike in Seattle]

I am so making this for turkey day! Swell!

I'm with you, CK. (If I don't try it beforehand! And I know I will!) I try to pull out some vintage recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year. Last year was a cranberry-orange Jell-o mold, in an old-fashioned ceramic mold (alas, from Williams-Sonoma) that everyone loved.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Turkey Stuffings of the Day - November 9, 2008.

SWEET POTATO AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

Woman's Day; November 1940.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Thunderbird of the Day - November 9, 2008.

Sports Illustrated; May 11, 1959.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Anthropomorphic Cranberries of the Day - November 10, 2008.

Woman's Day; November 1948.

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[BajueBoutique]

Life; June 5, 1950.

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I love this one!

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Fighter Pilot of the Day - November 11, 2008.

Life; November 15, 1948.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Tank-Eating Tiger of the Day - November 11, 2008.

Life; February 21, 1944.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Uniform of the Day - November 11, 2008.

Life; February 21, 1944.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Pumpkin Cake of the Day - November 12, 2008.

Woman's Day; November 1948.

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