Archaic Ads

Advertising has always been an interesting way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot weirder than you thought. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "And why is that topless woman serving drinks?" Ads for White Rock sparkling water date from 1946-48. Each ad featured the scantily clad character of Psyche getting on wives nerves and over-stimulating the menfolk before calming them all down with a drink. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻   Are these the "Before" or "After" pictures? Dr. Probert was a physician for the United Fruit Company, an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit, grown on Central and South American plantations, and sold in the United States and Europe. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Making beds, getting meals, acting as family chauffeur — having to do the same dull, tiresome work day after day — is a mild form of torture. These boring yet necessary t...