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 stranger than you thought. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 The original formula for Chi-ches-ters included pennyroyal, an abortifacient to treat “Amenorrhea” (absence of menstruation) by inducing an abortion. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Most early treatments for back pain and spinal deformities involved racks and braces that would probably not look out of place today in a torture chamber or the dingy dungeons of avid BDSM fanatics. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻     The Isolator was invented in 1925 by Hugo Gernsback, editor of Science and Invention magazine to help increase focus and concentration. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻   From 1951 to 1963, the US tested nuclear weapons above ground in Nevada, and Las Vegas capitalized on the atomic spectacle. The Chamber of Commerce printed up calendars adv...