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Funny Vintage Ads (40)

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Advertising has always been an interestin g way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Ah, the memories you'll make while using a large pair of sharp scissors only an inch or two away from your child's eyes and yelling, "HOLD STILL!" 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 RCA's Vanishing Microphone didn't actually vanish. It was just smaller and thinner than the microphones that came before. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 This recording of "actual sounds of air force missile launchings and count downs" was produced in 1965 by Louis Marx & Co and was intended to accompany play with their Cape Canaveral Playset.  ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”»ðŸ”» Tobacco so "Cool and Fragrant" you'll nod off while your grandson carves notches in your peg leg. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Gentle ...