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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. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻   "Goldie" and "Dustie", the original Gold Dust Twins, first appeared in printed media in 1892 and are one example from the era (1830s -- 1950s) when companies used racially stereotyped characters to promote products.   🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 It's our latest innovation for 1923; side windows for an additional $60.   🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Steam your butt-hole to greater health in this portable steam bath that is "Used in all First-Class Sanitariums."   🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 The Lane Motor Vehicle Company produced steam-powered vehicles in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1902 to 1912. Steam autos never really caught on because they ran dirty, required lots of coal and water, and needed a lot of maintenance. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻...