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Follies of the Mad Men #182

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"World War II was won by superior American staples. We're not saying that just because we make and sell them."

The personal bonus: Bostitch is a company from my home state of Rhode Island.

Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon May 14, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Engineering and Construction, Technology, War, 1940's

Herb Bartlett

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Let us all hail the great American tradition of amateur inventors, personified today by the forgotten Herb Bartlett, whose love for hovercraft extended to making his plans available to the youth of the USA, contacted through his ad in Boys' Life magazine

Original ad here. (Scroll down a bit.)

Pure Applied Fashion Engineering



Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Aug 25, 2011 | Comments (9)
Category: Engineering and Construction, Breasts

Scary Cliff Construction



Watch this fuller, foreign video, then get the English explanation here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Comments (2)
Category: Engineering and Construction, Asia
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