The Door-Knobs Threaten Them

Another example of the early 20th-century advertising industry trying to terrify customers into buying their product.

Although they were right that door-knobs can transmit disease.

Ladies Home Journal - 1926

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 05, 2020
Category: Advertising | 1920s | Disease

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