Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods
Follies of the Madmen #277
Consider the iconography: woman who forgot to rinse off all the soap bubbles from her bath provokes love and/or lust among male subway riders.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 17, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1950s, Men, Women
Follies of the Madmen #264
That young couple is stopping not to admire the tablecloth but to gawk and laugh at the grade-school-dropout, simpleton-style hat worn by Dad.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 10, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Headgear, 1950s
Monkey Brand Soap
In the days before Mr. Clean, there was Monkey Brand. Though it seems an odd choice for whatever ad man thought this up to figure that people would associate a grinning monkey with clean dishes.
Source: Sketch Magazine, April 1908
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 21, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1900s
B.O. Gone—Romance Comes!
Source: Radio Mirror magazine, April 1934.
See here and here for other examples posted on WU of the ad industry's campaign to scare everyone into buying products to get rid of unwanted body odor.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 07, 2015 -
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Category: Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #235
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 19, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1960s, Europe, Cars
Dr. Bouchaud’s Flesh-Reducing Soap
"Will absorb all fatty tissues from any part of the body." I wonder if Dr. Bouchaud was related in any way to Dr. Anton Phibes?
From The Australian Home Journal, June 1926 [via Vintage Ads]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 29, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1920s
Kaiser Wilhelm Toilet Paper
I knew that it's popular to put politician's faces on toilet paper (for instance, Amazon sells Obama toilet paper
as well as Mitt Romney toilet paper
), but I didn't realize that these kind of novelty products were being sold even back in World War I. [via Daily Mail]
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 11, 2014 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1910s
Carpool DeVille
A hot tub built into a 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille — both fully functioning. Its creators are taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats next month to get it officially recognized as the world's fastest hot tub. More info here.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 14, 2014 -
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Category: Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Cars
The Telephone Booth Shower
Back in 1996, two East German entrepreneurs came up with the idea of converting old telephone booths into shower stalls. They plumbed up two booths and sold them for 4000 marks each. However, their idea ran aground when Deutsche Telekom refused to sell them any more old booths, fearing that, in the words of their spokesman, "It would be problematic if someone wanted to make an emergency call and ran into the booth that was actually a shower."[via top.net.nz]
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 08, 2014 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Telephones, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1990s
Golden Wipe
My German grandfather often used to say, "Ich bin kein Dukatenscheisser." (I don't s**t money.) But if he had this roll of toilet paper, he could have wiped with money. Or rather, gold.It's 6-layer toilet paper embossed with 24-karat gold plate. It comes in 2 versions: either with the words 'Happy Birthday' or an Alpine rose embossed on it. Yours for only 178.50 Euros ($245, according to my desktop currency converter).
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 04, 2014 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Overpriced Merchandise, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Excrement
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