Rubber Balloon Storage

The woman is wrapped in a rubber balloon because they're getting her ready for storage.

Popular Mechanics - July 1939

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 24, 2023
Category: Packaging, Wrapping, and other Protective Measures | 1930s

Comments

This reminded me of that line in the beginning of Proctor and Bergman's "TV Or Not TV", where the pay-tv charger card is found in dad's dresser drawer, the one where he keeps his gun and balloons.

Posted by Fritz G on 02/24/23 at 06:06 AM

It took decades to figure out how to make latex outfits sexy.

Posted by ges on 02/24/23 at 08:25 AM

Put the food in a bag, remove the air, and it's ready to go straight from storage to a Sous Vide bath for cooking.

Today's Rabbit Hole: can't remember French name for the process, google 'cook in a bag' but that's about oven bags, google similar things until finding Japanese fad about cooking in, um, a pure latex tube usually used for Family Planning. Start tracking down all the cookies you can cook that way . . .

Posted by Phideaux on 02/24/23 at 10:49 PM

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