PEARL & DEAN
Folk of a certain age, of whom I am one, will no doubt remember PEARL & DEAN adverts at the local cinema. This hole ousia post shares a timeline of … Continue reading PEARL & DEAN
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Why didn’t you take . . .
An advertisement in St Andrews Citizen, 19 January 1935
FURMODISING
From the 1940s to 1970s, adverts for ‘FURMODISING’ regularly appeared in Scottish newspapers.
DOAN’S PILLS
For a comprehensive account of Doan’s Pills please follow this link. The following summary is based on this account. Doan’s Kidney pills, invented by the Canadian pharmacologist James Doan (1846-1916) … Continue reading DOAN’S PILLS
CRAZY ADVERT
Motherwell Times, 9 February 1934.
Flooded the English speaking world with their advertisements
Bile Beans was a laxative and tonic first marketed in the 1890s. The product supposedly contained substances extracted from a hitherto unknown vegetable source by a fictitious chemist known as … Continue reading Flooded the English speaking world with their advertisements
EVERY EDINBORO’ HOME
I came across this advertisement when doing research for a film that I am making. The advert is for ZAM-BUK and was printed in the Edinburgh Evening News, 18 September … Continue reading EVERY EDINBORO’ HOME