How Do You Wrap Yours?

We interrupt our unfortunate hiatus with this festive advertisement of the season by Mr. Porter, the "online retail destination for men's style."
 
Thanks to 'Joe Cocker' for sending this in!


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PACIFIC FABRIC - The skirt with winning ways!  Pacific's Stabilized Gabardine that's stain, crease, and shrink resistant - about $11.  Rain won't stain it.  Sitting won't wrinkle it.  And its new slim lines stay slim and trim.  At leading stores throughout the country.


Circa 1950.
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ABERLE Exquisite Silk Stockings:  The Famous All-Way Stretch "COMFORTOP" Stockings. 

Beauty:  Matchless Stocking Glamour, as beautiful as they are serviceable and with this Fall's short skirts, glamour is more important than ever. 
Wear:  "Comfortops" absorb all strain from knee action and garter tugs....greatly reduce the run hazard. 
Comfort and Fit:  Their all-way stretch keeps stockings snug and smooth at all times.

Comfortop Stockings are made in a wide variety of weights for all occasions:  2-threads for evening; 3=threads for daytime dress; 4-threads and 7-threads for sturdier requirements.


Circa 1939.
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Friskies Dog Food Meal:  Friskies provides up to 3 times more food value than any canned dog food. 

 

Yes, pound for pound, Friskies Meal has far more of every food element dogs are known to need....more energy-building protein to safeguard your dog's vitality...more carbohydrates and fat.  And best of all, Friskies lets you cut your feeding costs in half.  Try your dog on Friskies.  See how he welcomes that wonderful meaty flavor and aroma.  You have the assurance that he is enjoying the very best....because Friskies is made to the high standards of the Carnation Company. 

 

 

Circa 1950s

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Treat Yourself Right at Dairy Queen.

 

Thanks to our pal 'Toby' and his mom Pat for sending in this amazing retro image.  We love it!

 

 

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Budweiser Beer:  Your Dachshund is something more than beer...he's the Companion of Contentment:  For fireside fishing, let a tall bottle of sparkling Budweiser keep you company.  And, bobbing in a boat, or beside a driftwood fire, at thirst-time or at lunchtime, cold, bubbling BUDWEISER is the companion of contentment - always.  Live life...every golden minute of it.  Enjoy Budweiser...every golden drop of it.  ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.  ST. LOUIS


(circa 1951)
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Jantzen Girdles:  It's easy as pie to have a good figure!  All it requires is a light little, flexible little Jantzen girdle (or panty-girdle) to trim you, slim you, SMOOTH you....to give you more bend, more stretch, more freedom for living.  All Jantzens come in airy resilient elastic fabrics with remarkable figure control....stay up at the top, down at the bottom without pinching, poking, binding, or twisting.  This panty-girdle, with Talon fastener, in wonderful-feeling elastic batiste with rayon satin panels...nude, white and blue....three lengths 7.95 to 10.95.  Girdles, 6.95 to 8.95.  Other Jantzens 3.50 to 12.50 at most stores.

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The Loft Shoe Boutique.  Dachshunds make the best fashion accessories.

Thanks so much to Doris for writing in:

Hi Guys, Looking for Summer footwear and look who's here. Many little dogs but, of course, our guys lead the way!
I would skip such high heels when out walking with Sammy, flats are essential! Love your blog.


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AUTOMOTIVE FASHIONS:  THE DODGE FIREARROW

Italy's Ghia designers worked out this idea-car with Chrysler engineers - the idea being to combine svelte lines form European racers with a smooth-riding Dodge chassis that wouldn't shatter everything in your luggage.  The Firearrow is 75 1/2" wide - more than twice its 34" height - and crouches like a springing cat on its 115" wheel base.  Salient features:  V-shaped rub rail that wraps up the paint job with an effective bumper; recessed double headlights; separate hatches for luggage, spare.  Sharply raked windshield, gearshift mounted between two seats, authentic sports-car style.

Image via Esquire, August, 1954.

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New Ken-L Ration Burger....

3 ways better than hamburger

Nourishes better.  A complete diet...feeds as good as it looks.

More convenient.  Serve as is...stays moist without refrigeration.

Costs less.  Less than hamburger....even less than the best canned dog food.

Retro ad circa 1970's - thanks to an Anonymous Dachshund Lover for sending it in!

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PURINA:  Your Pet. Our Passion.

Thanks so much to Kellie MJ, a friend of an anonymous Dachshund Lover for sending in the link to this Frankly Fabulous advertisement.  It's sourced from three-cents, and is noted to be a print execution for Purina by ad agency Publicis Montreal.  Can we get a woof?

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The 2011 Toyota Highlander:  "Just because you’re a parent, doesn’t mean you have to be lame."


Thanks so much to Kristi Eberhard for sending in the image!  She writes: This picture is from a car ad for the Toyota Highlander!   Thought you would like it.

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Faber-Castell, one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and art supplies, as well as high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods.  Via Ads of the World.

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Little Friskies:  New!  FOR SMALL DOGS (and puppies too!) - Concentrated Nourishment - Equivalent to 3 cans of quality dog food.

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And now a word from our returning sponsor:

Dan River Cottons: A fashion harvest of AUTUMN COTTONS. Nothing relaxes a family like Dan River's Autumn Cottons! They stay fresh all day through work or play....never need coddling. Thanks to Wrinkl-Shed, wrinkles hang-out; colors stay in for life. You'll find Dan River Autumn Cottons in handsome shirts for Dad and Brother....in stunning dresses and separates for Mother and Sister....and by the yard, too. Ask for them. You'll find a richness in color and pattern that's brand new in cotton....plus the wonders of Wrinkl-Shed! At all fine stores. Even tumbling in the leaves.....leaves Wrinkl-Shed unruffled!

(circa 1955)

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SUPER-CALI-FRAGIL-ISTIC-EXPI-ALI-DOCIUS

CH HOLMDACHS FAVORITE'S ARLENE

SUPER-CALI-FRAGIL-ISTIC-EXPI-ALI-DOCIUS

We're not trying to sound precocious but it takes a large adjective to describe this smooth moving, beautifully proportioned bitch, sired by Ch Holmdachs Constant Favorite and linebred on Ch Albion's Own Forester.

She's just the "spoonful of sugar" every Dachshund lover needs!

MR. and MRS. S. ROBERT ORR

3172 Woodland Road

Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544

Via the American Dachshund magazine, June, 1966

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Wheeling Corrugating Company:  

A homeowner's best friend is Wheeling Ware.  Besides making dog-washing almost a snap, Wheeling offers dozens of products to make your work easier.  Like Wheeling Garbage Cans and Rubbish Burners for disposal of refuse.  Or Downspouts and Gutters for roof drainage.  Wheeling Corrugating Company, Wheeling, West Virginia....It's Wheeling Steel

Circa 1957

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Sergeant's Dog Care Products:

If you love me like I love you
Let Sergean'ts keep me good as new!

There's a Sergeant's Dog Care Product for just about every need.  For worms, Sergeant's SURE-SHOTS and Puppy Capsules.  Others for fleas, insufficient vitamins, ticks, itching, ear troubles.  All safe, sure, easy to use.  All veterinarian-tested.  Trusted for 76 years.  FREE:  famous Sergeant's Dog Book - a wealth of expert information on dog care, feeding, training.  At drug or pet store - or write Sergeant's, Dept. A-9, Richmond 20, Virginia.

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Shout out to our pal Baxter who found an original print of the image used in this ad at a local flea market.

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HP Sauce - The sauce of weekend pleasure since 1903.

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Milk-Bone Flavor Snacks

Meat, cheese, bone, liver, milk, and vegetable....six different flavors for your dog to enjoy in every box of Milk-Bone Flavor Snacks.
Treat your dog to Flavor Snacks.
Ounce for ounce, they contain twice the protein of the average canned dog food.

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