December 20, 2010

Show & Tell: Our Playmobil Victorian dollhouse, a Christmas tradition.

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I have mentioned before that I never really outgrew toys, right? Well, here's even more proof of it! Yes, this beauti...
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December 6, 2010

"Hey, Santa! Whatcha sellin'?" - The jolly old elf in advertising.

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How can anyone say "No" to a face like that? Besides, it's freakin' Santa Claus! And WHO doesn...
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November 13, 2010

Vintage Drugstore Carnival: 'Lifebuoy Health Soap'... The soap of considerate people.

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"Peggy, did you catch a whiff of Fran?" "Oh, my. I thought I smelled something, Helen. But, you kn...
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November 9, 2010

Vintage Drugstore Carnival: 'Bile Beans'... To be attractively slim, and to ensure regular daily elimination!

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While Bile Beans were initially pitched as a cure for biliousness, the influenza epidemic of 1899 was too good an opp...
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November 7, 2010

Vintage Drugstore Carnival: 'Scott Tissue'... When peculiar, private itching breaks concentration.

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"When I asked Mary what was the matter she complained of an itching. I asked a friend's advice at Mother's Club that afternoon...
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November 5, 2010

Vintage Drugstore Carnival: 'Listerine'... Because halitosis makes you unpopular.

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"Don't fool yourself! Since halitosis never announces itself to the victim, you simply cannot know when you...
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November 4, 2010

Vintage Drugstore Carnival: 'Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic'... Does a body good!

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In this chill tonic, which came out in 1878, Edwin Wiley Grove found a way to bottle a quinine (only known malaria me...
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