Evan Web ([info]xenon_zircon_23) wrote in [info]vintage_ads,
@ 2008-05-22 10:17:00
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[info]baron_waste
2008-05-22 03:35 pm UTC (link)

Thank you!

(That doesn't seem much of a reply, after all that work, but it's meant. I collect(ed) Boy Scout Manuals from this time period, for this same atmosphere. (My brother works for the Cleveland Plain Dealer - I'll send him these.)

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:16 pm UTC (link)
I have this Kodak Boy Scout Camera from the 30's





I may have two but I forget...if I do have two I may sell one soon.


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[info]towhatmaycome
2008-05-22 03:55 pm UTC (link)
what a great post! i read the entire thing. very interesting. thanks!

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[info]gangwaygirls
2008-05-22 04:01 pm UTC (link)
What the hell is he brushing his teeth with?!?

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[info]heymermaid
2008-05-22 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Pesto. Don't you?

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[info]gangwaygirls
2008-05-22 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Mmmm. I usually use marinara, but I think it's about time I start with the pesto.

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[info]heymermaid
2008-05-22 04:24 pm UTC (link)
The power of the Cleveland Press compels you!

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[info]gangwaygirls
2008-05-22 04:25 pm UTC (link)
I want to eat your little fishy icon up, it's so cute.

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[info]heymermaid
2008-05-22 04:30 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! For a while it was the only one I had, so every time I started in on a comment chain, the goldfish multiplied out of control. I keep thinking I'll replace it because I don't know the proper credit, but I can't bring myself to flush them.

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[info]janecpb
2008-05-22 04:38 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's that chlorophyll toothpaste that was marketed in the 50s!

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[info]zhukora1
2008-05-22 04:03 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that's almost more of a lifestyle guide than a training handbook. And that picture of Dwight D. Eisenhower is terrifying.

Excellent post. :D

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:12 pm UTC (link)
Thanks...What you don't like IKE? HAHAHA

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[info]midnightmadness
2008-05-22 04:05 pm UTC (link)
Nice upload. Hopefully your fotki has unlimited transfer, or your bandwidth will get killed very quickly.

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Yes I may get killed but oh well.

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[info]heymermaid
2008-05-22 04:07 pm UTC (link)
This was fantastic! I wish employee orientation documents were still illustrated so colorfully, as opposed to "well-lit stock photographs of smiling (yet serious) women who stand before a modern sectional desk, one with a head-set, the other holding a stack of papers, even if your job has nothing whatsoever to do with head-sets."

Thanks for a great visual experience.

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[info]gangwaygirls
2008-05-22 04:23 pm UTC (link)
His sub looks downright pissed about having to sing whatever hymn that is.

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[info]silverstah
2008-05-22 04:25 pm UTC (link)
Oh, this is lovely! Thanks for posting!

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:24 pm UTC (link)
Your welcome

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[info]nonsense_at_all
2008-05-22 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Wow, excellent post, thank you!!

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Your Welcome

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[info]albear
2008-05-22 05:52 pm UTC (link)
The psychiatrist on page 27 looks like Clark Kent. This posting is wonderful! thanks! I enjoyed reading all the campy 1950's text.

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[info]xenon_zircon_23
2008-05-22 06:18 pm UTC (link)
Yes he does look a bit like Clark Kent

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[info]amiga500
2008-05-22 08:43 pm UTC (link)
It just doesn't stop!

The scary thing is, the majority of people I work with are in sales (I managed to weasel into a tech spot). Some seriously have motivational stuff like this at their desks. I don't mean the retro drawings, I mean like the 'POP!' and 'RAH!' segments. Seriously cult-like.

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[info]fantasygoat
2008-05-22 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Seems like a lot of work for $6.42.

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[info]otana
2008-05-22 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Excellent post, thanks!

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[info]bbcaddict
2008-05-23 05:46 am UTC (link)
I think that the editor must also have mind control / telekinetic powers with that super huge bonce of his.

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[info]randomneses
2008-05-23 06:14 pm UTC (link)
I love this! The colors are so vibrant and the situations and rules are just really funny XD I am concerned about the color of his toothpaste though...

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