1. Real Carmen Fabrica de Tabacosby Dr. Lakra 

    Real Carmen Fabrica de Tabacos
    by Dr. Lakra 

  2. Who is he? Metallurgist? Munitions Maker? Surgeon? Architect? Dramatist?(via vintage_ads, BoingBoing) 

    Who is he? Metallurgist? Munitions Maker? Surgeon? Architect? Dramatist?
    (via vintage_ads, BoingBoing) 

  3. There’s Nothing Like a DobbsSeattle Post-Intelligencer, Mon Nov 15 1948, p. 02 (via Vintage Ads) Featuring what appears to be J.R. Bob Dobbs before he started smoking a pipe. 

    There’s Nothing Like a Dobbs
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mon Nov 15 1948, p. 02 (via Vintage Ads)

    Featuring what appears to be J.R. Bob Dobbs before he started smoking a pipe. 

  4. 1924 Buick“Smart,  Fine-looking and very different —”

    1924 Buick
    “Smart,  Fine-looking and very different —”

  5. 1922 Jordan“Built for those happy people who bought a Jordan Playboy for their honeymoon, but now want a little more room for the friends they take for an afternoon of golf.” 

    1922 Jordan
    “Built for those happy people who bought a Jordan Playboy for their honeymoon, but now want a little more room for the friends they take for an afternoon of golf.” 

  6. “When the guns are stilled, you can be sure that Norge thinking and Norge skill, stimulated by the stern school of war, will bring you even greater satisfaction, greater convenience than you have enjoyed before.”

    “When the guns are stilled, you can be sure that Norge thinking and Norge skill, stimulated by the stern school of war, will bring you even greater satisfaction, greater convenience than you have enjoyed before.”

  7. Google thinks I suffer from a lack of buckets and containers.

    Google thinks I suffer from a lack of buckets and containers.

  8. Seiberling  - A Name You Can Trust in Rubber 1947

    Seiberling  - A Name You Can Trust in Rubber

    1947

  9. Little known fact - those hands are re-usable props that many advertisers utilized in ad layouts made in the 50s and 60s. There were only about 15 specific hand positions cast, but advertisers rotated them often enough that readers didn’t really catch on until the Chiquita Banana fiasco of ‘68. The massive one clutching the candy bar looks like a #11 (dubbed the “Ta Da!”). The other below clutching the chocolate is definitely a #9 (“The Feeder”). (via BoingBoing)

    Little known fact - those hands are re-usable props that many advertisers utilized in ad layouts made in the 50s and 60s. There were only about 15 specific hand positions cast, but advertisers rotated them often enough that readers didn’t really catch on until the Chiquita Banana fiasco of ‘68. The massive one clutching the candy bar looks like a #11 (dubbed the “Ta Da!”). The other below clutching the chocolate is definitely a #9 (“The Feeder”).

    (via BoingBoing)

  10. Cravendale - Cats with Thumbs