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If it wasn’t for the courageous service of the Buxton Company in winning WWII you would be speaking German right now. Unless of course you are German then you would be speaking a mélange of Turkish and Esperanto called Terspronkish.

Life   December 13th 1943

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #wallet #wwii #soldiers #1943 #1940s #1940's #1940's ad #1940s ad #funny #humor #humour

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One of Gahan Wilson’s first published cartoons.

Collier's   August 3, 1955

#gahan wilson #cartoon #stop sign #driving #humor #humour #1955 #1950s #1950's #Illustration #vintage illustration

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“It’s good to have another happy family again. So just don’t do anything stupid or your mother will get to see up close and personal just what yer innards look like. Y’dig?”

Annette: Sierra Summer by Doris Schroeder  Illustrated by Adam Szwejikowski   1960

#Illustration #vintage illustration #19th century illustration #annette funicello #Disney #family #kitchen #1960's #1960s #funny #humor #humour

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Gott im Himmel Helga, ist time to cut back auf the Dexedrine.

Schulkockbuch Für Den Gasherd (School Cookbook for Gas Range) by Dr. Oetker 1963

#cook book #cookbook #cake #desserts #snacks #hors d'oeuvres #beer #1960's #1960s #funny #humor #humour

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What possible go wrong?

Colliers's   April 29, 1955

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #1955 #atomic energy #science #nuclear power #1950s #1950's #1950s ad #1950's ad #funny #humor #humour

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Questions Children Ask  by Edith Ernest Bonhivert   1959

#Illustration #vintage illustration #children's illustration #salamander #lizard #reptiles #amphibians #1950s #1950's #children's books

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They thought a Honeymoon Suicide together would be so romantic but all they did was traumatize a plaza full of tourists.

Vogue   February 1, 1947

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #1947 #perfume #cosmetics #1940s #1940s ad #1940's #1940's ad #funny #humor #humour

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Popular Mechanics   September 1952

#vintage ads #vintage ad #advertising #advertisment #mail order #glue #drums #musical instruments #body building #1950s #1950s ad #1950's #1950's ad #1952 #ephemera

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Nob Hill Coffee: Now With More Mouse Bones!*

*Made from genuine free range owl pellets.

Family Circle  March 1948

#vintage ads #vintage ad #advertising #advertisment #1948 #coffee #owl #1940s #1940s ad #1940's #1940's ad #funny #humor #humour

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A books you very likely don’t have on your shelf #210 & 211

Covers by  Herbert Roese & Sanford Kossin  --  1947 & 1972

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Market testing showed that they needed to change the brand name to this after customers were less likely to buy motor oil called VeeDee.

Collier's   August 3, 1955

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #1955 #automotive #motor oil #petroleum #1950s #1950s ad #1950's #1950's ad #funny #humor #humour

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A teenage girl is terrorized by a haunted musical instrument in Ukulele 2: Flea For Your Life! Coming soon to a theater near you!

Today's Woman Home Decorating Guide  by Charles H. Henderson A.I.D.   1951

#vintage interior #interior design #interior decorating #modern interior design #mid century modern #midcentury modern #1950s #1950's #funny #humor #humour

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McCall's Needlework & Crafts   Spring Summer 1970

#fashion #1970s fashion #1970's fashion #knitting #knitwear #arts and crafts #1970 #1970s #1970's #ephemera #beach #beachwear

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“Let’s see, I have my keys, my wallet, roll of Certs, lighter, condoms, hand gun.  Oh Supreme Court, you pack of fools, you have no idea the Pandora’s Box of Hell you’ve opened.”

Butterick Pattern Book   Spring 1951

#fashion #1950s fashion #womens clothing #1950's fashion #sewing #seamstress #1951 #1950s #1950's #funny #humor #humour

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I had to look up what a “six-gore casual” is, now I know something I will never need again.

Columbia: Knights of Columbus Magazine   November 1964

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #fashion advertising #april 1964 #fashion #1960s fashion #60's fashion #sewing #seamstress #1960's #1960s #1960's ad #1960s ad #funny #humor #humour

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Tony thinks “That’s strange, it looks like the sun is setting but it’s only early afternoon. And isn’t that the direction of New York City?”

Thine is the Glory  illustrated by Mary Royt   1958

#Illustration #vintage illustration #sunset #small town america #boy #bucolic #1950s #1950's #funny #humor #humour

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“Trust your mother dear, don’t you worry, there is no such thing as a chain mail curse. By the way have you shown the doctor that weird green mole?”

Family Circle  March 1948 

#Illustration #vintage illustration #1940s #1940's #mother and child #worry #letter #funny #humor #humour