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From Ten-B-Low Concentrated Real Ice Cream comes this 1950s ad for a minty, green frozen treat to celebrate March 17th. Ten-B-Low was a trademarked brand that started in 1941, producing a condensed milk product that was used as a base in making any flavor ice cream at home. It was sold in cans that yielded [...]
Schwinn is a name synonymous with bikes. Founded by the German-born Ignaz Schwinn, a mechanical engineer, and his partner Adolph Fredrick William Arnold in 1895, the Arnold, Schwinn & Company struck while the iron was hot and started production when bikes where huge in America. But their big boom didn’t come until the 1950s and [...]
One of America’s most famous brands has been lighting the way in the auto industry for more than 100 years. For years, Ford enthusiasts have been decking out dens, garages and man caves with Ford tin signs, neon clocks and related decor. Next up: a full line of retro-style table lamps sporting the Ford logo, [...]
Richard Drew, a 3M mechanical engineer, designed Scotch Cellulose Tape to give bakers and grocers a quick, waterproof method to seal packages. Until then, water was needed to seal cellophane. > Read the History of Scotch Cellulose Tape 3M kicked off marketing for the tape on January 31, 1930. It soon entered the common household [...]
As a kid in the early to mid-1970s I remember boxes and all sorts of products lined up my Grandmother’s kitchen. Cleaners, soaps, shampoos and fragrance bottles were being packed in bags and boxes, ready for delivery. She was a Stanley Home Products representative. SHP was founded in in Westfield, Massachusetts in 1931 by Frank [...]
Forget kneeling, bending and reaching. This oven features a slide-out insert that simplifies the task. Frigidaire introduced the Pull ‘N Clean oven in 1958, and continued producing it through the mid-60s. Those wanting wall-ovens found simplicity, too, with a drop-leaf door that opened fully. Related PostsRubbermaid’s New Sink Fashions (1950s) Woolworth’s Gumdrop Goody Tree (Ad) [...]
In 1930, James Alexander Dewar, a baker for the Continental Baking Company, invented a snack cake we’d come to know and love as the Twinkie. At the time, several machines used to make cream-filled shortcakes collected dust when strawberries were out of season. Like many retro inventions, Dewar’s idea was centered around putting those machine [...]
For many of us, Thanksgiving brings back lots of fond memories. So do the vintage ads that graced magazine and newspaper pages. Many Thanksgiving ads included recipes and tips on making the best turkey, cranberry sauce or unique side dishes. Here’s an early 1950s ad for Reynolds Aluminum Foil. From the ad copy: Don’t let [...]
In 1895, a Baltimore, Maryland engraver was producing printing plates for the Baltimore Chewing Gum Company. Realizing the business of chewing gum was doing poorly, August Goetze (pronounced gets), offered to buy the business for his son, William. Over the years the company produced standard confections. Related PostsDIY Sweets: Christmas Lightbulb Candy Hats off to [...]
My friend, Billy, is addicted to gummi bears. He can eat them at any time, and in any amount. He’s very particular, though, and will settle for nothing less than Haribo Gold-Bears. When the store’s hook is void of them, he frowns (and sometimes pouts) and walks quietly out the door. In an instant, Billy [...]
It’s usually the “simple” inventions that make significant impacts on our daily lives, and Scotch Tape is no different. Quite often, these simple items have a detailed, interesting history. The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M) was founded in 1902 by five businessmen seeking to mine a mineral deposit for grinding-wheel abrasives. With its first [...]
“Get Tingleated with Sun Crest” The National NuGrape Company introduced Sun Crest brand soda in 1938. It was created as a companion brand to their other soft drink line, NuGrape. Sun Crest soda was available in the following flavors: Orange, Strawberry, Grape, Pineapple, Peach, Cherry and Grapefruit. Sun Crest became the property of The Moxie [...]
“Royal Crown Is Tops In Taste” The Royal Crown Company Inc. was started in Columbus, Georgia in 1905 by Claude A. Hatcher. He was a recent graduate with a degree in pharmacy and first got into the soft drink business by buying bottled drinks from a bottler and reselling them to customers at his family’s [...]
“A Blooming Good Drink” Kreemo Special Root Beer was bottled in the early 1900s by the Cherry Blossoms Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Started in 1909, the Cherry Blossoms Company was also the manufacturer of fruit soft drinks and syrups under the Cherry Blossoms label. The list of ingredients on a bottle of Kreemo sound [...]
