1945: Food Will Win the War
Boote's Hatcheries (extra chicks every Tuesday and Friday) put this ad in the March 1945 Daily Globe.
It reminds me of a long interview I had with Stanley Beal of Round Lake, who was not drafted during World War II. Instead, every time he passed his physical, the draft board told him to go home and keep farming, because food would win the war.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/16/2010 at 5:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1940s, 1945, advertising, agriculture, bootes hatcheries, business, farming, fertilizer, food, war, world war ii
1980: Ad Should Warn of Dangers of Drug Use, But Probably Meant to Sell Groceries
Would you trust this woman from this 1980 ad with a sharp object?
She looks like she should be part of a public service ad warning against the dangers of meth, except given that she's from 1980, it would probably have been cocaine. It's actually a grocery ad.
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/15/2010 at 6:00 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1980, 1980s, advertising, cocaine, drugs, freaky ads, grocery stores, illustrations, meth, weird ads
1960: 4-H Kids Visit the Osceola County Courthouse
4-H members visited the Osceola County Courthouse in Sibley, Iowa, in March 1960, including the Horton Hustlers and the Ocheyedan Indians.
The Baker Beavers and the Goewey Goldenrods were there too.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Online Content Coordinator/Staff Writer on 3/15/2010 at 11:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1960, 1960s, baker beavers, goewey goldenrods, horton hustlers, news, ocheyedan, ocheyedan indians, osceola county, photos, sibley
1945: Happy Housewife Feeds Smug Husband
This 1945 Rickbeil's advertisement is typical of ads of its era, featuring a smiling housewife wearing a pristine apron and high heels taking a pan of cookies out of the oven, while a smug-looking male watches and does pretty much nothing whatsoever to help. But he still thinks he can have a cookie.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/15/2010 at 5:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Tags: 1945, advertising, business, cookies, feminism, hardware, rickbeils, sexism
1980: Lent and Pilate's Wife
St. Matthew Lutheran Church was hosting a series called "Voices of the Passion," and one of the installments was Pilate's wife, called here, as she is in tradition, Claudia Procula.
(Note that this is tradition, not canon. I could talk about the critical difference between the two but you'd all be bored half to death.)
Pontius Pilate's wife has only one sentence in the New Testament (Matthew 27:19), as is noted in the Wikipedia article about her:
While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night, I suffered much on account of him."
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/14/2010 at 6:00 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: lent, 1980, 1980s, advertising, canon, churches, news, religion, st matthews, the passion, tradition
1960: Harpers Signpost to Spring
This 1960 Harper's advertisement features a very cool lady dressed in a style that still looks awesome today.
My favorite columnist, James Lileks, once remarked that if you couldn't see Laura Petrie in an outfit, it wasn't cool. Well, I could see Laura in this.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/14/2010 at 11:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1960, 1960s, advertising, business, harpers, spring, style
1945: Bad Photoshopping Before Photoshop
I'm pretty sure this 1945 Pillsbury Mills ad features at least two actual pictures, and possibly more.
For one thing, the boy's head does not appear to match the rest of his body. Or am I just seeing things?
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/14/2010 at 5:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1940, 1945, advertising, agriculture, business, feeds, grains, photoshop, pillsbury mills, sherwood street, war, world war ii, worthington
1980: Fun, Fancy and Very Low Necked
This 1980 advertisement for Cara Lin's in Lakefield featured that pseudo-art nouveau look that was so popular in the 1980s. She seems to be weirdly flat-chested, though, and that neckline goes down pretty far. Weird.
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/13/2010 at 6:00 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1980, 1980s, advertising, business, cara lins, dresses, lakefield, style
1960: Inscrutable Ads
Sometimes advertisements don't make sense after 50 years, and this ad for Swanson's is one of them.
I have no idea what Swanson's was, where it was, what they were selling or... well, anything. They sure do seem friendly, though, so I guess my opinion is more positive after having seen the ad.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/13/2010 at 11:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Tags: 1960, 1960s, advertising, business, inscrutable ads, swansons, weird ad, weirdness
1945: Is Your License Valid?
Old licenses weren't valid since 1944, reported this 1945 Daily Globe editorial warning people to update their drivers licenses.
"This permits some kind of a check on Minnesota drivers, as well as eliminating froms tate files the records of thsoe drivers who have died, moved away or otherwise ceased to be operators of motor vehicles."
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/13/2010 at 5:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1940s, 1945, crime, drivers licenses, editorials, law, licenses, minnesota, news, opinion, records
1980: Magnolia Wants to Keep School, Boost Levies
In 1980, some residents of Magnolia wanted to keep their town school and increase taxes in order ot do it.
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/12/2010 at 6:00 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1980, 1980s, consolidation, education, levy, magnolia, money, news, schools, taxes, taxpayers
1960: Hartley Explosion Injures Two
An explosion injured a woman and her child in Hartley, Iowa, in 1960.
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Tags: 1960, 1960s, accidents, explosion, hartley, iowa, news, records
1945: Salvage Need Is Real
Salvage of tin cans was still necessary in 1945, according to this 1945 Daily Globe editorial.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/12/2010 at 5:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1940s, 1945, editorials, opinion, patriotica, recycling, salvage, tin, tin cans, war, world war ii
1980: Bizarre Turkey Related Item Sought for Scavenger Hunt
In 1980, an Alaskan was looking for a wing bone yelper, as well as an affidavit from someone who had successfully used one.
Although the usage of a wing bone yelper is alluded to in this letter, I had to look it up, too, just in case.
I gotta ask: Do they work?
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/11/2010 at 6:00 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Tags: 1980, 1980s, letters, opinion, turkey, turkey call, turkey capital, turkey day, turkeys, weirdness, wing bone yelper
1960: Windom Hears Famous Contralto
Famous contralto Marian Anderson performed in Windom in 1960.
Notably absent from at least the first half of the article is any mention of how controversial Anderson had been in earlier decades. For example, in 1939 she was not permitted to sing in front of an integrated audience at Constitution Hall, though they changed their minds in 1943.
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Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on 3/11/2010 at 11:00 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: 1960, 1960s, civil rights, concerts, contralto, entertainment, events, famous people, marian anderson, minnesota, music, news, race, windom
