I have one of those Sears catalogs from the 1890’s (it’s a sixties reprint) and I love reading the ads (like how much dynamite or laudanum costs). Well, apparently I’m not the only one who finds this kind of thing fun.

I am reblogging this web site a second time in a few days and I don’t usually do that. But this entry was so charming, I couldn’t resist.

The authors have posted three vintage ads from the past in all their glory. Look and envy (or despise) the uses of cocaine etc.

After posting about the "vintage" cigarette ads (let's be real, they're not necessarily vintage, just older than I am…Hence my warped perception), I searched a bit more to find what other pharma-related campaigns I could find. Let's just say I opened Pandora's box. I knew that the drugs of yesteryear (more than 20 years ago) were under less regulation and obviously we had less scientific evidence about the side effects of these, but… I found … Read More

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