People often look back on older times with a sense of nostalgia. We still think fondly of things like Game Boys, New Coke, and rentals from video stores, even if they were not especially great. But the 20th century was truly a different era, when smoking was widely seen as healthy, drinking during pregnancy was treated far more casually, and telephones looked like something witches on Etsy might use to summon the devil.
Bored Panda gathered some of the most unusual and intriguing ads from the past century that fans shared on r/VintageAds and is presenting them here. It is hard to believe some of the items people used to buy and sell, from seemingly pointless trinkets sold by Sears to a slightly racist soap.
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