I have a cold and it sucks and I’m trying to weather the storm but as it lingers on and on and on and on I’m starting to believe no end is in sight! So I’m turning to some vintage cold ads for help, well not literally but I thought it would be fun to see what kind of 1940s and 1950s vintage ads for cold remedies were out there when dealing with a pesky cold.

1920s vintage ad for Aspironal: Better Than Whiskey -1928 vintage ad. — 1928 vintage ad

Let’s take a look!

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Vintage Advertising for Cold Remedies from the 1940s & 1950s

Vintage Ben-Gay ad. “When Peter Pain smack you with Head Cold Misery….Rub in Ben-Gay quick”.

1940s ad for ‘666’ Cold Preparations. “666 Eases these 6 cold miseries quick!”.

1940s cold medicine ad-1940s vintage ad for'666' Cold Preparations. "666 Eases these 6 cold miseries quick!".

1940s ad for ‘Tabcin’, “ease cold misery”. Yup that is me..”Cold Misery”

1940s vintage ad for Cold medication -Tabcin.

1950s cold medicine ad for Candettes… cough-jel is a new way to cough relief.

1950s cold medicine ad for Candettes cough-jel new way to cough relief featuring a 1950s mother taking care of her child.

1950s ad for ‘Dristan’ decongestant tablets.

1950s cold medicine ad -1950s vintage ad for Dristan decongestant tablets.

1950s vintage ad for ‘Smith Brothers Assorted Fruit Cough Drops”.

Such a fun and colorful ad! I feel better already from just looking at it. Is that Abraham Lincoln handing out cough drops?

1959 ‘Vicks Vaporub’ Cold Relief vintage print ad.

1950s Vintage Ad: 1959 VICKS VAPORUB Cold Relief Sleeping Medicine Medication Health Vintage Print Ad

Source: Etsy

March 1942, Better Homes & Gardens magazine had an article on “How to Dodge a Cold – or Lick One” that I thought would be fun to share here. Hope it helps!

1940s vintage magazine article - March 1942, Better Homes & Gardens magazine had an article on "How to Dodge a Cold - or Lick One"

To end, lets listen to poor Miss Adelaide from Guys and Dolls talk about her cold, brought on by a certain someone not giving her a ring (I can totally see that happening lol).

Question: What do you do to fix up your colds my vintage friends?

Further Reading: Vintage Advertising 1920s -1960s (Archived Blog Posts)

Liz 🙂

A few years ago I attended a cool Rockabilly event in Toronto called “Bop & Bowl” where we “bopped” to good Rockabilly music and “bowled” at the bowling alley…clearly lol! Anyways this event got me thinking about what I should of worn at the Bowling alley that day. So while looking online for inspiration, I stumbled upon some really fun photos of “Bowling alley fun” AND “Bowling alley dress” that I thought I would share with you.

Note: See a full post I did on “Vintage Bowling Advertising“

1940’s & 1950’s Bowling

Vintage Advertising & Vintage Photos

How adorable is this 1950s Seven-Up vintage ad featuring a teenager couple on a date together at the bowling alley.

1950s Vintage Advertising for 7up pop / soda featuring two teenagers on a date at the bowling alley in 1950s fashions.

1950’s Schlitz Beer Ad featuring a couple at the bowling alley and the wife is helping her husband drink his beer while he prepares to bowl.

1950s Vintage Ad / 1950s Bowling Advertisement for Schlitz beer featuring an illustration of a 1950s wife helping her husband drink a beer while he holds a bowling ball at the bowling alley.

Source: Alamy

1951 bowling history and instructional manual from the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Topics include: bowling etiquette, dress and proper stance.

1950s Vintage Bowling Booklet from 1951-bowling history and instructional manual from the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company

Source: Etsy – MrsWhiteTwig

OMG! Look at how divine these 1940s women look?? The last two ladies on the right are outstanding with their hair and makeup and look at their perfect nails! I would love to know what their nails looked like AFTER they finished though. ha!

1940s vintage bowling image of 4 women with stunning 1940s hairstyles holding bowling balls in 1940s fashions.

PHOTO credit: “Advocate Mag.com” & Lauren Muncy

This is my vision of how the Bowling party will look like 🙂 Late 1940s/ Early 1950s photo of young women throwing their bowling ball down the lane at the same time.

Vintage late 1940s / Early 1950s image of women bowling.

Fun with the family at the Bowling Alley circa 1950s. The little girl with the cute dress and hair totally makes this picture.

1950s vintage photo of a family 1950s fashions at the bowling alley.

Photo Credit: Joe Herring Jr

1950s vintage photo of a woman scoring a bowling game.

I love her look, if I could wear shorts well I would totally take this 1950s look but for now it just might have to be the top.

Photo Credit: Joe Herring Jr

I just love everything about this photo of 4 women in the motion of bowling in the 1940s!

1940s vintage photo of women bowling in 1940s fashions.

The two 1940s images below are the looks I think I will go with for my “Bowling Look”. Bit of this here and bit of that there and done (cute bow in the first ladies vintage hairstyle)!

1940s vintage photo of a woman in 1940s fashion and 1940s hairstyle throwing a bowling ball down the lane.

1940s vintage pinup image of a girl bowling in a 1940s fashion illustation.

Now for the image of all images to close off this blog post…1940s women at the bowling alley in matching skirts with shorts & blouses getting ready to bowl (or already bowling as per the pretty woman on the right). SUPER 1940s Fashion Inspiration!

1940s photo of 940s women in matching skirts with shorts & blouses getting ready to bowl (or already bowling as per the pretty woman on the right). SUPER 1940s Fashion Inspiration!

Question Time: Are you a bowler? 10 pin or 5? Share any thoughts in the comment section below.

Happy bowling everyone!

FURTHER READING:

Vintage Advertising (Archived Blog posts)
Vintage Photos 1920s-1960s (Archived posts)
Vintage Fashions 1920s-1960s

Liz 🙂

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Category: Vintage Advertising