6. Listerine Tooth Paste
“Listerine Tooth Paste is traveling in ‘hot’ company these days—Blondie, Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Superman, and many other famous characters of the Sunday Comic Sections.”
Toothpaste is no longer 40 cents a bottle, but is still widely advertised!
7. First Aid Needs
“Put it in your window—and there is magic! Magic that says: ‘Stop!’ Magic that says: ‘Look!’”
In days when most publishing was done in black and white, a splash of color really did stand out.
8. Cash Register
“Even wartime help shortages haven’t been quite so hard to take — for customers or management — when the National ‘Pay-when-served’ plan is used.”
Can you imagine a pharmacy without a computer in it? And isn’t that “Serving the Nation by Saving Time!”
9. Aspirin
“Make 1944 PAY with a Permanent Display of Plough Products.”
If you see any aspirin emitting music, report it to a supervisor or the FDA MedWatch hotline immediately.
10. Tooth Brush
“Peter Porker and his pals are doing a whale of a job in the country’s leading weeklies! Get some of these easy profits.”
Hopefully, these toothbrushes were not pork-flavored in any way. Interestingly, Peter Porker predates the use of Peter Parker’s (aka Spider-Man) first appearance in 1962.
Credits: drugtopics.modernmedicine.com
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