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Nufashond Garters ad (1925) (lemmy.world)
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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago

Here's how I heard it.

Back between WW1 and 2. A young US Army lieutenant is sent to his first assignment. When he checks in at the base, the corporal in charge of the Bachelor Officers' Quarters asks if he wants to subscribe to the New York Times. The corporal tells him that every other officer there has a subscription. Bemused, he hands over his money and takes the paper.

He reads the paper every day, but none of the other officers ever talks to him about the news. Then he gets the Sunday edition and figures out why the paper was so popular.

In those days, the Sunday New York Times magazine was the only place where you'd see full color lingerie advertisements

[-] BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

and now it's just oracle and amazon

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Today I learned how the US contributed to winning WWII.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

I'd appreciate a long and detailed description of exactly how you imagine the battles of WW2 being fought.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

With breaks to look at thighs in the Sunday New York Times!

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_art

Here's another story.

Pilots liked to paint pretty ladies in scanty outfits on their planes. It was great for morale, and was also useful in helping identify friend and foe.

Religious types at home protested the idea that front line soldiers were being exposed to such filth.

[-] Mniot@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

Pretty neat that the advertisement has "or buy our materials and make them yourself!" in two different places.

[-] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

oldschool

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Early Stage Capitalism

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