Today in funny fake ads.
(click ad, via) It almost reads like it could be a real ad. But no, apparently a fake. 25 bucks a week was a fortune in 1860. "Orphans preferred (snicker)." I'm still trying to find out if this obscene retro Chiquita ad is real or fake.
posted by copyranter @ 11:30 AM
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In all probability it is not an original. No one kept stuff like that in 1860 as they had other life-solving issues to be concerned about. Since the Pony Express only went a year, no one would have thought to keep this around but that is the advertising that was being done at that time - they wanted skinny, young men with an ability to ride and endure hardships.
I used to live in Kansas City and bought this postcard in a gift shop of some sort there. I thought it was funny, but I didn't think it was real.
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