A celebration of the ever-fabulous, sometimes outlandish thing that is vintage medicine ads, primarily from the 1930s - 1960s.Tumblr (3.0; @vintagemedicineads)http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd3pcVgN91r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Norwich Pharmacal Co.’s Pepto-Bismol – She passed her Exams but her stomach Flunked (1946)</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8468471419http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8468471419Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:20:06 -0400upset stomachvintagevintage medicine ads1940sgirlcollegewomanlifeinterestingoldcoolfun<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd3k2yLRB1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Kotex Snow Skiers Coffee Break Personally Yours {1948}</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8435932201http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8435932201Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:42:06 -0400kotexfemalegirlboycoffeeskipersonal careperiodmenstruationmedicinevintagevintage medicine adsretro19401948<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd3scVZDe1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Associated Nutrition Consultant’s Protam Nutritional Plan – “I Found A lazy Way To Reduce” (1949)</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432680025http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432680025Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:12:00 -04001940sbathing suitblack and whitedietdiet planfatfemalelazynutritionpoundreducereduce weightretroskinnyvintageweight losswomanfoodmoney<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd3d3BGgL1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Johnson & Johnson’s First Aid Products {1946}</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432366129http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432366129Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:03:00 -0400vintage babycutekidchildrenlittleredbabyvintage medicine adsvintageretro1940s1946drugsmarketingartmagazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd33qZpQH1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co.’s Milk of Magnesia – They’re both in the swim today. {1946}</strong></p> <p>Milk of magnesia is used to relieve constipation. Judging by the amount of ads there were for constipation remedies in the 1940s and 1950s, constipation must have been a very frequent problem. I wonder if it was from all those repressed emotions?<strong><br/></strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432180221http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8432180221Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:57:26 -0400milk of magnesiamilkswimswimmingsummergirlfamilyladywomanfemalekidchildbluepeoplevintagevintage medicine adsadsretrooldmedicinedrugsremedyfuninteresting1940s40s1946<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpboa5TS9G1r0lmxxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>No Belladonna Backfire!</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401594081http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401594081Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:39:41 -0400vintage adretromedicinedrugsold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbo56Gd2J1r0lmxxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Now She Can Cook Breakfast Again!</strong></p> <p>Drug once used to control morning sickness in pregnancy. One of the side effects was low blood pressure.</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401469035http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401469035Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:36:42 -0400vintageadvintage medicine adsmorning sicknesspregnancysecwomanladyfemalebabymornidine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbns8rko21r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>VITAMINS FOR PEP! The Harder A Wife Works, The Cuter She Looks!</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401141930http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401141930Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:28:56 -0400pepvitaminsdrugsmedicineadvertisementsexismfemalegenderwomanmanhusbandwifemarriagevintageoldretroout datedideasadvertisingmarketing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbnnfHlbQ1r0lmxxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>If you want to be popular, you can’t afford to be SKINNY!</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401021189http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8401021189Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:26:03 -0400skinnythinweightvintageretrogirlwomanfemaleladydrugmedicinedietfoodvintage advintage adsadvertisementfoofoodfatgain weightpounds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbncq1ahT1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People {1890}</strong></p> <p>Late 19th to early 20th century patent medicine containing iron oxide and magnesium sulfate. <span class="external autonumber">[1]</span> It was produced by Dr. Williams Medicine Company, the trading arm of <span class="new">G. T. Fulford & Company</span>. It was claimed to cure <span class="mw-redirect">chorea</span>, referenced frequently in newspaper headlines as “St. Vitus’ Dance,” as well as “locomotor ataxia, partial paralyxia, seistica, neuralgia rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, [and] all forms of weakness in male or female.”</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8400753709http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8400753709Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:19:38 -0400pink pillsvintage adadvintageretroadvertisementhandspillsdrugsmedicinehealthinterestingoldold fashioned1800sheadacheheartcomplexion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpba6otRZE1r0lmxxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>FAT BANISHED! How? With Sanitized Tapeworms. Easy To Swallow.</strong></p> <p>The idea was that you could eat as much as you wanted and the tapeworms living inside of you would then eat that food so it wouldn’t go onto your hips.</p> <p>I call fail. Massive (no pun intended) fail.</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389969822http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389969822Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:35:12 -0400vintageweight lossfatweighttapewormshealthmedicinedietladywomengirlfashionretrofailcrazyweirdstrangeoldvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb9o9HsSM1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>McNeil Butisol Sodium </strong><br/> Brand name for butabarbital. “Mabel is unstable…it’s ‘that time’ in her life. To see her through the menopause, there’s gentle ‘daytime sedation’ in Butisol Sodium.”</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389595001http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389595001Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:24:09 -0400mcneil butisol sodiumbutabarbitaldrugsmedicinevintageretrobluemabelwomandaytimesedationmenopausefailladyfemaleadvertisementvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb9j3O5os1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Norodin</strong><br/> Brand name for methamphetamine. “The selective cerebral action of Norodin is useful in dispelling the shadows of mild mental depression.”</p> <p><em>Can I get a ‘fail’? This is why I love vintage medicine. ;)</em></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389490016http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389490016Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:21:00 -0400advertisementdepressionfailfemalegirlmathamphetaminemethretrovintagewomanmedicinedrugsladydarknorodinvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb90kVRXG1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Lloyd Cocaine Toothache Drops {1885}</strong></p> <p>Cocaine was sold over-the-counter until 1914 in the US. Crazy!<strong><br/></strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389112732http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8389112732Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:09:00 -0400Lloydcocainetoothachedropsmedicinedrugsvintageretrolifeadsadvertisementvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb8rbUNsE1r0lmxxo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Quaalude advertisement {1971}</strong></p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388928627http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388928627Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:04:23 -0400Quaaludemedicinedrugsadvertisementvintageretroold197170s1970sfamilyvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb8mmCkE31r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cuticura – Blemishes. Try This Tested Way To Help Relieve Blackheads And Externally Caused Pimples {1947}</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388830229http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388830229Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:01:34 -0400blemishacnevintageadvertisementretrogirlwomanfemaleskincomplection1940s1940401943Cuticuravintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb8ibIjmj1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unknown’s Poundex – Wanted: 1000 Skinny People To Gain Solid Pounds of Flesh on Chest, Arms, Legs and Body – or Money Back {1953}</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388745056http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388745056Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:58:59 -0400poundex1950s1953skinnypeoplepoundschestarmslegsbodymoneyweightweight lossweight gainvintageretrocoolpictureadvertisementmagazinemedicinehealthdrugsvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold times<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpb8dwEp5i1r0lmxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gleem Toothpaste {1956}</p>http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388656693http://vintagemedicineads.tumblr.com/post/8388656693Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:56:20 -0400Gleemtoothpaste19561950svintageretroadscoolwomangirlvintage adadvintage stuffvintage adsinterestingold fashionedold timesgood old daysusaamericamarketingvintage illustrationvintage medicine adsvintage medicine ad