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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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"Good news for thousands of girls who have no sex appeal" - Ironized yeast (i.ibb.co)
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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This ad was post-depression, where getting enough to eat while growing up was a huge problem.

Edit: not to say the advertisers weren't playing on insecurities That's SOP for advertising.