by | August 12, 2011 · 6:51 pm
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Vintage Ad: Underwood’s Red!

Harmonizing gendered labor and gendered consumption in one happiness-making product: this vintage ad (ca. 1955) via my Twitter feed. #TGIF

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2 Responses to Vintage Ad: Underwood’s Red!

  1. Graeme Roberts
    August 12, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    Most wanted by the girls who make business hum.

    There you have it!

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  2. sublimefemme
    August 15, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Hi Threadbared, Great ad. Who wouldn’t want to type her way to “kitten-soft” hands?!

    Re current events, please encourage your readers to support the Verizon strikers!
    http://sublimefemme.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/i-heart-verizon-strikers/

    xo
    SF

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