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Take your cod liver oil
Submitted by mr-ed on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 3:59pm.
This negative belonged to my uncle now deceased and was probably taken sometime in the early 1940s. It is a very interesting display which concentrates on the health benefits of cod live oil. Most likely it is a display in a drug store in Memphis, Tennessee. View full size.
Peruna Tonic
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 8:45pm.
As advertised in Chicago on WJJD's suppertime frolic.
Cod Liver Oil
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 4:08pm.
My mother gave me cod liver oil every day as a child. Sixty-five years later I can still remember the taste. Ugh.
It's interesting to see how many products were marketed with a wartime theme. "Our Country Needs Us Strong" and "Good Health Is Practical Patriotism." Even those rat tail combs were sold as "Victory" combs.
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