March 25, 2011 04:24 am PDT
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Lifebuoy soap to Rosie the Riveter: You stink!
In this 1944 ad for Lifebuoy soap, an unhappy gal working as a Rosie the Riveter on the war effort can't figure out why her husband doesn't want to go out to the movies with her anymore. She's rescued when she overhears two friends explaining that all the hard work has made her stink. Delighted to learn this, she switches to Lifebuoy and rekindles her relationship with her husband. We're all sweating more in '44! "Rosie the Riveter" dead at 86 - Boing Boing Rosie the Riveter: one of many finds in that LoC Flickr set ... Rosie the Riveter bookends - Boing Boing Rosie the Riveter (North Vietnamese edition) - Boing Boing...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LC09IBxfyqQ/lifebuoy-soap-to-ros.html
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