Vintage ads from the pages of Popular Science. Oh those were glorious times...

An ad from 1920. Lucky Grace!

Nothing like a vacuum helmet after a stressful day.

Become a finger print detective today. It's just like CSI, minus the excitement.

Looking for a hobby? How about a circular saw?
(ad from 1930)

People really were bored before the internet.

An ad from 1938. Clearly no home computers back then.

"Locks milk box when milk has been delivered." Been looking for that for ages...

It's useful and looks good.

I can see what you're doing there.

"Make up to $20,00 a day showing women how to keep doors from slamming."

Be a man-one blitz and destroy your enemy! An ad from the times of World War II.

"But mom I wanted an iPod..."

"Here are gathered in one pleasure-laden book, all the necessary ingredients for every gay playboy."

Deadly weapons against the axis... selling draftmen's tools in 1943.

By the power of grayskull, how may I help you?

"It's weird"?

Before there was Wikipedia.

We live in cynical times if we stop believing...

Just what the kids need for xmas...

Yeah, or you could just sue him for friggin beating you up for no reason.

Don't just guess... base your prejucides on real stereotypes!

advertisements are from the magazine Popular Science found at Google Books.

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