Ad Card

A 3-card period-faithful Victorian/Edwardian reconstruction of a ~1904 Schlitz ad claiming physician endorsement for nursing mothers — before the FDA, FTC, or Prohibition existed to stop it.

A 3-card 1940s period-faithful reconstruction of SLIM-ETTS Reducing Wafers for Children — a fictional but period-plausible OTC pharmaceutical ad for amphetamine-based diet tablets marketed to overweight kids with no prescription required, doctor-endorsed, sold at the drugstore for 75¢. Card A is the full reconstructed magazine ad in authentic Saturday Evening Post pharmaceutical layout. Card B is a Saturday Evening Post era-context cover (October 11, 1947) explaining the pre-1962 regulation-free landscape. Card C is the modern-impossibility note citing four simultaneous modern legal barriers.

A 3-card period-faithful Art Deco reconstruction of Lucky Strike's 1925–1929 "Reach for a Lucky Instead of a Sweet" campaign — the first major US tobacco ad campaign targeted directly at women, linking cigarettes to slimness during the Jazz Age flapper era.

The disinfectant under your sink once starred in women's magazine ads promising marital happiness — and caused chemical burns.

A 3-card 1950s period-faithful reconstruction of Hadacol — Louisiana's barnstorming cure-all tonic that hit $75M/year, starred Bob Hope, and quietly ran on 12% alcohol.

A 3-card period-faithful Art Deco reconstruction of 1920s radium beauty marketing — Card A is a full-page fictional RADIOR BEAUTY TONIC magazine ad in gold/black/ivory Art Deco lithograph style with elongated flapper-era fashion illustration; Card B is a Harper's Bazaar-style era-context card explaining how radium was sold as a mainstream beauty ingredient and placing the Radium Girls' legal timeline; Card C is a modern-impossibility note citing the NRC, EPA, FDA, and the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968, in the same Art Deco typographic palette.

A 3-card period-faithful reconstruction of Lloyd Manufacturing Co.'s documented 1880s cocaine toothache drops — Card A is a full Victorian apothecary lithograph broadside ad, Card B is an 1880s Harper's Weekly-style era-context card explaining the pre-Harrison Narcotics Act world, Card C is a modern-impossibility note in the same period typographic palette citing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

A 3-card period-faithful reconstruction of Pall Mall's 1950s "extra length filters and cools the smoke" throat-protection campaign, with era context and modern-impossibility note.

A 3-card period-faithful reconstruction of Coca-Cola's documented 1950s children's vigor campaign — full-page ad reconstruction, Life magazine era-context card, and modern-impossibility note citing FDA/AAP/FTC standards. All cards share the 1950s soft pastel halftone palette.

When the American Tobacco Company enlisted nearly 21,000 doctors to tout Lucky Strikes as the throat-friendly cigarette — and "It's Toasted" meant something disturbingly literal.

When "fire-resistant, doctor-approved" meant something far worse than fire.

A 3-card period-faithful reconstruction of 7-Up's documented 1953–1958 baby-bottle advertising campaign — "For a Better Start in Life!" paired with a postwar era-context card and a sharp modern-impossibility note.