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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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An ad selling radium hand cleaner, printed in The Salem News, Ohio (1909) (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I hope they were lying about what was in there

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 5 months ago

I still am too freaked out to wear the radium dial watch I inherited from my grandfather.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 3 points 5 months ago

This is a case where being dishonest would've been better for everyone

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

They were. It's actually uranium.