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Do You Still Use "Golden Age" Products?

Old Mariner

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If you were to look at my medicine cabinet, you would discern that I am an old-fashioned gal. You would not find lots of modern prescriptions or products. You would find:

Vics VaporRub
Vasoline
Witch Hazel
Hydrogen Peroxide
Methiolade
Iodine
Calamine lotion
Bayer aspirin
slippery elm throat lozenges
Bengay
rubbing alcohol
cotton balls
Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap


...and you would find the more modernTom's toothpaste because I cannot stand the sweet taste of modern toothpaste. And some antibiotic and first aid cream.

karol

This sounds more like what mine is like, although I have no Vicks, nor Asprin (I use Tylenol), and have no Ben Gay. I too, use more modern type "natural" toiletries due to reactions with certain chemicals. No cough or cold meds though (I rarely get that so, no use in keeping it.) Lavender oil diluted with Safflower oil (50/50) for cuts, infections, scar healing, any acne.

Most of my healing type stuff is old - herbs [ancient and prehistoric eras], essential oils [ancient], homeopathy [18th century], essences (for example - Bach remedies, although I make my own) - [1920s-1930s], vitamins (although it could depend upon when they were able to create them).
 

1930artdeco

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Fiance just bought me a cook book put out By General Foods in 1932. So I made a lemon Jell-O pie! Ok the Jell-O wasn't period but the ingredients are super simple and not high on the sugar count either.

Mike
 

Turnip

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Dr. Oetker Baking Powder, Pudding Powder..
Persil detergents
Kaweco and Pelikan Fountain Pens / Inks
Caran d´Ache and Faber Castell Pens
(Players Navy Cut, Nil, Eckstein...cigarettes) when I was still smoking
Erdal Shoe Cream
(Almost) any arbitrarily available German beer brand...
Sarotti Chocolate
Niederegger Marzipan
Hand Tools from Gedore, Hazet, Knipex, Wera, Picard, Peddinghaus...
...
 
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Turnip

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Miele White Household Ware
Flott Drill Presses and Powered Machinery
Fein Powered Hand Machinery
Bosch Powered Hand Machinery
Metabo Powered Hand Machinery
Pferd Files
Kirsch Woodwork Tools
WMF Cutlery
Wüsthoff Cutlery
Dick Cutlery
Brockhaus/Heuer Vises
Röhm Chucks
Hugo Boss Clothing
...
 

Stanley Doble

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Vitalis, Noxzema shaving cream, Lifebuoy and Ivory soap. You can't get Lifebuoy soap anymore and I haven't seen Vitalis or Noxzema for a while but you can still get Ivory soap.
 

Turnip

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This one of course

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I use Barbasol shaving cream and Clubman aftershave and cologne. All of my double-edge safety razors are vintage Gillettes from 1947-1962.

I use Barbasol as well, mostly because it’s the cheapest available in the supermarket. I question if it’s the same product they made way back when.

I still have a couple of double edge safety razors somewhere around here. I used to use them regularly.
 

MissNathalieVintage

Practically Family
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Chicago
Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel
Spic and Span cleaning powder
Bon Ami
Fels Naptha Laundry bar, this is the best at getting out tough stains and it really does make whites bright without using bleach.
Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
Scott Tissue
Quaker Quick Cooking Oats
Palmer's Lotion, I can't use the coco butter even though I have in the past. I now use their Coconut oil cream lotion. Its the only alcohol free skin cream that is easy to acquire at a shop.
 

Turnip

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A true classic, grain coffee.

Linde´s being No.1 in German market during WWII it has of course nothing to do with real coffee but is a nice „toasty“ hot drink, free of caffeine.
Roots reach back to 18th century, still widely available.


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Turnip

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„Pit Towels“, as these would be called translated directly. Used by German miners for two centuries when washing/showering after the shift.

The grey and blue plaid towels are closest possible to historical originals. They’re produced on historic weaving looms at an industrial museum weaving mill in Bocholt using original patterns and authentic materials.

Solid as a rock I use these as kitchen towels.

Way less pricey as modern „hommages“ sold at heritage shops like manufactum.de or so you also support the North Rhine Westphalian industrial museum society with any purchase who run quite a number of industrial museums all over the state.

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Old time quality at it’s very best.

Cheers

Turnip
 

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