Golden Era Safeguards

[Marc Chevalier]

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Some dubious(?) collectibles from the Golden Era: prophylactic tins and boxes. "For protection against disease," as the containers say.



Read the fine print at the top of this one. Hmmm ...

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[Miss Neecerie]

Not all that dubious....

I do -love- that they started naming them things like Sheik....after the Valentino movie by that name came out.....

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Apparently, those Valentino flicks led Americans to associate hanky panky with Egypt.

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[Miss Neecerie]

Apparently, those Valentino films led Americans to associate hanky panky with Egypt.

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Only hanky panky I saw in Egypt....was someone offering (jokingly I -think-) my bf of the time....14 camels for me....

Not -quite- the same thing..

 

[imoldfashioned]

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"For protection against disease,"

More needed now than then I fear. Great graphics--I especially like the Co-Eds.

Does anyone else find it interesting/sad that all those tins are in such pristine, unused condition?

 

[cookie]

Little Egypt Came Out Struttin'...Wearing Nuttin'....

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Some dubious(?) collectibles from the Golden Era: prophylactic tins and boxes. "For protection against disease," as the containers say.



Read the fine print at the top of this one. Hmmm ...

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What is it with the Egyptian connection with sex? The WWI film Gallipoli had a scene where the boys visit the backstreet bordellos of Cairo. Aussies were back there in WWII as well and the occasional old Digger used to whisper stories to us kids about their brothel creeping in Cairo. Maybe that is the connection with the Sphinx etc...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Well, the sultans of the Ottoman Empire have long been food for European fantasies ... scores of Victorian erotic novels dealt with harems, white slavery, etc.


Egypt? Mata Hari-style bellydancing, brothels, wild-eyed sheiks on galloping stallions ...

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[The Wolf]

The Co-Ed is great. "Son, now that you're going to college you might need these."lol
I like the packaging for Ramses.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Marc Chevalier]

And how about those three "merry widows"? Watch out for Agnes, Mabel and Beckie!

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[Matt Deckard]

I'll use the modern ones thank you.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

You know, for the longest time, I didn't think these things existed then. Whether or not they worked, they existed.

 

[Smyat]

You know, for the longest time, I didn't think these things existed then. Whether or not they worked, they existed.

Nah. All fakes. Why would they exist when we all know sex was invented in the 1960s?

Seriously - I've known the term "merry widow" for a long time without ever realizing it was a real brand name.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Romeos . . . hahahaha!

Only hanky panky I saw in Egypt....was someone offering (jokingly I -think-) my bf of the time....14 camels for me....

Not -quite- the same thing..

The swine! Why, a spirited and lovely lady like you is surely worth at least 16 camels, 10 goats and a barely-used Farsh/'Qalii' rug! lol

That actually happened to a friend of mine in Turkey. She was apparently worth only 6 camels . . .

 

[16_sparrows]

Oh man, these are great. I'm such a sucker for packaging and "dubious" objects, as you say. Thanks for posting these!

 

[dr greg]

Creeping? Not likely!

What is it with the Egyptian connection with sex? The WWI film Gallipoli had a scene where the boys visit the backstreet bordellos of Cairo. Aussies were back there in WWII as well and the occasional old Digger used to whisper stories to us kids about their brothel creeping in Cairo. Maybe that is the connection with the Sphinx etc...

http://user.online.be/~snelders/wozzer/woz1.htm