looking for a Listerine ad

[The Wolf]

I didn't know in which section this should be.[huh]
I'm looking for a decent scan of a 1933 ad for Listerine that says "Fight colds if you would guard against SINUS TROUBLE
Listerine gargle kills germs in mouth" At the bottom it says "AND IT CHECKS SORE THROAT"
The fonts should give you an idea of its look.
Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Midnight Palace]

I have a subscription on newspaperarchive.com, it may have run in one of the newspapers back then. I'll run a search for you.

 

[Midnight Palace]

This doesn't seem to be exactly the same as the wording you gave but it's very similar if you read the copy and it's from January 1933.

 

[The Wolf]

close but no toothbrush

Thanks for looking. That one is close but it is for the toothpaste not the gargle.
The one I'm looking for was a full page magazine ad.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Starius]

My two friends who I sometimes set up with at the flea markets often deal in old magazines, I'll check to see if they might have anything like that.

We've found that for a lot of old magazines, we can take pages of advertisements out and sell them for more than we could get for the magazine individually.

Personally, I hate the destruction of a magazine almost as much as a book, but sometimes thats the best way to go. In any event, I'll keep my eye out for ya.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I have the complete New Yorker on DVD collection at work. It has the ads and everything along with a searchable database. I'll take a look at it when I get in.

 

[Flieger]

I didn't know in which section this should be.[huh]
I'm looking for a decent scan of a 1933 ad for Listerine that says "Fight colds if you would guard against SINUS TROUBLE
Listerine gargle kills germs in mouth" At the bottom it says "AND IT CHECKS SORE THROAT"
The fonts should give you an idea of its look.
Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

I guess you have checked eBay? I saw there where loads of Listerine ads listed there. [huh]

/F

 

[The Wolf]

Thanks, everyone

I have checked e-bay before. You realise how many ads Listerine had in 1930s-1940s.
Mr. Stovall, the look through the New Yorker sounds good. Thanks ahead of time. I'm crossing my fingers that you find it.

Sincerely,
the Wolf

 

[texasgirl]

I just wanted to let you know I checked all my sources too, no luck- and I work in an ad agency library with tons of old advertising books. I did find several on Listerine, but not the one you are looking for. I'll keep my eye out though

 

[Barry]

I checked several of the databases at Duke University's Image Collection Website:

http://library.duke.edu/research/image/online/duke.html

I didn't have any luck. There were several other ads recommending listerine for colds and flu though.

Barry

 

[HadleyH]

I don't want to be impertinent...but

I'm so curious, why do you need this 'Listerine' ad so badly?

 

[Starius]

I'm so curious, why do you need this 'Listerine' ad so badly?

I've been rather curious about that myself.

 

[HadleyH]

I've been rather curious about that myself.

I know lol rather puzzling ... or may be not [huh]

 

[panamag8or]

The closest I could find was this 1931 ad.

 

[The Wolf]

Thanks everyone. It' nice to know that so many people are helping. The oribinal was a black and(white insife cover of+hte so I needed ^&%$ kdiaan

Sinsywd
Yxk Rdk,

 

[Starius]

Thanks everyone. It' nice to know that so many people are helping. The oribinal was a black and(white insife cover of+hte so I needed ^&%$ kdiaan

Sinsywd
Yxk Rdk,

Well, no one has said anything... but I'll bite.
Uhhhh what the heck did you just say at the end there?

 

[Prairie Dog]

Thanks everyone. It' nice to know that so many people are helping. The oribinal was a black and(white insife cover of+hte so I needed ^&%$ kdiaan
Sinsywd
Yxk Rdk,

Starius,
Maybe this is the effect of using too much listerine.
His words are all "gargled"!lol

 

[The Wolf]

You mean that didn't make sense to you?

Here is a shot of the original ad.

I wanted to make a prop of the beginning of the original Doc Savage story to flip through. I figure someone here would probably be able to find a copy.
I appreciate the research everyone has done so far.

Sincerely,
the Wolf

 

[Midnight Palace]

This may help a little bit. I've pinpointed the when and where of the ad...

Listerine ad history....

"In Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan for February 1933, the emphasis was placed upon SINUS TROUBLE"

 

[euphemiasdoll]

ads

My two friends who I sometimes set up with at the flea markets often deal in old magazines, I'll check to see if they might have anything like that.

We've found that for a lot of old magazines, we can take pages of advertisements out and sell them for more than we could get for the magazine individually.

Personally, I hate the destruction of a magazine almost as much as a book, but sometimes thats the best way to go. In any event, I'll keep my eye out for ya.

I wonder about that because quite frankly I don't think people in the 30's and 40's would have ripped out the ads and have had them framed and hung on their wall.