Politically (In)correct
Nov 29th, 2007 by Chris
1953: Husband furious because you’ve missed the post? The Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter prints the stamp and seals the envelope all in one go
In a politically correct age, they seem like outrageous anachronisms.
And there is no doubt these adverts – many taken from the first half of the last century – reveal just how much women used to be caricatured as downtrodden housewives or hair-brained office girls.
Now, a new book – You Mean A Woman Can Open It?: The Woman’s Place In The Classic Age Of Advertising – brings together images which would surely cause a howl of protest if they were released today.
I had a good laugh looking through some of these.
