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| Englander |
Black and white 10" x 13" ad for their Airfoam Mattress. The ad has a series of photos that show the different positions that a lady assumes while trying to sleep during the night. The headline says "Doctors' answer the SLEEP question: It's not how long you sleep - but how well!" and has another picture of this lady stretching as she wakes up in the morning with a smile. The text talks about the bad things that a mattress can do and then explains "How Airfoam starts your best days the night before". |
November 12, 1956 Life magazine |
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$4.50 |
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| Lady Pepperell |
Full color 7 1/2" x 11" ad for their Sheets and Blankets. The ad has a large picture of a lady lying in a single bed and reading a book while she chews on the end of a rose. The ad headline claims that you can "Turn your Bedroom into a Dream room with lovely Lady Pepperell sheets and blankets" and a smaller photo shows this same lady lifting the edge of the mattress with the caption "Now! Fabulour NYLON fitted sheets for NEW luxury, NEW economy" and another picture shows some of the colors that were available. |
April 1954 Woman's Day |
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$4.50 |
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| North Star |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their All Wool Beauty Nap Blankets with actress Veronica Lake. The ad has a picture of the actress wearing a pink gown and a red bow in her hair while holding a grey blanket on her left arm and using her right hand to look at another grey blanket. There is a white star in the picture with the words "Sleep is your best beauty treatment" displayed in black text and the ad mentions her new movie Bring On The Girls. The text also describes the fact that getting eight hours sleep is important for any girl looking to stay beautiful. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 21, 1944 Life magazine |
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$5.00 |
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| Simmons |
Black and white 7 3/4" x 11 3/4" ad for their Deepsleep Inner Coil Mattress. The ad has a picture of a bed set up in a showroom where a large group of people have gathered around a bed with this New Simmons mattress on it. The ad claims that it is "Priced so everybody in the United States can have one at $19.95" and explains that this is the lower priced version of the Beautyrest that so many people are raving about. |
March 1930 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Simmons |
Full color 10" x 13" ad that tells you how to "Laugh at Winter". The ad has a photo of their "Exclusive Electronic Control" which is a black box about the size of a small toaster. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 9, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Simmons |
Full color 10" x 13" ad for their Beautyrest mattress. There is a picture of a man fast asleep in his bed while his son plays nearby with their dog. The headline calls this "Beautyrest...the Happiness Money Can Buy" and the text talks about doing what you want but don't distrub someone who is sleeping on a Beautyrest. It claims this mattress had a cost of $79.50 with a 10-year warranty and has diagrams that show how a normal mattress supports the spine and how a Beautyrest firmly holds the spine in the way that causes the least damage. |
June 5, 1962 Look magazine |
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$4.50 |
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| Springwall |
Black and white 5" x 11" ad for their Mattress. This ad contains a picture of a lady resting regally on a mattress that seems to be floating in space supported by a spring clip. The headline claims "Here's the secret of firm, correct body support! The non-sag edge of this Springwall Mattress...the most important mattress invention since the coil!".The text talks about the importance of support on the edge and has two pictures showing a lady testing it out in the store, just like they want you to. The text also mentions prices from $49.50 to $79.50 and talks about a contest they were having for Brides giving away a free Bermuda Honeymoon. |
June 1956 Good Housekeeping |
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$4.50 |
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