Excellent Weight Gain Ad from 1934; for the Naturally Skinny
May 29, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink, Media, Medical History
Kelp-o-malt sounds like something you might find on a pair of Spongebob’s underpants after a 3-day bender, but it’s actually just what the doctor ordered for the “naturally skinny”. Check out this wonderfully nostalgic ad from 1934 promising 5 lbs of “solid flesh” in just one week! A, the times, they are a changin’ super-sized.
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Kelly Townsend
How do I get in touch with this company?? I am really interested in this for I am a skinny person and I am trying to find a way to add pounds, sounds interesting. (kelp-o-malt)