Ridiculous 50s adverts for mums.

Happy Mother's Day! My mum's fab. So are these awful ads.

Believe it or not; the one above is advertising a washing powder. I've never personally been bullied about the lack of blinding whiteness in my shirt, or known anyone who has, but the 1950s think otherwise.

And this. Oh my god.

That's a pretty amazing transformation.

Beans win races, ice cream is rectangular.

Some more scans from my beloved 1950s Picture Post, this time advertising foooood.

Farting his way across the finish line, well done Tim!

That’s nice to know!

These are the happiest and most obnoxiously bright of the Picture Post adverts I’ve scanned, it’s all graves and crying children (I’m serious!) from here on. This one does kind of make me fancy an ice cream though. Just not a weird rectangular one.