Description
Black and white 4 1/2″ x 13″ ad for their Ribbon Dental Cream. This ad is another with a series of pictures that tells a story that has another happy ending. The ad starts with the heading “Alike as Two Peas – but it’s a cinch to tell them apart!”. We see two identical twin sisters, Mary and Margie, smiling as the next picture shows one man mentioning to another that no matter how much alike they looked, “it’s easy to tell them apart these days”. Overhearing that remark Mary asks Margie what he could possible mean and Margie proudly retorts that “last night I heard him say you ought to see a dentist about your breath”. Mary does see the dentist who explains about Colgate Dental Cream fighting Bad Breath. The next picture shows both sisters dancing closely with two young men and the one compliments Margie on how sweet she is. Mary is finally able to say “Thanks, Bob, but I’m not Margie – I’m Mary!”. The last picture shows Mary smiling and talking about having No Bad Breath as well as a Sparkling Smile.
Source: May 2, 1938 Life magazine.
