Description
Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Mennen Skin Bracer. This ad has a drawing showing two different styles of their product, the one on the left has an all red package and the one on the right has one that is white with a red flower drawn on it and the sticker that they show says, “Take Your Choice Of The Gay Packages $1.00”. The headline for this ad, right above a picture of a husband and wife kissing, says “He’ll Love You Christmas Night…He’ll think of you – Every Morning”. The text for this ad says that “Joy Bells will Ring…when you present the man you love with a beautiful, de luxe Christmas gift package of Mennen Skin Bracer. The gift personal – intimate – affectionate. Mennen Skin Bracer is the largest-selling after-shave lotion in the world today…so you know it’s the gift he wants. Cooling, refreshing, mildly astringent, Mennen Skin Bracer adds a delightful finish to his daily shave. You’ll lofe its ‘he-man’ fragrance, too. Look for the beautiful, new Christmas gift-packages of Mennen Skin Bracer at drug and toiletries counters – everywhere. Each package contains 12 ounces…more than twice as much Mennen Skin Bracer as the regular size. The price: Only One Dollar!“.
Source: December 17, 1945 Life magazine.
