Description
Full color 9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad that tells a story about a man who uses Vaseline Hair Tonic. This ad has the familiar first frame, of a woman looking at something off to the right as the caption asks “What kind of man uses Vaseline Hair Tonic“. It then goes into a seven-frame story about a day at the races. In the first photo a man and his date are approached by another man who is “At the races a man asks him for change of a $50 bill”. In the second photo the man is explaining that “I can’t change it and get back before the next race”. In the third photo the first man is examining it and thinks that “It looks good but is it?”. He then says to the second man “I’ll sign my tab then see if I have it”. In the next photo it shows what the man has signed, a ticket that says “Call the Police. He’s passing counterfeit money!” and, the waiter looks at it and thinks, “He must be sure of himself. But how does he know?”. The next picture shows the man being arrested by the police and the caption tells us that “It was a 1950D bill. It had Henry Fowler’s signature. It should have had Douglas Dillon’s”. Pretty smart, huh. Bet you wouldn’t have figured that one out.
Source: April 14, 1967 Life magazine.
