On February 17, 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle came off
the assembly line, breaking a world car production record held for
more than four decades by the Ford Motor Company’s iconic Model
T, which was in production from 1908 and 1927.
After more than 60 years and over 21 million vehicles produced, the
last original Beetle rolled off the line in Puebla, Mexico, on July 30,
2003.
Center: Brace Beemer, an announcer for the program, was
one of several actors to play the masked man on radio; he
took on the role full-time beginning in 1941 and continued through the end of the series’ run. John Todd (left) was
Tonto.
With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of
“Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” The Lone Ranger debuted on Detroit’s WXYZ
radio station.
The creation of station-owner George Trendle and writer Fran
Striker (below), the “masked rider of the plains” became one of
the most popular and enduring western heroes of the 20th century. Joined by his trusty steed, Silver, and Native American scout,
Tonto, the Lone Ranger battled western outlaws and Native
Americans.
Fran Striker
Striker also created The Green Hornet
and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.
Actor/Announcer Brace Beemer
(December 9, 1902 – March 1, 1965)
The company first started selling Wildroot Hair Tonic in 1911,
In the 1920s, the tonic was primarily marketed to women, with advertisements warning that bobbed hair and tight hats would
cause baldness, unless they used the Wildroot product.
Wildroot started marketing the product to men in the 1930s,
In 1937, the company was scolded by the Federal Trade
Commission for claiming that Wildroot Hair Tonic keeps
the scalp "healthy", "penetrates" the sebaceous glands,
cleans up dandruff "completely", and that the results were "guaranteed".
Wildroot Cream-Oil was first sold in 1943, In the 1950s, it was
associated with the greaser subculture, teenage boys who
slicked their hair down into a ducktail style.]
A "Wildroot Hair Groom" is still being marketed today by the
Oakhurst Company.
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Pep was a brand of whole-wheat breakfast cereal produced by
the Kellogg Company, and introduced in 1923, which became
the first to be fortified with vitamins B and D in 1938. Pep was
a long-running rival to Wheaties, and also the sponsor of Mutual
Radio‘s The Adventures of Superman radio series. One of Pep’s advertising slogans was "the Sunshine cereal".
Pep ad featuring Our Gang (1928).
