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July 07, 2008
Cleaner Brighter Faster
In 1968 women wore "futuristic" helmets during house cleaning house. After cleaning, wearing the fashionable helmets to shopping and lunches was considered a must. My own mother couldn't afford a helmet, so my dad constructed one out of cardboard and duct-tape. He painted it gloss white. I thought it looked authentic, but she finally stopped wearing it when she noticed some of the neighbor ladies laughing behind her back.
Thankfully, such strict standards are no longer required.
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Google search says that this add has been in Life Magazine April 5, 1968.
Does anyone has this picture in higher resolution for printing?
Posted by: Magnus Schmidt | Aug 13, 2008 6:14:50 AM
To my horror, I realized I didn't link to the Flickr high res source of this image. Now I've lost it. Very sorry.
Posted by: robyn | Aug 13, 2008 8:50:00 AM
This is funny, I gotta say. And your story about your mom's way in doing the cleaning is that true? It's funny looking back to the past and seeing how did things.
Posted by: Cleaner Finder | Nov 22, 2008 11:43:08 PM
