Last month, I wrote about The Era of Creepy Mascots. Last night, in looking for a January 16th topic, I came across another eye-catching advertising image. This one wasn't "creepy--" it was just odd.
For about 30 years (1895-1925), Linder Hardware store ran regular display ads in the Colorado Transcript. Many of them featured "Round Oak" heating stoves.
118 Years Ago
The January 16, 1908 issue included the dramatic addition of a cow, dressed in women's clothing, huddled over a Round Oak stove. She is telling her (son? grandson?), who is apparently Dutch (and human)--that "I would have caught my death o'cold without it!"
There is no explanation as to why there's a cow (with a comb, a brush, a shawl, and a fine head of hair) in the house, but it certainly attracted my attention.
