SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – They were, and are, icons of America. The windmill, specifically the Aermotor windmill. Pictured at right, an Aermotor windmill tail in a museum in Palmetto, Florida. The Aermotor was ubiquitous across the U.S., and helped build farms across rural areas. Few realize that they are stillMORE HERE
Fun recent searches that landed Americans on BrandlandUSA. Chrysler Factory Tours. To bad they don’t have them; they might actually make some cash as I would love to see a restored Plymouth with Torque-Flite! Discontinued Charles of the Ritz. Once a great brand, now gone. Revlon made a mistake whenMORE HERE
See history of Swanson TV Dinners. Look at it on our main site, BrandlandUSA.comMORE HERE
While Banquet (a former RCA subsidiary) and Morton frozen dinners were leaders, Swanson has taken the crown of being the official “retro” TV dinner. And why not? They invented the name. At right, the Salisbury Steak Dinner. Much better without the green peppers. Pinnacle Foods Corp. now owns Swanson, andMORE HERE
So we are watching American Life, in its redux of the Saturday night early 1970s CBS lineup (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart) and we look at the credits at the end. MTM Productions gives thanks to clothing by House of Worsted-Tex and Norman Todd. Today, lets look at HouseMORE HERE
Last Friday, during the gut-wrenching (literally) Farrah documentary, we got to see the commercial again. Not Farrah shampoo (a Faberge product), nor her Mercury car ad, but Noxzema Shave Cream. We still use Noxzema, thought the plain medicated kind in the white can is hard to find, and not allMORE HERE
General Motors thinks it has killed off the Pontiac. And what a brilliant move that is. Let’s see, you need to sell MORE cars cause your company is broke, and you cut out yet one more product line? And then cut out even more dealers? Thankfully, though, the brand willMORE HERE
When Ascendia Brands went bankrupt, they sold a number of brands to new owners. One of the most storied brands was Dorothy Gray, which sold, with the Tussy deodorant line, for $1 milllion to KCM Brands LLC, according to Reuters. While production has resumed on other Ascendia brands like Mr.MORE HERE
And to think it was only a few years ago that they wanted to get rid of them all, and tried their best? But no, the Union 76 ball has resurfaced in the upcoming Will Farrell remake, Land of the Lost. A bit about the film from IMdB: On hisMORE HERE
We thought this was a very good book idea about the history of Bell Labs, and glad Dr. Narain Gehani wrote it: Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel, chronicles Narain Gehani’s twenty three years at Bell Laboratories. It is a welcome and needed addition to telephone history. Gehani startedMORE HERE