[AT] OT: Barbershop ads

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Sat Dec 9 04:15:58 PST 2006


This Hadacal comment tripped something in my memory.  Wasn't there a product 
line called Barbersol or sal or something like that.  Maybe that was the one 
with the poker playing dogs.  I remember folks talking about hadacal but 
don't remember ever actually seeing any.

Charlie
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> Dudley:
>
> I just have had a flash back of that era. Wasn't there some kind of joke
> about the company that went something like this?
>
> Question:
>
> How in the world did a company get a name like Hadacal?
>
> Answer:
>
> Well, they hada call it something.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dudley Rupert
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 8:02 PM
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> Subject: RE: [AT] OT: Barbershop ads
>
> Robert,
>
> This is not the specific ad your' asking about but the one that pops into 
> my
> mind is the one for "Hadacal" - it was touted to "cure all that ails you."
> I remember this ad, if not from the late 40's then from the early 50's.  I
> remember my dad scoffing at it saying it was just another name for alcohol
> (not the rubbing kind) ...I don't know if there was any truth to that or 
> not
> but it's what I remember.
>
> Dudley
>
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> Mullrbob at wmconnect.com
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> Subject: [AT] OT: Barbershop ads
>
> Anyone remember the ads in Barbershops in the 50's advertising hair tonic.
> What was the ones called that had dogs (cartoon)  sitting around a pool 
> hall
> playing cards and smoking cigars, etc.? I want to find some of those old
> ads, but
> can't remember the titles.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert Mull
> Woodstock, Georgia
>
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