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This podcast recording is from the set of 11 records purchased by Miss Esther N. Horn of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1922. They were advertised as a means to treat, "undue fleshiness" without "under-nourishment" through dance and calisthenics.
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Knead Away, was sold by Sears Roebuck and billed as "The Scientific Way to Remove Fat." The Knead-Away Massager certainly appears to have been marketed to a different audience"
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This advertisement appeared in Munsey’s Magazine (based in New York City) in April 1904. The ad does not actually specify what Dr. Bradford is selling, but rest assured you can still eat, "as much or as often as you please" and lose 3-5 pounds weekly."
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"Not just slenderizing, stylish too," these 1970s Trim-Jeans were "guaranteed" to reduce your waist, abdomen, hips and thighs."
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Dr. Thomas Lawton advertises his miraculous fat-reducing "vacuum device."