Kids didn't know what 'illusory' meant. And they were too lazy to look it up.

Every baby boomer raised in the U.S. remembers the ad for X-ray glasses... The titillating promise of seeing people naked... And the I-should-have-known-better disappointment that accompanied our buyer's remorse.

For many more examples of vintage advertising, visit my other blog, Found in Mom's Basement.

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