Tuesday, March 31, 2009

To INSURE A Good Life

I came across this little stack of booklets awhile back from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife). I believe they're from the 1930's. I assume that these were provided free of charge, and they certainly contain a wealth of information. Included in the first booklet, below...

...was their simple prescription for life, including all of these:
and these, as well:
And a cookbook in case you needed some help with that:
I thought these lunch suggestions inside were interesting!

Good Teeth At All Ages told you just about everything you needed to know about your teeth and keeping them healthy:
The Family Food Supply - what your family needs:
Oh - and what they should eat!
Overweight And Underweight -this one includes sample menus, calorie counts, a weight chart - you get the idea:
Standing Up To Life - for good posture and foot health - what you should do:
....and what you shouldn't do:
Stand up to life!

I thought these old booklets were interesting - and you know, back then we didn't have the wealth of information at our fingertips that we do these days. Maybe an encyclopedia if you were able to afford it - otherwise , a trip to the library would be in order if you needed some information. Seems nice to me that the company provided these to their customers, or perhaps potential customers.

5 comments:

  1. love these booklets!!!! and tomato sandwiches! my gram always made homemade bread and had a HUGE (and i do mean HUGE) garden - tomato sandwiches were the norm (i did not like tomatoes for a long time so the rest of the family went for it) - and and other vegtable from the garden on her magnificent bread.
    memories.......pressed between the pages of my.......well you get the idea.

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  2. I'll have a salmon and lettuce on whole wheat please! Sounds yummy. And I love a big fat fresh from the summer garden tomato sandwich on any kind of bread, lightly toasted, with mayo and a bit of salt and pepper. Heaven. Thanks for sharing the booklets. Good health guidelines never go out of style. Love T

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  3. Hi Heidi! I was out of town again. Just got back, and I'm catching up on your postings. Love them all. Especially Red Skelton. My dad used to watch it too, and I watched it right with him!

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  4. Cottage cheese sandwich?! These booklets are very interesting. I love finding things like these. I enjoy seeing what life was like or expected to be like. Twyla

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  5. Wonderful collection of booklettes... I've always found them to be extremely interesting, amusing, and filled with awesome graphics... These were just terrific to look at!
    ~blessings~
    Pearl

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