In 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes
In 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes Mark Frauenfelder 10:00 am Tue Sep 22, 2026 Kleenex pop art pillows — Kleenex ad, 1967, via r/vintageads In 1967, Kleenex offered pop art pillows in the shape of giant size Kleenex boxes. They cost $2.95 each plus two premium seals cut from Kleenex packages. You could get all three for $8.25 and six seals.
- ▪In 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes Mark Frauenfelder 10:00 am Tue Sep 22, 2026 Kleenex pop art pillows — Kleenex ad, 1967, via r/vintageads In 1967, Kleenex offered pop art pillows in the shape of giant size Kleen
- ▪They cost $2.95 each plus two premium seals cut from Kleenex packages.
- ▪You could get all three for $8.25 and six seals.
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In 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes Mark Frauenfelder 10:00 am Tue Sep 22, 2026 Kleenex pop art pillows — Kleenex ad, 1967, via r/vintageads In 1967, Kleenex offered pop art pillows in the shape of giant size Kleenex boxes. They cost $2.95 each plus two premium seals cut from Kleenex packages. You could get all three for $8.25 and six seals. The pillows came in three designs. Allee Willis, who we have written about many times on Boing Boing, scored one of the Kleenex man-size boxes at the Pasadena flea market in 2011. She got it for $5. She also found this crazy advertisement for Kleenex man-size tissues. Each tissue was a square foot, and the box had pictures of trains, streetcars, steamships, and biplanes.
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