Looks familiar!

Skimming through some 1966 trade journals recently added at American Radio Library, this GE clock caught my eye:

Hey, that looks like the clock in my living room, my main source of time when I’m not facing the computer.

Sure enough, on the back it says Model 7223, just like the one in the ad. Now I know when it was made.

The same group of magazines contained another familiar reference.

Gibson appliances were fairly common back then, though not among the best-sellers. The ads reveal that Gibson was owned by Hupp, one of the smart carmakers who knew how to switch niches to get out of a depression. Hupmobile cars failed to sell in the 30s, so Hupp took advantage of skills acquired in its WW2 defense contracts and switched to HVAC. It was successful for a long time, finally failing in the 1990s when the entire US economy was gifted to China by treasonous politicians and CEOS.

The Gibson ads also show an informative change of perspective. The two scenes are full of Chinoiserie. Japanese shoji screen, symbols from Chinese gates, ideograms on the fridge. Before the traitors ruined us, Japan, China, Persia and Araby were just the mysterious and romantic Orient.