Friday’s ad is also for Rheingold Beer, this one from 1953, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Mary Austin. In this ad, she’s standing in front of an old-fashioned flower cart (I never see these anymore, has anyone else?). She’s also got on white gloves and is holding a black object for contrast, but what the hell is that? Is it an oddly-shaped pocketbook? A weird vase or pot for flowers? What?
