by Sandra Yates, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian
Archives Assistant, Gina, started a much-needed inventory of the Medical World News Collection this week. To our surprise, it isn’t just medical news! The archive staff had a great time looking at some of the cutting-edge household products of 1967, and we think you will, too. Here’s a handful of our favorites. You might have some of these concepts in your home today. The poodle looks annoyed. – Shopping Hints #94, Item #2, Pet Bed. Product News, 2/3/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.40] The Clapper! – Shopping Hints #95, Item #2, Sound Switch. Product News, 2/10/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.40] It’s a pool table and a table! – Shopping Hints #99, Item #2, Billiard Buffet. Product News, 3/17/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39] A place to put your cig while you brush your teeth! – Shopping Hints #99, Item #4, Mountable Ashtray. Product News, 3/17/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39] Useful and tidy! – Shopping Hints #105, Item #4, Stackable Tables. Product News, 4/21/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38] Look at all that food! – Shopping Hints #103, Item #2, Convertible Refrigerator. Product News, 4/7/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38] It’s about the stool, not the suspicious looks over a grapefruit. – Shopping Hints #105, Item #2, Adjustable Stool. Product News, 4/21/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38] Sigh… folding towels to music. – Shopping Hints #96, Item #4, Stereo Theatre. Product News, 3/3/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39]
![The poodle looks annoyed. - Shopping Hints #94, Item #2, Pet Bed. Product News, 2/3/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.40]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-40_pet-bed.jpg)
![The Clapper! - Shopping Hints #95, Item #2, Sound Switch. Product News, 2/10/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.40]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-40_sound-switch.jpg)
![It's a pool table and a table! - Shopping Hints #99, Item #2, Billiard Buffet. Product News, 3/17/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-39_billiard-buffet.jpg)
![A place to put your cig while you brush your teeth! - Shopping Hints #99, Item #4, Mountable Ashtray. Product News, 3/17/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-39_mountable-ashtray.jpg)
![Useful and tidy! - Shopping Hints #105, Item #4, Stackable Tables. Product News, 4/21/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-38_stackable-table.jpg)
![Look at all that food! - Shopping Hints #103, Item #2, Convertible Refrigerator. Product News, 4/7/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-38_convertible-refrigerator.jpg)
![It's about the stool, not the suspicious looks over a grapefruit. - Shopping Hints #105, Item #2, Adjustable Stool. Product News, 4/21/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.38]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-38_adjustable-stool.jpg)
![Sigh... folding towels to music. - Shopping Hints #96, Item #4, Stereo Theatre. Product News, 3/3/1967. [Medical World News Collection, McGovern Historical Center, IC077, Folder 94.39]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/mcgmedia/2014/10/pn_94-39_stereo-theatre.jpg)