Your Brain is Like a Telephone (1967), AT&T. Lovingly scanned, posted and shared to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by MewDeep.
Vintage AT&T ad, 1967: "Your Brain and Our Phone System Are a Lot Alike"
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