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Johnny wasn’t really backward

Description

An ad for Horlicks using a comic strip with Johnny as the main character, a schoolgoing boy whose performance improves after consuming Horlicks. The bottom right corner of the ad shows a can of Horlicks with the claim that it nourishes children to give them greater growth and energy.

Date

1948

Medium

Photocopy

Item Type

Advertisement

Item Category

Advertising

Accession No.

2019.02.103

Company

Horlicks

Source

Fariza Azlina Isahak, National Archives of Malaysia

Language

English

Subject(s)

  • drink
  • horlicks

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