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    A Burmese Fat Reducing Machine

    • Post author:Le Minh Khai
    • Post published:November 12, 2011
    • Post category:Advertisements/Burma
    • Post comments:2 Comments

    I found this in a 1962 issue of The Nation from Burma. This is what the caption under the picture says. HOW TO REDUCE FAT AND GAIN SCHOOL-GIRL FIGURE: Daw…

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    Japanese Air-Conditioned Clothing

    • Post author:Le Minh Khai
    • Post published:November 11, 2011
    • Post category:Burma
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    I found this advertisement in a newspaper from Burma, The Nation, for the year 1962. A few years ago I bought some shirts from the Japanese clothing story, Uniqlo, which…

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