Crazy Water Crystals box
One of WBT Radio's most prominent sponsors in the 1930s was Crazy Water Crystals, a product from Texas that gave the "Crazy Water Crystals Saturday Night Jamboree" radio program its name.
This packaging was used for Crazy Water Crystals, a product popular in the 1930s. At the Crazy Water plant in Texas, the company purportedly boiled down water from a mineral spring until only the minerals remained. They were packaged and sold, with instructions to dissolve a teaspoon of the crystals in a glass of tap water. According to the company, drinking the mixture would cure a variety of ailments. The United States Food and Drug Administration disagreed, however, and in 1940 ordered Crazy Water to stop their fraudulent advertising.
United States Food and Drug Administration. Crazy Water Crystals. Photograph. Uploaded June 22, 2018. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdaphotos/28089288017 (accessed May 23, 2022).
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