Comcast ought to try advertising itself this way. Back in the 1890s, Penn kids could buy their caps and gowns from Strawbridge and Clothier. (I rented mine.) You could even write to Strawbridge ...

Philip Morris and Mattel all had some strange ads with kids. Lloyd Manufacturing Co. -- Cocaine toothache drops (1885) Pears -- Soap (1890s) Grove’s -- Tonic (1890s) Ayer's -- Cathartic pills ...