Advertising
“Perfect smoke column from end to end”
The model looks slightly out-of-it as the "Accu-Ray" machine deposits an endless supply of cigarettes into her hand. Perhaps, like James Bond, she had a 70-cigarette-a-day habit that had to be constantly fed.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 23, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, 1950s
Admiral Cigarettes Film
The cigarette genie appears!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 23, 2020 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, Nineteenth Century
Plan a super spread for Thanksgiving
A recent ad from Giant Foods, given a double meaning by Covid. More info: nbc.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 21, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, Thanksgiving, Diseases
Germs pick out the weak ones
The theme of this 1920's ad campaign was that if your kid didn't eat Ralston Purina breakfast cereal, then he/she was going to die.
Fitchburg Sentinel - Jan 3, 1928
Pittsburgh Press - Nov 1, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 19, 2020 -
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Category: Health, Advertising, Cereal, 1920s
Follies of the Madmen #493
Yak, yak, yak on the phone all day about makeup! Those gals!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 18, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Cosmetics, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Women
The Spare Tire Cover as Advertising Medium
The earliest surviving instances of this mode of advertising seem to be really rare. If any WU-vie can find more examples, that would be great!Of course, nowadays you can have custom-designed spare tire covers at the drop of a hat!
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Second Honeymoon (20th Century Fox, 1937). Spare Tire Cover. Throughout the thirties the studios would offer in their pressbooks what were spare tire covers that would advertise their upcoming feature. This silkscreen cover for the Tyrone Power and Loretta Young romance has elastic bands in back which allow it slip right over the tire that was always visible on the back of the automobiles of that time. Probably the theater owner, ushers, or cab companies would be paid to use these. Very interesting novelty that are often seen in pressbooks but few have survived.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 05, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #492
Is Miss Fixit a nurse or a child--or both? I'm confused....
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 01, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Hygiene, 1950s, Love & Romance
Scary Morning Mouth
Happy Halloween!
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 31, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s, Halloween
Twenty Minutes of 1960s Hygiene Commercials
If all these products had been properly employed, Americans would have had perfect lives!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 23, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
She dreamed she was an eskimo
What exactly is going on here? Is the polar bear playing peekaboo with the woman who's dressed inappropriately for Arctic weather? Or is it about to rip her face off?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 22, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s
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