Advertising
Grape Nuts Flakes Promotes Fisticuffs
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Regionalism, Violence, 1950s
Jii! Jii! Jii!
A dose of weirdness from Japan:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 06, 2013 -
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Category: Advertising, Asia
Follies of the Madmen #210
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 29, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature
Egyptian Deities Cigarettes
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After our look at Murad cigarettes, here's another brand of the period. I wonder how well they would sell in today's geopolitical climate? And isn't there something sacrilegious about naming your product after another religion's sacred gods?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 25, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Business, Advertising, Products, Tobacco and Smoking, 1920s, Middle East
What Would Johnny Cash Buy?
Whenever you are feeling troubled or uncertain, just glance at your rubber wristband and ask WWJCB? The Man in Black will show you the way!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 19, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Music
Murad Cigarette Ads
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Surely one of the most gorgeously over-the-top ad campaigns for any cigarette was the long-running series for Murad brand. What a realm of fantasy!
Read a small history of the brand and see a large gallery of images here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 12, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fantasy, Smoking and Tobacco, Middle East, Twentieth Century
You can’t beat this deal
via criggo
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 10, 2013 -
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Category: Advertising
Listerine Cures Dandruff
1937 ad for Listerine. From what I understand, Listerine really is an effective cure for dandruff. However, I assume that most people were reluctant to rub mouthwash in their hair. And nowadays, no company in their right mind would admit in the ad that they tested the product on cute rabbits.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 06, 2013 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
Don’t kill your wife with work
A 1936 advertising appeal to householders in Willesden, Middlesex, England. [source: Newsweek - Apr 11, 1936]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 05, 2013 -
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Category: Advertising, Wives, 1930s
Woman Astonished and Delighted at Miracle of Popup Tissues
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Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 03, 2013 -
Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Emotions, Hygiene, 1950s, Women
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