Retrotisements — 1979 Station Wagons
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Let’s flash back 40 years to look at advertisements for the brand new station wagons for the 1979 model year.…
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Vintage (and some not-so-vintage) advertisements from print, TV, and radio.
Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 3
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We’re back for our junior year of vintage back-to-school print advertisements.…
The Revenge of Halloween Retrotisements!
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Let’s scare up a good time by checking out some spooky vintage Halloween ads from years gone by!…
Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 2
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A gallery of vintage back-to-school advertisements from the 1930s through the 1960s.…
Retrotisements: The Early Days of Kentucky Fried Chicken
One of the many things that makes Kentucky Fried Chicken unique in fast food history is that its growth as a powerhouse franchise was not quite as direct as, say, McDonald’s. For one thing, the…
Retrotisements — A Year in the Life (1967)
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In past ad galleries I’ve typically stuck with a particular theme or product, such as holiday-themed ads or new car lineups. I’m going to try something new and product an ad gallery from a single…
For Labor Day, Enjoy Some Canned Hamburger!
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I don’t know about you, but there comes a point when convenience goes too far, and things just get weird. Case in point: This 1950 advertisement for Swift’s Premium Canned Hamburgers, which purports to “take…
For Father’s Day, Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco (1947)
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Happy Father’s Day from The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and from the fine people who bring you Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco! It’s Dad who tends the furnace, it’s Dad who mows the law, And…
Ads from the Open Road, Volume 3: Local News Edition
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For this third installment of vintage billboard photos, I have a gallery of roadside advertisements for local news broadcasts. Just about all of these date from the 1970s and ’80s, and include ads for news…