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Vintage ads are a fascinating glimpse into the past. They show us what people were buying and how they were living. Old commercials for food and beverages reflect products that could’ve been found in household pantries at the time. Ads featuring home appliances or entertainment technologies revealed advancements and innovations, while the promotion of clothes, hairstyles, and accessories offered a look into fashion trends.
A Facebook page called “Old Ads, Vintage Advertising, Slogans” allows us to take a peek at popular products and services of the past. Buckle up, as we’re bringing you back to the time when commercials weren’t skillfully crafted videos but merely paper posters with bold headlines and bright illustrations.
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geezeronthehill 2 years ago
The sort of poster they put up in mechanic's shops and filling stations.
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
Am I the only person who immediately thought, "Who puts their bikini bottoms on with their shoes still on?"
Silver Knight of the Union 2 years ago
And yet when I stand in front of the car door, the car door turns into a funny mirror and makes me look ridiculous.
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Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
What could possibly go wrong with combining, water, electricity and gas together!?
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
I'm waiting for the combination multimedia station-barbecue-pickup truck.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
The fact that this does not exist today implies it was a deeply flawed concept.
Ace 2 years ago
https://www.amazon.com/Sink-Stove-Refrigerator-Combo/s?k=Sink+Stove+Refrigerator+Combo
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Devon Archer 2 years ago
As a graphic designer, most of these are wins. Vintage design is beautiful
The history of advertising could be traced back to the first American newspaper ad in 1704, featured in the Boston News Letter. Until the 1800s, print promotions were limited only to text. Thereafter, the production of newspapers rapidly increased and became affordable and accessible to the working class. To keep people engaged, advertisers started to get innovative by adding visuals to their ads.
News LetterWith printing advancements and new technologies, the 20th century brought forward visually crowded ads that included pages detailed with elaborate information. From newspapers and magazines to billboards and transport machines, the 1900s started a whole movement of advertising.
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Robert T 2 years ago
I was think that there isn't that much wrong with this, until I looked in the tree!
JK 2 years ago
Tbf, hiding in a tree was probably the safest way to avoid being "borrowed" by the Brits for their museums/zoos!
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Kaethejean Bleicher 2 years ago
I am wondering if it is a painting in their acquisitions? I personally think it's hilarious that the world around them is in in utter chaos and there the two ladie sit, copmpetely grey-rocking it all!
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David 2 years ago
I'd say this one stood the test of time. Oreo is still around and kids still do this.
Ezigma 2 years ago
Yep. And don't buy the Overstuffed ones because they cost more and you get less in the package and cookie. Check the Ounces on the package lol.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
The Doublestuffed ones are what the originals were. Then they came out with the extra thin ones. Can't we just have good ole Oreos please?
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Chris Landrum 2 years ago
interesting how there are fewer cookies than we get now. I bet they were bigger too
Veronica Popescu 2 years ago
Recently learned that they contain sodium hydroxide... Never going to buy them again
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Rocket Surgeon 2 years ago
I guess these ads just "might" not go down well today and this is one of the other ones that are fine?
Nizumi 2 years ago
You can - just copy the image, paste it to 11 x 17 sized paper, and print in colour.
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Successful ads from the 20th century had to stand out from the others and possess a unique look in order to sell a product or service. To achieve this, it was common to include bright and striking colors with dramatic illustrations or comic book-style drawings.
Printed commercials also portrayed idealized scenes of people and families and incorporated relatable middle-class references. Cheesy taglines and slogans were also a very important part of advertisements, which made them powerful and long -lasting. Various eye-catching fonts were also a great way to make the promotional poster stand out. From brush strokes to the narration of tales, these ads were creative and ever so captivating.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Adipocere?? May be the inspiration. Joking aside, people had an Ancient Egypt fad at one time.
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Richard Rice 2 years ago
After the discovery of King Tut's tomb, Egyptian designs were everywhere.
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KitKatss 2 years ago
I was confused about that one, I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, so sorry if you are, but in case you're genuinely asking, I think it says "pleasure" :]
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David 2 years ago
Wait - so they wanted you to go around with your eye swollen shut for 10 days before trying their product?
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Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
There's a tale (likely apocryphal) about Levi Strauss' jeans having had a rivet where all the seams meet in the crotch. Customers complained but he refused to change. Until he was sitting near a campfire and learned painfully how well copper transmits heat.
At the time, there were few regulations for advertising, so promoters relied on their own judgments. That’s why some of these commodities that were advertised and considered normal back then would now raise eyebrows or even receive hardcore disapproval. Commercials that preceded the civil rights movement employed sexism and racism and were known to spread ill-advised information.
Let’s take an old 7Up slogan, "Why we have the youngest customers in the business..." that recommends mixing this product with baby's milk. A lot of people believed that soda had medicinal properties, so this brand started advertising their own product as essential to a baby's health.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
This doesn't hilariously fail the test of time. It's just OF its time.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
TBH, it was pretty compact for its time—-like instead of being a desktop, it was the desk, when most computers took up entire rooms—-though I bet it really wasn’t much more than a glorified typewriter.
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C L 2 years ago
Where is the mouthpiece in the picture of the phone? I just see the earpiece. http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=372066;image
Wingsofwrath 2 years ago (edited)
The mouthpiece is fixed. It's the round hole in the middle box on the wall. This is an older model than the one you linked.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
A revelation when portable televisions were affordable and decent. For ladies like this, technology had already arrived.
When health concerns about cigarettes began in the 1930s, tobacco companies turned to doctors in order to diminish the worries about smoking. Thus, cigarette advertisements with physicians were born to add credibility. They typically featured statements like “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette” or “Doctors recommend Camels to their patients.”
Besides causing health concerns, vintage ads like “The Harder A Wife Works, The Cuter She Looks” and the inclusion of racial stereotypes and discrimination deeply promoted problematic social issues that wouldn’t fly in advertising today. Many similar commercials are banned in today’s world, and rightfully so.
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Tabitha 2 years ago
I remember when the 1973 Ford Pinto was the last car made that you could buy new for under $2000. I think they were selling them at $1995. A true Ford: “Fix Or Repair Daily” or Found On Road Dead”. I know this because I bought a 72 Pinto when I was 19. It cost me $300 and only lasted about a year before I needed to get another car. (When you’re that young and on your own for the first time, plus your parents are s**t som you don’t have much of a support system, AND you’re not making a lot of money, you basically can only afford very cheap used cars. You end up being the last owner of a string of beat up old cars right before they go to the junkyard.)
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Jesus! May 1941. Buy your new car now because there won't be another new car made in the USA for about four years. Not for civilians at least.
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David 2 years ago
"If he keeps sniffing my neck maybe he won't notice that I only have three fingers" /S
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Ah, triggerinos downvoting the Biden stuff. Are you upset that he's trailing Trump?
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David 2 years ago
still one of my favorite candy bars TBH. I rarely eat candy any more but I like them. I am mildly curious about that red mystery center. Modern ones do not have that.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
It’s probably just something like the center of the honeycomb candy, and most likely more a deep dark orange than red, since the candy is a lighter orange color.
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Even though modern advertisements have come a long way, some old elements still work today, like having a spokesperson who is linked to the brand and attracts more customers.
Specifically, Ronald McDonald, Red and Yellow M&M's, and even Pillsbury Doughboy who become synonymous with their brands, proving this marketing tactic successful. Nowadays, influencers are the ones who promote businesses, and consumers love to hear what they have to say. Almost 50% of them search for videos before buying a product, and if a popular influencer is talking about it, this can increase profits.
Large and catchy slogans or headlines remain a great way to immediately draw people's attention. In 2009, boot company Timberland brought this back with the powerful headline “Walk the Talk”. The campaign demanded world leaders start putting their words into action to help stop climate change.
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Sand Ers 2 years ago
I'd so go for that. Can't find birch beer anywhere now. I used to get it at Bev-Mo, but they dropped the product line.
Kelly Scott 2 years ago
Isn't it sold online? https://www.beveragesdirect.com/collections/birch-beers
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I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
Most of these ads don't seem offensive. Or maybe I'm missing something. I've seen a few. But not many that "didn't stand the test of time".
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
I remember these! I was born in Gettysburg PA. I remember all the Amish folks (aka Pennsylvania Dutch) who lived in the rural areas around town, and would come into town to shop in their horse and buggies. I also had some Mennonite classmates in grade school. My brothers and I also drank gallons of birch beer as children—-though I have never been a fan of floats, birch beer or root beer.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
i miss birch beer...used to get it at white castle...but, i don't think it would make a good float
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Wingsofwrath 2 years ago
It's weird how much time it takes to understand they're actually advertising the Dodge truck and not Pepsi...
Jrog 2 years ago
Sure, looks nice on the outside. But consider this, even the best engine option for the over 3-ton truck was a puny 96 HP from a monstrous 5.5 liter engine, a gas-guzzling abomination even by 1930s standards. Per comparison, a typical mid-sized car today has the same power, one third the weight and one fifth the displacement.
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When kids still had freedom to roam and weren't locked up at home all day by paranoid parents.
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Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
This looks like an ad from the 1920s, when a boyish flat bustline was in style. If you look at the fashions for women during that time, you’ll see that they’re designed for slim hips and no bust, a very boyish figure. An hourglass shape totally ruins the line and makes you look a lot bigger than you actually are, and often you will look pregnant, because the cloth will hang from the outermost point. Though I know it was backlash to millennia of restrictive clothing, especially corsets and several pounds of petticoats and wool, the pendulum quite unfairly swung past the normal figure and instead went to the extreme that the vast majority of women are simply unable to achieve without developing an eating disorder. They say the road to ruin is always paved with good intentions. That’s because the good intentions are never completely well thought out.
David 2 years ago
That isn't something you often see. I know women who try to minimize but it's not something you typically see advertised. Usually the other way around. Like the famous "lifts and separates" bra ads.
CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
Every era has a different view of beauty. In the 20's, the boxy figure didn't work well if you were well endowed. This continues into the 30's in a way, but much less dramatic. Think of how much styles have changed in the last 20 years.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
The Chairman Mao bra, suppression of the masses. The exact opposite of the Shakespeare bra, much ado about nothing.
Ace 2 years ago
Available in Medium or Large, with or without shoulder-straps. How large a watermelon do you need?
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David 2 years ago
I ate a lot of shredded wheat growing up. They are easier to eat if you crush the 'biscuits' and then tear open the packet and pour them into the bowl. As pictured looks nice for the ad but harder to eat that way.
MarieTDr 2 years ago
I used to let mine soak in milk long enough to soften. I still like shredded wheat.
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Sandy D 2 years ago
You need to a*s on about a pound of sugar to make this edible. It like shredded cardboard
David Paterson 2 years ago
I'd like them to come back. Even shredded cardboard tastes better than bran.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
Humdingers are a sort of pastry. https://verilymag.com/lifestyle/humdingers Sort of a Rice Crispy Treat but with dates and nuts. That's actually a pretty basic recipe, I used to replace the crispy rice cereal with granola and add chocolate chips to mine.
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María Hermida 2 years ago
There are only 32 stars? Apart from that, I can't see any "fails", just an old ad
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Tracked down the year for this. 1905. Or at least that's when the original was designed. Also turns out they kept that ten cent per can price point going on the tomato soup all the way from around 1900 until 1975. I actually found a chart. That's crazy.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Probably why this 'fails the test of time' for some people. But it's nice. Very nice.
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Only 32 stars? What a FAILURE! But seriously, no idea why this "failed the test of time."
Philly Bob Squires 2 years ago
Nowadays, out of 21 kinds.... 16 of them are Chicken something or other. Bring back my damned Pepper Pot Soup!
Interestingly, vintage magazine ad campaigns were meant to run only once, making them exceedingly rare and appealing to collectors. They now have rich historical and nostalgic value and have become tangible pieces of the past.
Today, vintage magazine ads are considered to be from before the 1800s to the 2010s, since that makes them over 20 years old. So, if you’re interested in starting, there’s still a great possibility that you’ll find something in such a wide time frame of newspaper and magazine production.
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V33333P 2 years ago
I had a roommate once who refused to eat spirals because they weren't macaroni shaped.
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Jrog 2 years ago
Macaroni and spaghetti are two completely different things. Also, note that "a la Milanaise" means "Milan Style", and Milan is neither in France nor in America, it's in Italy where this abomination would have quickly been sent down the toilet because this is not an Italian pasta recipe: "Milanese" is a type of risotto cooking process, where the rice is braised in veal stock and finished with saffron and parmigiano cheese. NOTHING from this ad is right.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
I don't know any kid who would eat that slimy mess.
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Lester the Space Duck 2 years ago
That unnatural orange glop is just about how canned spaghetti looks.
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Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
Yes, if one wants to kill any fish flavor. It's like BBQ or steak sauce.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Ovaltine. Yep, I remember ads like this. When it was just poor quality chocolate.
Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
I believe that Ovaltine contained malt, which affected the chocolate flavor.
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I can eat Ovaltine with a spoon. Like crushed Maltesers. Must buy some!
One legged Steve 2 years ago
I've got my decoder! O V A L T.... Goddammit another ad for this stuff?
LittleWombat 2 years ago
I LOVE malted Ovaltine!! I loved it even more when I was pregnant - I kept buying out the store! Been a favorite since I was a kid.
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CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
They were everywhere until suddenly they weren't...
Load More Replies... I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I remember using these ads (I'm 35) as an excuse to smack my brother in the head. Shoulda had a v8!
DC 2 years ago
That stuff is delicious! Generally, vegetable juice is great ... those mixed ones need celery juice and cress in them to be great, just as V8 has. In germany, I'd advise to buy that "Scharefes Gemüse" juice that comes in a 0.5 l box. It's the best you don't have to search your ess off for.
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Tabitha 2 years ago
Wow, talk about failing the test of time! How disrespectful and downright insulting can you get? If I’m not mistaken, that’s a war bonnet. They’re supposed to be used for specific sacred purposes only. They’re not for show, they’re not to be collected, and they’re definitely not to be used as costumes. (I welcome any Native Americans reading this to correct me if I’m wrong, and please tell me where I have erred. I want to get it right, because I definitely do not want to be disrespectful.)
María Hermida 2 years ago
The person who's wearing it looks native American. If he is, the bonnet is his property, and he wanted to do the picture (too many ifs, I know) why is it disrespectful? I mean, we don't know anything about this person, the photographer or the situation when the photo was taken.
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Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
hamburger relish seems to have disappeared. Haven't seen it in years.
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Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
Cocktail aficionados. They just use one at a time as garnish or with drinks.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Nowadays instead of shrinking the price they shrink the product instead
María Hermida 2 years ago
What really surprises me in a lot of these ads is the enormous texts! That's not an ad, that's a blooming dissertation!
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
What's wrong with this one? Toxic masculinity, gender stereotypes or you just don't like it??
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Zero to 60 in approximately two days, six hours, 14 minutes and two seconds, downhill, wind in the back. Miles or kilometers per hour irrelevant.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
That car was a masterpiece of functional frugal engineering. It's too bad that it's been reduced to the status of weekend plaything.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Not legal on Australian roads any more. Lacking safety features. But I like it. Particularly the great fuel consumption.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Don't do that. Mind, given it's wimpy power, you were probably OK.
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Leigh 2 years ago (edited)
Oddly in the US they changed the name from Mars to snickers with almond. The name snickers made sales increase.
Joshua David 2 years ago
I always bought Mars Bars until I tried the Snicker Almond after not finding Mars anymore. Dang. It's the same.
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Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
In the US, yes - but still available in some European countries.
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Ent Hugger 2 years ago
"don't you hate it when your lazy butler washes your sock garters and they're still covered with schmutz??"
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
Loosening the lug nuts is always the Olympic challenge...
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Fun fact, High Life and MGD are the exact same recipe, EXCEPT, High Life is pasteurized.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago (edited)
"Genuine Draft" in bottles and cans is an oxymoron
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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
It's the one flavour I have this visceral reaction to. Just a hint of the smell of it & I start to heave 🤢
Load More Replies... Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Black Jacks still exist and are still incredible. Bring back TREBOR PACERS, the minty chews I loved as a kid.
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A B C the Third 2 years ago (edited)
Ingredients · 1 teaspoon sugar · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 teaspoon water · 2 ounces bourbon (or rye whiskey, if preferred) · Garnish: orange twist · Still one of THE classic cocktails. How did this "fail the test of time"?
Never Ending Fail 2 years ago
Agreed. This is a classic cocktail and a beautiful ad. I'd hang this print on my wall.
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 2 years ago
I love Maker’s Mark. Currently have a bottle in my home cocktail bar!
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Anne Reid 2 years ago (edited)
I saw a baby up at my RV park’s pool a few days ago. He pulled a whole bunch of toys out of the pockets on his little swim trucks to play with in the pool. I’m a full grown woman who can’t get any pockets on my pants, but a 2 yr old can have multiple ones on something he’ll wear twice before he outgrows it??
Load More Replies... Never Ending Fail 2 years ago
Anyone else preoccupied with the baby perched precariously at the edge of the deep end?
AnkleByter 2 years ago
The baby looks like its contemplating how to drown those two.
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GhostlySnail (she/her) 2 years ago
Ah, going on a boat ride…. Jumping off into the water… leaving your demon baby alone on board… summer fun!
David Paterson 2 years ago
Is this where Instagram posters got the idea of posting images with insanely long legs?
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Sand Ers 2 years ago
Until quite recently, obesity was a signal of wealth.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
I looked it up on the web. Not much information there. The dosage was determined by its (mild) laxative effect. But also claims to settle an upset stomach. Contents are only described as "extract of roots (and herbs and bark)". So could be anything.
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unfilteredCigarette73 2 years ago
My boss collects this stuff, she has an original print of this ad framed and she hangs it up along with the Christmas decorations every year
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Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
You had me at femineered, International Harvester.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 2 years ago
No, it was to match the color of your kitchen. Remember, this was the age of sherbet colored kitchens. Pink, teal, yellow, with appliances to match.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
The ad? Probably. If Poison can be sold as perfume.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
It's like something from an alternate universe where vegan vampires are a real thing and they need to drink blood substitute.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Finally, a true ad failing the taste of time. Test of taste, too.
NatalieC 2 years ago
I like Spam. As Monty Python once sang: spam spam spam spam spammity spam!!!
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Tabitha 2 years ago
Back when automakers suspended manufacturing cars and retooled to crank out Jeeps, tanks, and planes.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
If an ad mentioning war dates from WWII, it gets a pass.
Load More Replies... Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
The Sherman was a great tank...unless you put it in actual combat.
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Ent Hugger 2 years ago
i admit i enjoy lots of questionable foods lol... but canned "spaghetti" will never be one of them!
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David 2 years ago
Still in business. Not cheap either. Rooms apparently $5-800 Canadian per night and the turret suite is about $2700. == https://www.fairmont.com/banff-springs/
Ace 2 years ago
Nothing like that price last time I was there, perhaps fifteen years ago.
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
This stuff tasted great. A lot better than this crappy Manwich stuff of today.
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
I still buy it in 7 oz. bottles precisely for that reason...
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Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Both honey and horehound are known to have curative properties. Honey is both a mild anesthetic and a low grade antibiotic. Horehound is an anti inflammatory.
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Nerenahd Dhaneren 2 years ago
Looks like they used a 17y Donalt Trump picture dressed as a toddler.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Probably a Little Person, since babies don’t have such grown up faces.
Load More Replies... Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
Considering that back in the day, cough medicines used to have some sort of illicit drugs (cocaine or heroin from memory) this doesn't surprise me!
Sand Ers 2 years ago
Nothing "illicit" about either of them. Freely available OTC.
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
me too, I remember Esso. Haven't seen it for 45-ish years.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago (edited)
No idea what Pep and Krumbles are but the Kellogg's Variety packs still exist.
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
It appears quite mutual -- all down votes canceled...
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David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
Tried to look up what it is. No luck. Made by Eureka Chemical Manufacturing Company in Wisconsin. Contains "harmless vegetable extracts". "The medicine will tell you when to stop smoking."
Ent Hugger 2 years ago
well if it's anything like mr. burns brain & nerve tonic, i'd be worried about gigantism!
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David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
UV for babies as a replacement for natural sunlight is OK for producing vitamin D in winter. (Personal thought, limit to one minute a day). Just don't overdo it. Fake tan, real tans are never this colour.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Ah, made in my own home town. No joke to say Huntley And Palmers was as ubiquitous then as Microsoft are now.
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Another Fool on the Hill 2 years ago
So, what's wrong with this? He tries to cheer her up with a joke, can not see, why this should be wrong.
Moosy Girl 2 years ago (edited)
No worries, chauvinism will always come first. :p
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Sandy D 2 years ago
The funniest part of this is the budweiser (the American one anyway) is revolting "beer" that is yellow water with a nasty "off" taste (i coughing go into detail but i think is clear enough). To non Americans, don't consider this horse-urine to be American beer. We make good beer, Judi that this is not one is the good ones, lol
Tabitha 2 years ago
I believe the term you’re looking for is “pisswater”.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
Budweiser is a great brand, very rich in flavour... oh wait, we aren't talking about the czech beer?
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
Curious how often you're down voted? Bizarre, canceled!
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Another Fool on the Hill 2 years ago
You mean, Elisabeth Moss resembles her?
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 years ago
I always wondered what the half-moon keys were for in old typewriters.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Softer touch keyboards. I found out myself that typewriters could be no joke if you used 'em long enough.
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Mahogany or Oak and only $6.95. WOW! Would love to have one these now.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
I tried to search it, but google doesn't actually give results based on keywords any more. So all I got was endless ads for new chairs.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Mechanical Television. John Loghi Baird made it work. Farnsworth's all electronic machine just worked better though. Mechanical TV does have a niche place for hobbyists though.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
This IS a relic. That huge case at the back housed a mammoth flickering shutter wheel, whizzing at dangerous speed, to define the inferior picture when viewed against the tube TVs which launched very shortly after.
Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
Yup, they had a brief comeback when their color was superior...but with size limited by that HUGE mechanical wheel they were doomed not to take off.
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Jacky Newman 2 years ago
"bitte zu probiren" is a weird translation. In english it means "please try".
ColorEd 2 years ago
It's not a translation, it's in German, and it makes perfect sense.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago (edited)
Still in business, just went to their outlet in Hannover to buy some broken biscuits last week
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Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
Did you know that you didn't need to comment on every single f*****g picture?
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Tabitha 2 years ago
I believe this is the ad campaign on Mad Men where Freddy Rumsen discovered Peggy’s knack for writing copy with her “basket of kisses” description of the waste paper basket full of tissues from the lipstick blotting when all the secretaries except Peggy, who just sat and watched, tried it out. Freddy moved her from secretary to copywriter, and started her career.
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Frances Mooney 2 years ago
"Loose suspenders means falling trousers'. My mother smoked Lucky Strikes
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David 2 years ago
F**K NO! BAD IDEA! I did this with one of those razors. The 'safety' aspect only goes so far. Blood everywhere and my folks took me to the ER. In the end it wasn't that bad. My folks sort of panicked because facial wounds really bleed a lot. If I stretch the skin I still have a very faint scar on the area between my lower lip and my chin. I was older than this kid. maybe 6 or 7. As best I recall, I wanted to try and shave like I saw dad doing.
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Frances Mooney 2 years ago
From a photograph but NOT a photograph. So wig or not it is an illustration.....
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David 2 years ago
Bob was seeing other women and then he'd come home drunk and beat me. Little Jimmy was snorting lines of coke off the family dog. But then I bought a case of V8 juice and everything is better now. /S
StPaul9 2 years ago
Daughter isn't in the story because she dated a Communist!
Load More Replies... Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
My automobile was a sluggish piece of rubbish...then I gave it a V-8! Wow...the difference.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Not sure I'd want to fly in that plane since it doesn't seem to have an engine. Seems to be missing intake and exhaust. Maybe it's electric.
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David 2 years ago
Okay that's weird. I actually own a tool box very similar to the one she has her foot on. Mine is brown and a bit more rectangle / less square but the drawers look the same and the front panel. On mine, the front panel pulls out and flips down to latch to keep the drawers closed. This one looks like maybe the front panel removes and sits off to the side. Now I'm wondering how old that tool box is. I got it used and it is old, but might be older than I thought.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Again, just asking why this is weird. Triggerinos strike once more. Yet I wouldn't swap our sweet little unbalanced imps for the world.
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Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
Not sure how the hell the designers of that add thought this would encourage people to buy the product!?"use out soap and you too could turn in a decomposing zombie child!"
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Plenty of advertisers once designed kids getting into scrapes. Back when marketing were first getting into making flippant ads.
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Ideal setting to read the shock news of Pearl Harbor in, and genuinely fear the Japs landing. Heavy times.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Ah, what was wrong with this one?? Seems the wokes are on crisp form today/
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
True enough. 'Got any gum, chum' was what the British kids shouted at the GIs stationed in the UK during the last war.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Where the local grumble was that the GIs were, "Over paid, over sexed, and over here".
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Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
Am I totally missing the point? What do the plants have to do with anything?
Tabitha 2 years ago
They have been saying for decades now that plants respond to music, and it can affect their growth. That theory came out in the later 1970s I think, and is what this ad is basing itself on.
Load More Replies... Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Oh, rubbish.Nice mini stereo for a kid or young person to realistically own. Radio, phonograph AND tape?? Add that old woman's Sony telly and there's your full-fledged multimedia station right there. Especially with Pong consoles likely also coming out. Like, wow dude.
Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
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Sarcastic and Proud 2 years ago
Wait, this came in cherry? Where was this during my childhood?
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TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
But how am I suppose to get into a bottle? Doesn't seem like they want me to drink it outside of one
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pep Ito 2 years ago
For now, it has attracted more attention from bored Panda users than any other advertisement.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 2 years ago
It’s a postage meter, but I don’t see where it connects to murder. Plus, if he’s her boss, these days he’d be called in the carpet and given a stern warning that he will be fired if he harasses an employee again. She would have plenty of witnesses for her harassment lawsuit—-and if he threatened to kill her in front of them she would win and end up owning the company—-and firing his a*s as her first order of business!
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Another Fool on the Hill 2 years ago
It made me laugh. But I would also laugh if they asked if it is always illegal to kill an man. 🤷
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Michael Braisher 2 years ago
A genuine coup against Pepsi when Coca Cola got the concession to supply the PX and front line with fizzy drink.
Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
In the Navy (US) we drank mostly beer and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. I'm surprised we didn't have coffee refuelers alongside.
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Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Interesting combination of hardiness, virtue, and . . . beer? I guess the yeast for beer could also be used to make bread?
digitalin 2 years ago
Beer is largely made of barley or wheat. So maybe they're saying it's like liquid bread?
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Mat O'Dowd 2 years ago
A beautiful, BUT fake ad, based on the story "Soylent Green". It's a good one!!!
Scott Wilkins 2 years ago
"They already tried that...Soylent Cola." "How did it taste?" "It varied from person to person..." ---Futurama
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Multa Nocte 2 years ago
The ads were marvellous in the sense that they showed slices of a different set of times, but the title of the article didn't really mesh with the contents. Most of these ads didn't "fail the test of time," so it was easier to look for something "wrong" with the these ads than appreciate them or get a chuckle out of them.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Not an idiot, just someone who needs to find a clickbaity title to keep this site running.
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Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
My favorites were the ones where Michael Braisher wasn't commenting with his inane and stupid sexist and racist thoughts.
Boris Long-Johnson 2 years ago
Tl;dr but if you really want a “fail of the test of time” try the labour in vain https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2939584/amp/Staffordshire-s-Labour-Vain-pub-racism-row-historic-sign.html
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
The ads were marvellous in the sense that they showed slices of a different set of times, but the title of the article didn't really mesh with the contents. Most of these ads didn't "fail the test of time," so it was easier to look for something "wrong" with the these ads than appreciate them or get a chuckle out of them.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Not an idiot, just someone who needs to find a clickbaity title to keep this site running.
Load More Replies... Harah Suckerbee-Wankers 2 years ago
My favorites were the ones where Michael Braisher wasn't commenting with his inane and stupid sexist and racist thoughts.
Boris Long-Johnson 2 years ago
Tl;dr but if you really want a “fail of the test of time” try the labour in vain https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2939584/amp/Staffordshire-s-Labour-Vain-pub-racism-row-historic-sign.html
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