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You really can’t go (or scroll) a few feet some places without bumping into an ad. They are ubiquitous to life these days, for better or worse. It raises the question, what ads were people in the past looking at and what actually worked on them?
So we’ve gathered some of the best posts from this page dedicated to interesting old ads. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and which products you’d actually still buy in the comments section down below.
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#1
Superman Against Racism/Discrimination Ad Circa 1950
Laughing Orc 2 weeks ago
This is the kind of leader the world needs right now. Not the ones we seem to be voting in.
Peter Bear 2 weeks ago
MAGA take note: Superman says you're idiots and traitors. Be like Superman.
Willem Andries Oosterhof 2 weeks ago
Instead of 10 Commandments this should hang in every school!!
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
Crazy lefties trying to make Superman a loony liberal! Next they will make Superman an illegal immigrant!
Lara Verne 2 weeks ago
That's nice, but I¨m afraid racists and xenophobes won't stop when you tell them they're Un-American.
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#2
1934 Ad By The ‘Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals’
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
So in 1934, people were holding their pets like babies XD It's not just a "modern unmarried childless cat-lady" thing like some people like to scream about ;)
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
My boy whippet mutt was abandoned at 3mo, stayef a month in the shelter because nobody wanted him, so I got him. He was very stressed rolling in his own 💩 Best rescue yet. He genuinely thinks Im his mother
Load More Replies... tameson 2 weeks ago
Interesting fact: The first case of child a***e prosecuted in the US was prosecuted under the anti-cruelty to animals laws because there were no laws against cruelty to children.
Auntriarch 2 weeks ago
Same in UK. The prosecution was brought via the RSPCA on the grounds that a child was an animal.
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LezzyPoo 2 weeks ago
Please donate locally to your Humane Society or other local animal rescue.
Ghostchaplain16 2 weeks ago
Yes to this! Donate please! Better yet, keep adopting!
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
From what I remember, SPCA was started to stop the cruel treatment of horses. People rode carriages drawn by horses, cabs, and rode horses, but there were no laws to keep a brewer from maltreating the horses he used to transport kegs of beer to taverns.
Stephanie Did It 2 weeks ago
Created partly due to the influence of Margaret Marshall Saunders' book, Beautiful Joe. I wish it was required reading in schools.
Tina Girard 2 weeks ago
From the size of that purse, she must have pockets. So, something else that was different b ack then.
CatD 1 week ago
Women used to use tie on pockets under their skirts as early as the 1600s.
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The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, July 27, 1937
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
Must've been a slow news day. God I would give up several days of my OWN life for one single day of no shootings, bombings, kidnappings, domestic violence etc. Even our most sacred of holidays aren't exempt from evil these days.
Philly Bob 2 weeks ago
Nowadays you'd be marked as a terrorist and shot immediately. Yeah, USA here.
Welcome to the era where advertising grew a soul and started talking back. In the early 1960s, the industry underwent a massive transformation that moved away from dry product specifications toward something much more psychological and artistic. We transitioned from a world where ads looked like instruction manuals to a vibrant landscape where they felt like a conversation with a clever, funny friend. This period was not just about selling household goods, it was about defining the very identity of the modern consumer through sophisticated art and sharp wit.
The decade kicked off with the legendary Creative Revolution, spearheaded by agencies like Doyle Dane Bernbach. Before this shift, advertisers believed that more words meant more sales, often cluttering magazine pages with tiny text and boring facts.
#4
They All Got Vaccine Except Dad - Workbench Magazine - 1958
Crystalwitch60 2 weeks ago
Shots lol back in those days polo vaccines were on sugar cubes !! well it was for kids anyways. n a simple jab dint hurt either. So yes ALWAYS GET VACCINATED !! Human up ,
Panda Kicki 1 week ago
I had to see what happened to them. He was in hospital for over a year, then sent home parlysed. His wife took care of him and ge learned to paint with his mouth with her help. They managed more or less. He lived 32 years and she died 2009
justanotherweirdo 1 week ago
What really s***s is that he WAS trying to get the vaccine, meanwhile all the anti-vaccers keep getting lucky and use the “I didn’t get the vaccine and I didn’t get the disease,” to keep the other idiots out there convinced. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Lisa P 1 week ago (edited)
Everyone in the family looks appropriately concerned except for Norman, there on the top right.
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
It looks like he's encouraging his little sister.
Load More Replies... Janet Horwith 1 week ago
Maybe now he's in the Iron Lung he'll stop knocking up this wife with seven kids.
#5
An Unusually Progressive Seagrams Ad, Circa 1970s
BrunoVI 1 week ago (edited)
Not really. It's like those anti-smoking ads paid for by Phillip-Morris BEFORE they were forced to pay for them by the lawsuits: it's just a little window dressing to make them seem like the good guys. Notice how they downplay the very clear, unambiguous science that drinking is very harmful for unborn babies? Notice how they don't say, "don't drink," but instead say, "go easy?"
Load More Replies... Tabitha 2 weeks ago
For a company that makes alcohol to come out and tell pregnant women that it’s a good idea for them not to drink during pregnancy, and depriving their bottom line of that revenue, tells you something good about Seagram’s values, at least at the time of this ad. I don’t know if it’s the same now, but at least they had their heads screwed on right back in the seventies. And yes, I know part of the reason for it is to CYA and avoid lawsuits from women who drank during pregnancy and gave birth to children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which was likely their sole reason for it. But it’s still a step 8n the right direction to come out and advise it publicly.
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Jack D or Jim B just cancelled production becauss sales are way down, so yay!
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Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
I don't trust the AI that much but when I asked it came back with this-No, the person in the image is not Jane Curtin. The specific identity of the model in the 1970s Seagram's advertisement is not widely known, although some online discussions suggest a resemblance to the actress. The advertisement itself does not name the model.
Load More Replies... Divado 2 weeks ago
Absolutely not. My mother waited til I was born then laced my milk with whiskey.
Asri 2 weeks ago
Not long ago my Mom told me "I tried not to use phenobarbital too much on you when you were kids." o_o
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Fellfromthemoon 1 week ago
On the one hand, it was known that alcohol stunts the development of the fetus (see Brave new world by A. Huxley, 1932..) On the other hand, if even in the seventies, pregnant people were nor strictly advised against alcohol consumptin that may explain a lot.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
No, no, Nathaniel, that's just the ascites giving you that "pregnant belly" look... XD (okay, that joke might actually be TOO dark. Apologies. XD )
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1966 Ford Mustang Advertisement
Sven Horlemann 2 weeks ago
As someone born 1966, and childless, I am 100% agreeing with what Shaw said. Or, like tRump would say: "I agree 600%, 1.500%. Or even more!"
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
GEE!! Innocent, clean advertising that doesn't include AI stunts or scantily-clothed people... Please bring this kind of fun, meaningful advertising back to the norm.
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Youth is wasted on the young! I wasted mine! 🤣🤣🤣🐰🐰🐰🐇🐇🐇
The new guard realized that consumers were smarter than that and began using irony and self-deprecation to win people over. This was the birth of the modern commercial voice, one that favored a subtle wink and a nod over a loud, aggressive, and repetitive sales pitch.
#7
Ray Ban 1998 Ad
Child of the Stars 2 weeks ago
And it is very late-1990s. At the height of Buffy's slaying days.
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Purple Gurl 1 week ago
I remember this commercial. Bunch of cool young adults on a beach, one guy can't find his sunglasses. They show him slapping his head, pockets, jacket, then as the sun comes up, a panicked look and he poofs into dust. The male in the print ad: 'Looks like someone forgot his Ray Bans...' Everyone laughs, flashing fangs as the scene cuts to black.
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago (edited)
I presume you put suc,ks. So I also presume the down voter doesn't have a funny bone... Up voted..
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#8
1979 Ad For London Transit Showing How The City Would Look If Built By American Planners
CA Hyde 2 weeks ago
Good public transportation is wonderful! London, NYC, Paris, DC - all great subways.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago
Having mixed districts also helps a lot with cutting commute times
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Alger G. Nava 1 week ago
I would have thought 116 additional lanes was enough. What do I know.
Ruben Klassen 1 week ago
Until some black guy stabs you to death, or burns you to death. Both happened like within the last couple months
Nils Skirnir 2 weeks ago
Lot better than US. Not so good as Japan or China.
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Cee Cee 2 weeks ago
How would you know? You've told us often enough that you never leave the house.
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#9
Jester Wools (1947, UK)
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
I want my money back, I put on a jumper and did not turn gay!
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
According to the Gay Agenda (GOP propaganda) just reading that made you Gay because they believe stupid things like that. You better not play tackle football in Texas with 8yo girls! Ted Cruz gonna getcha
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Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
The mainstream meaning of the word "gay" morphed rapidly after the 1950s. Wikipedia has a fairly well-written article on the subject. Wikipedia: gay
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago (edited)
It's interesting for older songs as well, "When Johnny comes marchig home" has a verse that says "And we all be gay when Johnny comes marching home" for example
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No campaign defined this new spirit better than the Volkswagen Think Small ads. At a time when American cars were becoming massive, chrome-covered behemoths, VW dared to show a tiny beetle in a vast ocean of empty white space. It was a radical departure from the status quo, teaching the industry that less is often more. This minimalist approach did not just sell cars, it invited the audience to join an exclusive club of people who were clever enough to value substance over flash.
#10
One Oregon Newspaper Clip Reads: “We Appeal To Your Civil Patriotism To Co-Operate With Us In Our Effort To Stamp Out The Spanish Influenza Or “Flu” Plague In Portland By Wearing A Mask”
StretcherBearer 2 weeks ago
"G*****n Portland librulz at it again with their phony pandemic. Anything to distract from the fact that it's a war zone. D**n commies with their 5g gluten free soy lizard trans fentanyl laced drag shows! I'll never wear a mask! " ( Continued incoherent MAGA babble trails off...)
Philly Bob 2 weeks ago
It didn't trail off, it goes on like Pi! You just got tone deaf!
Load More Replies... L.V 2 weeks ago
Masks ( or whatever plague doctors were wearing) have been used since the middle ages, even before we knew why they worked. But sureeeeee. Karen can't cope with wearing one for 15 minutes to go shopping...
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
Karen-I caaaant breath... I like how surgeons and nurses point out how long they stand in operating theatres without collapsing from oxygen starvation....
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Rick Murray 2 weeks ago (edited)
@ BioMom, because I can't reply to the picture. The cat's mask is kílling me! 😹😹😹
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
Yep. Instead of getting rid of the scammers we all get punished with 'This comment is hidden. Click here to view.' And the cat always cracks me up as well. :-)
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 2 weeks ago
What strange looking mask. I scratching my head, trying to work out what's what.
Jane 2 weeks ago
When I first looked, I thought it was examples of how not to wear a mask. 😆
Load More Replies... DowntownStevieB 1 week ago
This comment is hidden...like your nose should be when you wear a mask.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
LOL!! Despite this being back before there were a variety of effective yet fashionable mask options, people knew what the right thing to do was. They actually cared about their fellow citizens!
Janet Horwith 1 week ago
I had COVID twice. I caught my first one at a Sammy Hagar gig and the second at a Mexican restaurant. Now I douse myself in alcohol and get vaccinated.
#11
Womens Army Corps (Wac) 1941 Advertising
Babs Ishkabibble 2 weeks ago
Interesting... It looks like she's tracing a peace symbol on the map!
Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
Well spotted. But the Peace Sign as we know it was created about a decade later. (Wikipedia: Peace symbols) That's probably the artist's impression of a drafting tool of some kind.
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dan gerene 1 week ago
The date should be 1942. The WACs didn't start until May of 1942. We were only at war for the last three weeks of 1941.
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
To the folks down voting the hidden comment - it's a song lyric. Cheap Trick, "Surrender."
#12
Keep Baby Safe
Lotekguy 2 weeks ago (edited)
Especially effective if installed in a convertible.
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Yayheterogeneity 2 weeks ago
Ah ja, what people considered "safe" in those days. Always mesmerizing.
otiose 2 weeks ago
But hey, the kid is "constantly visible" and rear vision isn't impaired!
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Tyranamar Seuss 2 weeks ago
I bet the baby slept really well in that thing though. Probably rocked them to sleep.
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
I can 'just' recall a hard seat that hooked over the top of the car's front bench seat. Strapped into that but nothing preventing baby from launching forward in a collision , seat and all :-)
dan gerene 1 week ago
Front seats belts only became mandatory around 1964. Shoulder and rears belts a bit later.
Load More Replies... Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
They should revamp this product for use in camping. I could imagine it being very useful inside of a tent or other sleeping accommodation, to keep little ones (up to older toddlers I would think) from rising early and going exploring in or outside the tent/area. From personal experience, waking in the wee hours to find your little one no longer encased in the sleeping bag next to -- or even WITH -- in a pitch-black space, is seriously panic inducing.
David Beth 1 week ago
Per my parents, I slept in one of those slung across the front seats of a VW bus on many camping trips as a baby.
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QuincyForrest 1 week ago
1960's, we kids rode in the back of the pickup truck all the time. And dad was California Highway Patrol. It just wasn't thought to be as unsafe as it in truth was. These days I will not ride in a car without buckling up, and it's totally second nature.
Janet Horwith 1 week ago
I wouldn't put a babby in that! I have one of these under a cupboard to hold bread and fruit.
As the 1960s roared on, the industry also discovered the power of the mascot to build long-term brand loyalty. This era gave birth to icons like the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant, characters designed to make mass-produced products feel friendly and approachable. Even fast-food giants got in on the action with the debut of Ronald McDonald, proving that if you could capture the imagination of a child, you could potentially secure a loyal customer for several decades to come.
#13
Kickin Jeans Were Made By Century Martial Arts From 1977-1991. They Wear Like Regular Western Jeans But The Stretch Denim And Special Design Let You Move Like A Stuntman
Don Adams 2 weeks ago
Hence the rumor that we were all king fu fighting back in the Seventies.
Yayheterogeneity 2 weeks ago
That poor guy who got kicked looks really as if he got kicked for real.
UnclePanda 2 weeks ago
We tried wearing street clothes at jujutsu one night. It was a total disaster and the aftermath was a Greek Chorus of falsetto moans and groans.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago (edited)
That diamond seam is very effective for allowing movement in tight pants
#14
Howard Johnson’s, 1951
CA Hyde 2 weeks ago
I miss Howard Johnsons :( We would always stop there for lunch when on a road trip. Orange and teal buildings. I would get the fried clams :)
Logicgrrl 1 week ago
Back in the early 1960s, their head chef was someone a couple of people might have heard of. His name was...oh what was it again? Oh yeah, Jacques Pepin.
Rick Murray 2 weeks ago
The Brit equivalent, perhaps, is Little Chef/Happy Eater. Used to love those places when I was younger but I understand they're all gone now. 😢
Elizabeth M. Bock 2 weeks ago
There used to be one over the highway on the way from WI to IL. We would always stop there when I was a kid on trips to Chicago.
#15
"The Tennessean" Nashville, Tennessee November 16, 1909
Alex Boyd 2 weeks ago
It would have been 2009, so I suspect that the US president at the time would have been even more surprising to the Nashville paper of 1909 than even a woman.
Load More Replies... Peeka_Mimi 2 weeks ago
I guess we are a little late, but when we do smash the patriarchy, hopefully the global inequality, starvation, and wars will end.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
Oh Honey, we DO run things... We just do it quietly and without expectation of fanfare and outside acknowledgement. **I SOOOO wish that was an absolute truth!**
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
Is war really inevitable? I wonder, if we had matriarchal societies...
Cougar Allen 1 day ago
If we had leaders like Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Eva Peron, Indira Ghandi?
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Jeanene Gorske 1 week ago
Women could take over if we'd stop attacking each other and band together. Historically men are better at this.
Janet Horwith 1 week ago
We need a b****s woman who can take everything that's been done to our country by the Supreme Cheeto obliterate and clean up the mess, then start taking down all the plated brass tschotkes and get America back on track.
Chiffonade B. 1 week ago
2009 came and went and we're in worse shape. Should have heeded Beyonce and let girls run the world.
Culture and music also played a huge role as the British Invasion and psychedelic art began to bleed into mainstream marketing. Pepsi took a bold stand by branding itself as the choice for those who think young, effectively inventing the concept of lifestyle marketing. Ads became colorful, loud, and groovy, reflecting the energy of a generation that was actively rebelling against the stiff traditions of their parents. It was no longer just about the soda, it was about the rebellion.
#16
Bell Telephone Company 1959
Mavis 2 weeks ago
Not like those unexpected guests who just turn up when you're still in your pjs.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
I live next door to my childhood home, where my mother and sister still live (my mom owns both houses.) Years ago, my mother knocked down the wall between the houses' backyards, so I can literally just walk like 10 feet from my garage over to the other house. I often go pantsless when I'm at home (as one does) since I'm the only person living in this house. The other day, my sister texted and asked if I could go over to the other house so she could show me something. I wandered over through the side yard, still pantsless, as (I assumed) it was just my mom and sister in the house. Nope, they were standing in the kitchen talking to one of our long-time employees XD I just kind of blinked and said to her in Spanish "Ah, sorry, I don't have any pants on" (as if it wasn't obvious) XD I was wearing undies and a long shirt, so it's not like I was indecent/anything was exposed, but mang XD Was not expecting our employee to be in the house...
Load More Replies... CA Hyde 2 weeks ago
Yeah, it is weird, but I have seen new construction houses here in Florida built that way - for hurricanes.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
1959 was just before area codes were popularly used to call out of your city. In my Seattle home, we still used a 2-letter prefix that designated our neighborhood exchange, so instead of a 7-number phone number (later 10 with the new area codes), our home phone # was 2 letters and 5 numbers.
Philly Bob 2 weeks ago
At my house, it's customary for you to return to yours as soon as possible!
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
Evokes memories of the collect calls from "I made it to Albuquerque!" or "Leaving tomorrow!"
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
Text in advance, bring takeout, leave in 45 minutes, sounds good to me.
#17
Hunt-Wesson Foods, 1967
Daniel Atkins 2 weeks ago
It is an old spelling/word for ketchup. It also regional tern in the US.
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Eat Ironized Yeast (1930s)
Rick Murray 2 weeks ago (edited)
[looks at diagrams] Translation: guys like girls with big t*ts.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Ad from the Great Depression years, where malnutrition was very real for a lot of people
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago (edited)
"Only a dog wants a bone, girls want a steak" - Quote of my best friend about her preferences in women
Billo66 2 weeks ago
I thought y'all wanted cider. I know I saw a shirt that said every girl wants a hard dickens cider....
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RomanceRadish 1 week ago
Be thin. But not too thin. Be friendly. But not too friendly. Be smart. But not too smart. The list goes on and on for women...
Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 week ago
One of the biggest changes that have taken place since I was a teenager 40+ years ago has been the acceptance and desire for CURVES and the average-sized body in general. In the era of "h****n chic", I was a size 11-13 in high school, big boned and curvy, with an average level of fat. Yet, I was called fat and told to lose weight. If that isn't ammunition for a future of low self-esteem and hateful personal judgement, nothing is. At 58 years old now, I still have nigglings of self doubt and the like.
When the calendar turned to the 1970s, the vibe shifted significantly due to economic changes and a growing sense of social realism. The bright-eyed optimism of the previous decade faded as the energy crisis and political scandals made consumers more skeptical of big promises. Advertisers had to pivot from fantasy to a tell-it-like-it-is style that felt more authentic and grounded. This era was less about the dream of the future and more about how a product worked.
#19
Addams Family "Haunted House", 1964 Ad
Final score:
39points
Angela Corvaia 2 weeks ago
The color looked best in black and white as it could reflect light to show more contrast.
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CatD 1 week ago
Right? I would have liked this better than a regular dollhouse. Still would.
Load More Replies... Gerry Higgins 2 weeks ago
LOL this is still available as a model kit from Mobius Models. It's available in a glow-in-the-dark plastic or you can paint over that if you don't want it to glow.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 2 weeks ago
It's about 9 inches wide and about 13 inches high :)
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Nikole 2 weeks ago
There's a version of the end house in Scream made by a Lego knock-off company. I never buy knock-offs, but...
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The Universal Food Chopper -1899
ILoveMySon 2 weeks ago
I did until it got lost in a move. I used it a lot, actually.
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TiNaBoNiNa 1 week ago
I found one of these still in the box at a thrift store and snapped it up.
Rachel Reynolds 2 weeks ago
At first glance I thought those sheep were rats. I mean, I'm sure the chopper works on rats, but it's weird to advertise that.
#21
Help Fight MD With Cheese Balls
CA Hyde 2 weeks ago
I remember when Hickory Farms was in the mall. Oh, and that is one Big cheese ball for $2.50 !
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
My dad LOVED the Hickory Farms beef summer sausage, and it was a running family "joke" that we'd get him the giant-sized one every year for Christmas, and then try to disguise the wrapping so it didn't LOOK like a two-foot-long meat log XD After his accident (which happened when I was 18) he couldn't eat food orally any more (muscle atrophy occurred during his coma) but we still got him a Hickory Farms summer sausage that year. He had a good laugh trying to smack all of us with it XD
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otiose 2 weeks ago
Back when Jerry Lewis was alive, the telethon went on and on for hours and Hickory Farms was in Ohio.
Logicgrrl 1 week ago
It says quite clearly in the ad "Hickory Farms of Ohio".
Load More Replies... Sarah Suelzle 1 week ago
That cheese ball would be at LEAST $60 today. Its as big as your head !! LOL
Trashy Panda 1 week ago
I want to fight muscular dystrophy but do I have to eat a cheese ball?
Savannah greenleaf 1 week ago
Now I feel the need to make a cheese ball. I think they fell out of fashion awhile back.
The 1970s were famously labeled the Me Decade, and advertising reflected this new obsession with the self and personal fulfillment. L’Oréal changed the game in 1973 with the iconic slogan Because I’m worth it, which shifted the focus from the product’s quality to the consumer’s self-esteem. It was a revolutionary moment for women's marketing, moving away from ads about pleasing a household to ads about buying something because you deserve to feel beautiful for yourself.
#22
Kellogg's Pep Cereal (1940's)
Roland C. 2 weeks ago
She got special vitamins from Doctor Feelgood and they helped her lose weight as well.
Breadcrumb. 2 weeks ago
Financial independence is autonomy. I'll keep my earnings and clean up after myself, thank you.
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General Anaesthesia 2 weeks ago
You'll be even healthier if we don't replace the broken washing machine!
Lisbeth Guz 2 weeks ago
Can somebody explain? I don't fully grasp what women used to take to function in the 40s. I know it's some kind of d**g but which one? I'm not American btw
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
A bit of hunting and I found a Wiki article about Tuinal from the 40's which was a barbiturate. There were probably others but I really only know of later things like Valium from the Rolling Stones song. :-)
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1953
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
"That woman just opened a bottle all by herself! Witch! Burn her!"
Elizabeth M. Bock 2 weeks ago
While wearing perfect makeup, a dress, and curled hair! I know we have many issues today, but I sure am happy I wasn't a woman back then!
Rachel Reynolds 2 weeks ago
I keep an 3$ Harbor Freight oil filter wrench in the kitchen for those jars I can't open by hand.
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Get an old style can opener with the pointy bit. Put said point under the cap. Lever until you hear a pop! Boom, open
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Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Silicon pot holders with raised bits, one on top and bottom, boom open
Load More Replies... Divado 2 weeks ago
A tin of Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pie can reduce a man to tears. You go for it, girl!!
Rick Murray 2 weeks ago
I got this German gizmo from Lidl. Hook it on the side, press the button, it'll really slowly chew it's way around the seam. When the sound changes, press the button again to unhook it, and the lid of a Fray Bentos comes right off. I'm a lefty, so using a can opener on something that size is cruel and unusual punishment.
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TiNaBoNiNa 1 week ago
Had to look it up. They're still in business today. Now I have another nugget of useless information stored in my brain.
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Hmmm... That's One For Two... LOL!
Twidder Sux 2 weeks ago
In all fairness, the Irish did a magnificent job building the ships. It's the British that made such wrecks of them.
This decade also saw the escalation of the legendary Cola Wars, most notably through the Pepsi Challenge starting in 1975. Comparative advertising became a powerful tool, as brands stopped playing nice and started naming their competitors directly in their scripts. By filming real people in blind taste tests, Pepsi created a sense of gritty documentary realism that made their rivals look like corporate relics. It was a high-stakes drama played out in the local grocery store aisle.
#25
Hm
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago (edited)
I can think of a few things were women have a disadvantage biologically (Higher rates of osteoporosis or inflammatory bowel diseases for example) - No gender is superior, just different
WindySwede 2 weeks ago
more pruned to genetic diseases and disorders if the gene are on the single part of the Y chromosome. If recessive gene and it's on the X part, it's prob ok?
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 2 weeks ago
I always thought "Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman" was nonsensical because what it really says is every body needs strong deodorant.
Faye Bosworth 1 week ago
Apparently toyota felt that if you meet thw expectations of women, you will excede the expectations of men 🤣🤣
Load More Replies... RomanceRadish 1 week ago
Women deal with menstruation, pregnancy, birth, lactation, postpartum, menopause. These are not easy things and absolutely do require strength.
#26
Burger King (1960's)
Don Adams 2 weeks ago
Does anyone remember the McDonald's commercial from the 60's that showed how you could feed dinner to a family of 4 for under $5? Each person got a burger, small fries. and a drink.
Jon Cunningham 2 weeks ago
There was a McDonald's bad that was get change from your dollar at lunch. Got fries, burger, and drink for 99 cents.
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TiNaBoNiNa 1 week ago
I noticed a change in the 1990's. They just aren't quite the same flavor anymore. They changed something, and it wasn't for the better.
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#27
'60s Hoover Ad
Michael Largey 2 weeks ago (edited)
Not the first time she's associated her husband with a vacuum.
Mommy Panda 2 weeks ago
Unless you're willing to be the sole user of the said hoover, not a good idea
Andrew Keir 1 week ago
with a strange bulge in your tummy and a mains cable protruding from your bottom
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realenancy170 1 week ago
I had a call from a vaccuum salesman in 1984 . It was just after thanksgiving and he asked for my husband. I told him to never call again and that I would hunt him down and shove the nozzle down his throat if my husband gave me one for christmas.
Sue Phillips 1 week ago
...and she will show you how she feels with that new toilet plunger you also got her.
Margaret H 6 days ago
Ah, yes! A good, sturdy, heavy-duty Hoover, so I can hit you over the head with it! (And yes, that's a joke. I don't hit anyone over the head with my Hoover.)
Beyond selling consumer goods, the 1970s used the power of persuasion to address growing social and environmental concerns. The famous Crying Indian public service announcement for Keep America Beautiful became a cultural touchstone that highlighted the era’s burgeoning environmental movement. While the ad is viewed through a more critical lens today regarding its casting, its impact at the time was undeniable, proving that commercials could be used to prick the collective conscience of a whole nation.
#28
"Don't Be A Job Hopper" 1940s Disney WWII Propaganda Poster
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
After being taxed 95% to end the Depression
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Tyranamar Seuss 2 weeks ago
During a war I might be willing to stay put for my country. But job hopping is how I've gotten all my big raises.
Twidder Sux 2 weeks ago
Kind of hypocritical since Disney was notorious for sending goons to competing studios to poach away their animation artists.
Svenne O'Lotta 1 week ago
You know Disney was ordered to make these propaganda things, right? Not asked, ordered.
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DarkAngelNic 2 weeks ago
I don't know if Disney was the best choice in making WWII anti-Nazis propaganda.
Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
For context here, 16 million Americans were either enlisted, or drafted to fight in WW2. The majority of those being men. This created severe shortages in the workforce. Women didn't start entering the workforce in major numbers until the end of 1942. This advert, produced in early 1942, was aimed at a very real problem that the military was facing. Keep in mind, in 1941, the military was at an all time low in terms of weapons and armaments. Still using designs from WW1. SO, there needed to be a rapid rearming of the military as a whole. Meaning, a person hoping jobs, while it might seem good in the short term, in 1942, it was a problem, as replacing a person who had just left a job, was difficult, and that meant production dropped.
Nicole Weymann 1 week ago
Cutely the severe shortages in the workforce "coincided" with the end to the Great Depression. Up until then jobs were dirt cheap. Suddenly employees were a hot commodity. For some reason or another "competitive salaries" are only painted as positive when it means that companies can cheap out on wages, but not when employees follow the money.
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Congoleum (1970)
Janet Sparrow 2 weeks ago
So much to unpack here, but why would anyone do that kind of work in a address anyway?
Kit Black 2 weeks ago
That's what women of that era wore daily at home, whether they were cleaning or whatever
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wayne whitson 2 weeks ago
My house STILL HAS THIS. Foyer, Kitchen, Living Rm., Dining Rm., & Bathroom. AND IT STILL LOOKS GREAT After 50 Years.
DarkAngelNic 2 weeks ago
On a different note, whoever created the designs for that flooring should have been thrown off a cliff.
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
The yellow 'Cushionflor' (sic) looks like our kitchen floor when growing up. :-)
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
And don't they all look miserable about it XD
Load More Replies... JoNo 2 weeks ago
The new Shinyl Vinyl comes in interesting colours and patterns. Pacemaker (what a name!) looks like cooked tomatoes have fallen on the floor. As much as the manufacturers want to introduce the word Shinyl, it doesn't rhyme with Vinyl - it would be pronounced like the body part shin, wouldn't it?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
I assume it's a mangled "clever" version of the word "shine", so no, it wouldn't be pronounced like "shin".
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#30
Lose Weight With Pure Sugar!
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Actually true. But apples have fiber and fill your stomach up more, so you're not apt to eat 3 more of them, but you might easily drink 3 more cups of coffee with sugar
Charlotte Ingle 1 week ago
Three more cups of coffee and I won't make it through the morning meeting without a unscheduled bathroom break
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unfilteredCigarette73 2 weeks ago
Still relatively more healthy than whatever they're pumping into zero sugar stuff right now
highwaycrossingfrog 2 weeks ago
I agree. There is evidence that your body responds to the taste of sweetness rather than just the presence of glucose in your body. Either way it will release insulin. At least when there is actual glucose in the blood the insulin has a function. If it is released with no glucose to bind to it just floods your bloodstream with excess insulin, leading to maladjustment of insulin receptors and increased likelihood of diabetes. I'd much rather have glucose than synthetic sweeteners.
Load More Replies... DowntownStevieB 1 week ago
See, we didn't get fatter because we eat differently...we just don't have as many uppers...
Stephanie Did It 2 weeks ago
I remember the ads saying sugar had only 16 calories per spoonful. It sounded good, anyway.
Mike Goslin 2 weeks ago
Teaspoon of sugar (Sucrose) is now and always has been 16 calories. glycemic index of sugar, however, is around 65. There is more to nutrition than counting calories.
Load More Replies... TiNaBoNiNa 1 week ago
Ah, the US sugar lobby. I did a presentation on this subject for a speech class. There's a lot of interesting and horrible history there if you're willing to dig into it.
Looking back at these two decades, it is clear that they built the foundation for everything we see in modern marketing today. We moved from the witty, minimalist print ads of the 1960s to the bold, identity-focused television campaigns of the 1970s. These years taught us that a product is never just a product, it is a mirror reflecting our desires, our politics, and our sense of self. It was a golden age of persuasion that still influences every screen.
#31
Girl-Size Pen
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
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I must be the only woman who actually loves this idea, despite being a feminist. My hands are so small I have to use an iPhone mini that’s several years old, and can’t hold any of the new models with one hand. Everything—including seatbelts!—are made for men, and it would be nice to have things intended for my frame and size.
Asri 2 weeks ago
Same. It's not sexist to want proper fitting items. Even female surgeons have to deal with tools too large for their hands.
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TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago
I'd say it's not a bad idea to offer pens for smaller hands as well for better ergonomics, nowadays marketing it especially as a product for women wouldn't fly though
patricia patricia 2 weeks ago
"Nowadays marketing it especially as a product for women wouldn't fly though" You are kidding, right? Have you seen all those pink versions of normal products? As far as I know, no man would buy them even at gunpoint. A lot of those pink products are more expensive than the "normal" ones, and yet so many women buy the pink stuff just because it's pink and it says "for ladies" in the box. If that's not "marketing for women", please, enlighten me.
Load More Replies... JB 2 weeks ago
This was clearly invented by a man. Who else would be so obsessed with what their pen is sized?
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Oh dear, my tiny little girl hands can't write with this big, manly pen! How will I attend to my dear hubby's needs then?
DarkAngelNic 2 weeks ago
I wonder if they were more expensive for being catered to women? Was this the birth of the pink tax??
Logicgrrl 1 week ago
Not the birth of the pink tax, that had already been going on, but they were more expensive.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
I love the implication/assumption that all women have small hands XD I don't have small hands, myself - my hands are actually only fractionally smaller than my ex's hands (5'9" male.) Smaller writing utensils (like the worn-down pencil stubs my mother refuses to throw away..) actually make my hand hurt to use!
Rick Murray 2 weeks ago
Most women have smaller hands than men. Source? Well at work I give many boxes of size 6/7 gloves and very few 8/9 to the production area (mostly women) and mostly 8/9 and no 6/7 to the preparation area (mostly men). Both get size 7/8.
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Hmm
Austzn 1 week ago
That be the cycle of oppression, yup. Babies for the war effort too.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
The entire west coast of the US was changed by how many people moved here for war jobs.
#33
1958 Sylvania Convertible Television
otiose 2 weeks ago
Hmm, I wonder why they don't mention the weight? Maybe it was a luggable, not a portable. And yet, a weak woman appears able to carry it! Maybe she ate her Kellogg's Pep™ cereal?
UnclePanda 2 weeks ago
CRTs from the fifties highlighted the presence of 'lug' in 'luggage.'
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ILoveMySon 2 weeks ago
I am old fashioned to a certain degree,.but am delighted I don't have to hire ten body builders to move my flat screen televisions.
Bruce Mardle 1 week ago
It's easier to carry CRTs the other way round, but I guess she's super strong.
#34
November, 1919 Ad For Log Cabin Syrup
Gerry Higgins 2 weeks ago
They still sell Log Cabin pancake syrup. It has a "maple-like flavour" and is made from corn syrup.
Chris Robertson 1 week ago
Most of the ad's a photo. The can and pankakes were drawn in by hand.
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#35
Wow
Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
Yes. And stylistically, it kind of resembles the Fuxley rotisserie ad.
Load More Replies... Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
Read the fine print at the bottom of the image. It's satire.
Load More Replies... Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
This is current GOP agenda: Women are just baby farms, and Republican voting women go along with it 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Norm Gilmore 2 weeks ago
It's been pointed out this is satire. But I'm going to say to my sisters "Turns Out You Gals Are Useful After All". Please wear bright clothing at my funeral... :-)
Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
Go to the website at the bottom of the image. It's a site where people compete to see who could produce the best photoshop. The fact you didn't realize this... tells me this person should have won. That and you likely feel just a bit silly right now that you fell for it.
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I Miss The Days When An Employer Would Provide Health Benefits And Office Chicken
Alex Boyd 2 weeks ago
It's possible that this is genuinely vintage; people in the past liked jokes, too.
John Deeranged 2 weeks ago
It isn't. The artist who made it is named Cris Shapan and it's about as vintage as 2019
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Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
Beko markets a know-it-all (ie "smart") oven that detects what kinds of foods are being baked/roasted and warns when they're likely done.
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
In terms of professional and technical production values this is an extremely well-done spoof. I looks like something that might have appeared in "National Lampoon" magazine but I don't remember it.
John Deeranged 2 weeks ago
This was created by Deluxe Fuxley, a known parody graphic designer and artist
#37
No Wonder Kids, Girls Were Body Sized Stressed, Chubby?
Janet Sparrow 2 weeks ago
At the department store in my town, there was a department called Chubette. That’s where my mom took me to shop. I guess they couldn’t figure out that they just made regular clothes in bigger sizes it would fit us.
Laserleader 2 weeks ago (edited)
But then you wouldnt be shaming them for not being "skinny". They set the size to match the "normal" child's age, so buying a size 10 for an 8 year old would be wrong. So a size 8 husky/chubby would be the ONLY choice.
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Tyranamar Seuss 2 weeks ago
They still are. I buy my son huskies. It's nice to have clothes that fit.
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Phantom Phoenix 2 weeks ago (edited)
And that's their illustration for chubby?! No wonder many girls with curves would feel insecure
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
Actually, AFAIK, Lane Bryant still markets clothing towards plus-sized people. My mom used to shop there when I was a kid. I had no idea they used to make clothing for "chubby" kids :(
TFFFan328 1 week ago
Yep, sure do! :) I work at Lane Bryant part-time, since 2012. We fit 10/12-38/40 in clothes, and carry bra band sizes up to 54 and cup sizes up to K. Started as a maternity clothing store, founded by a Lithuanian Jew immigrant (Lena Bryant), and have been going strong for plus sizes for 121 years! :)
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Can you see the ugly print fabric in that dress? Imagine the worst color of plaid, that's what they used for the Chubby girls clothes
Never Snarky 2 weeks ago
I remember chubbies. My mother would use them to shame me into staying thin. Thanks, mom.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Oh yeah. Slim was the trend even for children. Growing bodies were not allowed to expand
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Kenwood Chef Ad
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Ive run commercial kitchens all alone, 30 years ago, but still
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Katharina Sei. 2 weeks ago
Well, I guess my grandma would probably have been happy if her husband (a chef) would have done everything else.
#39
De Beers Diamonds (1983)
sturmwesen 2 weeks ago
Yeah... that's bad money management to me. It could be a used car or a kitchen depending on income
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Tabitha 2 weeks ago
I don’t have an engagement ring, just a solid gold wedding band. It’s been almost 25 years now, and I don’t care of if I never have one. Instead I got a good husband who’s way more valuable to me than a the most expensive diamond. I got the better deal, believe me.
Auntriarch 2 weeks ago
Mr Auntriarch asked if I wanted an engagement ring, I didn't particularly but knew meeting the relatives without one would cause comment, so we bought a cubic zirconia of the same size as a diamond we would have been able to afford. Sneaky. 38 years later I have no regrets.
Load More Replies... DarkAngelNic 2 weeks ago
Diamond engagement rings only became a thing because the diamond market had a huge surplus and needed a way to sell more of them so they invented the slogan "A diamond is forever" and people ate it up. A lot of our "traditions" are the results of someone wanting to make money.
Laserleader 2 weeks ago
The "diamonds are forever" was to stop people from discovering the value dropped over 50% on the normal market, and the "two months salary" became the mark of how wealthy the man is based on how much 2 months could buy. It became a root of diamond culture
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Step 1: Create a need for your product Step 2: Create a story about why your product must be purchased
#40
I'm Just Happy That Her Mouth Is Closed
Yayheterogeneity 2 weeks ago
Until this post I was quite surprised of how reasonable those ads were. But this one is simply disgusting.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Har har har, George, you really have a great lounge in here, you got your bar and your dart board and over the mantle is the heads of your conquests! Wow! What a swinger!
#41
Cut Loose
Final score:
18points
Stephanie Did It 2 weeks ago
I remember Davy Jones of the Monkees doing the skate when he sang! I thought he was dreamy...
#42
Give Telephones This Christmas, 1957 Ad
nottheactualphoto 2 weeks ago
Ma Bell didn't allow people to own a phone, so I'm not sure how you would give one. Maybe I'll call my local Business Office and find out.
Judes 2 weeks ago
The ad is for "additional telephones". The gift is paying for the extra telephone line.
Load More Replies... Oskar vanZandt 2 weeks ago
That one's a nice colour... Our family had an avocado coloured one.
Bruce Mardle 1 week ago
I like the line just under the photo: If we can install it before Christmas, we will, otherwise we won't.
David Beth 1 week ago
My grandfather rented his house phone from the telephone company for decades (well into the 1980s) before my mom finally noticed the bill and bought him a phone from Radio Shack.
Cheryl Ford 1 week ago
Oh yes they did. I bought one for my grandmother and even figured out how to install it myself.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
They would install it, hardwire it into your outlet. You couldn't move around the house with your phone. I had a neighbor who bought an expensive plug-in phone cord (this was a leased phone) that I thought was so cool. It was very unique in the 1960s
Logicgrrl 1 week ago
We could. There were four pronged plugs in several places in our house. Our phones were leased as well.
Load More Replies... Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
I miss my blind grandfather's rotary phone. When he died, I got nothing, despite being his helper monkey my whole life
#43
Dormeyer Corp, 1960
Roni Stone 2 weeks ago
When I set up my first apartment, roughly 1974, I bought a new toaster and a new hand mixer for $5.00 each. And I thought that was expensive!
#44
Candy Ad
WaxyJo 2 weeks ago
Timmy was *this* close to braining his mother with a dumbbell, but then she offered him candy and he changed his mind. Candy. It even saves lives!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
I actually can't even tell what that's ACTUALLY supposed to be in the kid's hand XD A spinning top? A rubber squeaky chicken? XD
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Something about sanitary health via safe containment of candy in cellophane
#45
Sunkist Growers Inc, 1966
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
I remember when the oranges actually DID have the little stamp on them! ;_;
Roni Stone 2 weeks ago
Me, too! I also remember when I could buy (find) Chiquita bananas, as well. Haven't seen them here since the old days - like last year.
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#46
Advertisement For Tyco's Us 1 Electric Trucking Play System (1981)
Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
I had it. It was actually a rather fun little set.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
So it's a race track but has a truck? I have never seen a play semi-truck for a race track
Cougar Allen 8 hours ago
That looks more fun than slot car racing. The trouble with slot car racing was with any pair of cars one would be faster — and it would always be the same one. Once I learned the hierarchy of the cars I had there was nothing more to discover, and if I had bought a new car it would only have taken a very few minutes to find where that one fit in the hierarchy, so what's the point? Boring.
#47
Mcdonald’s, 1987 Ad
Melancholy Kitty 2 weeks ago
Why are they on the phone and both about to take a bite of the salad? Are they just going to listen to each other chew?
CatD 1 week ago
Well subs don't usually have hard boiled eggs. But they should.
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Tyranamar Seuss 2 weeks ago
These were so gross. You know who makes a good salad? Wendy's. Their salads are delicious.
Nikole 1 week ago
I haven't had one in YEARS. During high school we would sometimes drive to the nearby Wendy's and I would get a garden salad and a breadstick. Mmmm...
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#48
Man's World
Heffalump 2 weeks ago
Even in the 60's the target demographic would have laughed at the guy wearing a tie to bed.
Merry Grinchmas from Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Thats what you took from this? You sweet innocent angel 💗
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 weeks ago
I love how she's kneeling in submission. Couldn't even let the lady stand up and bring him his meal. This add was made for Incels.
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
I don't understand the association between ties and women being subservient. I guess it's a visual high five or something
#49
1961 Kellogs Pep Whole Wheat Cereal
#50
Chin Reducer Ad
Cougar Allen 8 hours ago
Well, your double chin won't be very noticeable while you're wearing it, so, never take it off?
#51
Bulgemobiles
nottheactualphoto 2 weeks ago
It was a series of parody ads in the 1970s. If I recall, they were done by Bruce McCall and Brian McConnachie. Featuring Tap-A-Toe Futuroidic Footless De-clutching!
Load More Replies... Gerry Higgins 2 weeks ago
this is a parody of a 1946 American car brochure. The US auto industry was returning to peacetime production after WWII, and all they had to offer were more-or-less pre-war 1942 models slightly refreshed as ‘1946‘ models.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
The car you need when there is a nuclear strike on a city near you.
Hugo 2 weeks ago
... and you have to drive to the top of a pyramid to get a better view.
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karyn waladkewics 1 week ago
The image is a piece of satirical art by Bruce McCall, titled "Bulgemobiles," featured in his book Zany Afternoons. It is a humorous parody of vintage automobile advertisements from the 1940s and 1950s, using a retrofuturistic style
#52
How To Prevent Inflation
Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
And immediately after for a while. I recall "Fight Inflation" ads on TV and in printed media in the very early 50s.
Load More Replies... TMTMTMTM 2 weeks ago
For all the criticism here, more spending *does* cause more inflation. The U. S. in World War II put some emphasis on people buying bonds bonds. They could have just printed money, but it would have been more inflationary. The bonds were more to sop up dollars to keep them from being spent, and spread out the inflationary pressure and demand for civilian goods until after the war. Lots of countries have tried to deal with a financial problem by printing money, but more money chasing goods causes inflation: the assignats in revolutionary France; the Continental dollars in the revolutionary U. S.; Confederate currency in the U. S. Civil War; et cetera.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
Yeah, because buying stuff causes inflation! Stop buying stuff, that'll fix it!
TMTMTMTM 2 weeks ago
Exactly. That's explained in macroeconomics. It's an instance of supply and demand. If you have more demand for something (that is, people spending more money on it), the price goes up.
Load More Replies... TMTMTMTM 2 weeks ago
Yes. U. S. prices rose 80% during and after World War I. Normal inflation rates in peacetime were in the -2% to 2% range. In and after World War II, roughly 50% up. The Vietnam War was only 30%ish, but inflation got deep-seated and was only brought down due to a sharp recession in the early 1980s.
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#53
Pyrex Ad
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
My gf says it depends how strong your worktops are to "Successful Marriages start in the kitchen". Personally I find the bedroom more comfortable anyway...
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago (edited)
A good living room couch is a good investment too, it's easier to change cover blankets than having to change a complete bed over according to my friend and her wife ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies... SaladSpinnerDeux 2 weeks ago
"Fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach!"...er...no,grandma, for that you need a six inch blade.
The Abe 6 days ago
But you don't have to worry about the ribs getting in the way...
Load More Replies... Elizabeth M. Bock 2 weeks ago
Thank heavens I don't live back then! Today my marriage is very happy, but my kitchen skills are lacking.
Tabitha 2 weeks ago (edited)
It starts in the kitchen when she gets the rolling pin or cast iron frying pan and applies it to his head when he starts acting like a misogynistic a*****e to her. After that, he can make his own dinner. In his own home or whatever he can afford after paying her alimony and child support (this ad is from the days when wives got alimony).
#54
Baby Battle Armor From Wahltoys, 1984
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
Anyway, this would make an excellent cosplay for your toddler to wear, right?
Load More Replies... Twidder Sux 2 weeks ago
Bad enough that BP are lazy phucks who scrape Reddit for BS stories to repost as their own content. Now their scraper bots keep dredging up AI slop as well.
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
In 1980s rough/ action play was not encouraged for girls. Play imitating domestic work and child care was more common.
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 weeks ago
I wonder what people a hundred years from now will say about our ads? Probably be just as amused and self righteous as we are now.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago
Hindsight is always 20/20 - There is probably something we consider progressive nowadays that will be looked at in horror in 50 years
Load More Replies... karyn waladkewics 1 week ago
@justinsandberg Justin sandberg do better with your fact checking on your images. You've got parodies and AI.
Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
Sandberg, Palšytė & Žvilius seem to have taken at least a couple of spoof ads at face value...
Gorilla guy 2 weeks ago
If I say I'm a conservative, do you think I'm a bigot, racist, facist, neo-n**i? As a conservative, I think a lot of liberals are nice people. Maybe we don't have the same beliefs, but that's called a ✨️democracy✨️
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
I don't recall any of the ads have anything to say about conservative values. Are you sure you are commenting to the right posts?
Load More Replies... David Beth 1 week ago
Sadly, there are elements of the USA today that very badly want to bring some of these ideas back into the mainstream...
Purple Gurl 1 week ago
You want to see one that will make your head spin, look up any old ads for Fairy Soap. Trust me, I nearly threw my phone when I saw it the first time.
Kenny Kulbiski 2 weeks ago
I wonder what people a hundred years from now will say about our ads? Probably be just as amused and self righteous as we are now.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 weeks ago
Hindsight is always 20/20 - There is probably something we consider progressive nowadays that will be looked at in horror in 50 years
Load More Replies... karyn waladkewics 1 week ago
@justinsandberg Justin sandberg do better with your fact checking on your images. You've got parodies and AI.
Janissary35680 2 weeks ago
Sandberg, Palšytė & Žvilius seem to have taken at least a couple of spoof ads at face value...
Gorilla guy 2 weeks ago
If I say I'm a conservative, do you think I'm a bigot, racist, facist, neo-n**i? As a conservative, I think a lot of liberals are nice people. Maybe we don't have the same beliefs, but that's called a ✨️democracy✨️
Sally Moen 2 weeks ago
I don't recall any of the ads have anything to say about conservative values. Are you sure you are commenting to the right posts?
Load More Replies... David Beth 1 week ago
Sadly, there are elements of the USA today that very badly want to bring some of these ideas back into the mainstream...
Purple Gurl 1 week ago
You want to see one that will make your head spin, look up any old ads for Fairy Soap. Trust me, I nearly threw my phone when I saw it the first time.
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