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40 Of The Most Creative Vintage Ads That Show Just How Different The World Used To Be
Getting an old magazine or newspaper is a fantastic way to start exploring the past. See how people once used their language, what was included, and excluded. Memorizing events is all fine and dandy, but these don’t actually show how people would approach everyday life. Advertisements are a great way to approach what people liked and wanted.
Through the magic of the internet, we now are able to catalog and share all sorts of ads from the past online. So prepare to look into a different time as you scroll through, be sure to upvote our favorites and comment your thoughts on these truly vintage ads below.
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#1
Advertisement For Bacardi Rum Warning Against The Dangers Of Drunk Driving (1986)
Lorraine 2 years ago (edited)
Like Captain Morgan? It think it might mix well given the opportunity.
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#2
Man Looking For A Wife In 1865
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I was going to say the same. By his ad, he sounds like he's got his ducks in a row at a young age.
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Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
I have seen this before, and if I'm correct (there might be a similar ad out there, so don't quote me), some intrepid Panda or Redditor found them, looked them up, and yes--they did find someone.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago (edited)
Generally ranked in the bottom 3 with Buchanan and some more recent guy
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John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 2 years ago
Indeed. Try to acquire free farmland nowadays
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Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
May the odds be ever in your favor.
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They All Got The Vaccine.. Except Dad, 1958
JL 2 years ago
If we post it on TikTok and call it the Vaccination Challenge, this wouldn't be a problem.
Chris Ulm 2 years ago
I don’t think it’s the Tik Tok generation that’s pushing the anti-vax nonsense.
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Missy VanWinkle 2 years ago
Amazingly, he lived. Here's part of her obit: Donna (Swift) Wood passed away on June 23, 2009 in Hastings, Mich., at the age of 89. She was born on Sept. 12, 1919 in Kalamo Township, Eaton County. She always lived in the Charlotte area until 2004 when she moved to Hastings to be closer to her daughters and entered an AFC Home. If you met Donna, you didn’t forget her, she was a wonderful woman, friend, mother, grandmother and aunt. On June 6, 1943 she married the love of her life James Wood, enjoyed 46 wonderful years together, before he passed away in 1989. Donna was pregnant with the seventh child when Jim was stricken with Polio and was completely paralyzed from the neck down. After being in the hospital for 17 months, Jim was sent home with an iron lung, rocking bed and all kinds of live saving equipment that Donna had to not only learn to use, but to also take care of. Together they started a business of Jim having the talent of painting by mouth stick ...
Quaimlex 2 years ago
There was something really stupid that was under this so I’m hiding it :)
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Id row 2 years ago
If that was today, James would be telling his family about how polio isn't real and they're stupid for getting vaccinated, that the iron lung was just a conspiracy by the libs to keep him from spreading the truth. People were actually smarter back then and had common sense. It's depressing.
leetokofi 2 years ago
People then saw what Polio and others could do, they lived the experience. most of this anti-vaxers have never seen anyone suffering from after effects of Polio or a bunch of other diseases which were mostly eradicated by vaccine. once they see the devastating effects, they will change their tune .
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Often, the 50s and 60s were referred to as a sort of golden age of advertising. It’s no accident that the hit show Mad Men was set during this time period when both the science of marketing and economic booms all came together. It was the first time brands started to really think about a solid image to create and maintain and companies started to spend a lot of money working out ways to entice buyers.
This “golden age” wasn’t just a one-way street of businesses realizing that marketing had its advantages, it coincided with a lot of economic prosperity in the United States, as more and more families had money to spend on luxury items. In general, spending was no longer taboo, as it may have been during the great depression and companies found that they really did have to compete with a whole host of competitors.
#4
Honestly The Graffiti Is Better
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Wait, I can fix it. If it were a married woman, it would get its bottom pinched by her respectful and adoring husband of over 20 years. There, I defanged it.
Craig Jones 2 years ago
Fiat has a history of stupid looking cars, and stupid ads to promote them.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
No, this is real. I remember seeing it in university classes in the 80s.
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Ray Ban 1998 Ad
Elsker 2 years ago
Omg.... ray-ban refers to banning sunrays?! I was today years old to realize, lol
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
OMG: I never would have figured this out if not for you.
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Anon822209 2 years ago
I remember this ad. This is vintage?? Guess I'll just go get my walker now.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
But wait, these so-called "vampires" do not arouse sexually repressed mormon housewives!
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Yep. Put on a pair and never wear sun screen again.
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#6
When I’m 64
KitKatss 2 years ago
Looking at the price is honestly so weird, like I know it wasn't technically that long ago, but the value of money changing so much is baffling :]
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Looks like the Creole 64 came out in 1958. According to the Inflation Calculator, a 1958 $1.00 is worth $10.52 today. Considering Walmart has them on sale for $3.84, which in 1958 dollars would be 36 cents, they cost 64% less now, unless the crayons are a fraction of their 1958 size and the wax is a way inferior quality in comparison.
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Zack Vander 2 years ago
Jeez. I begged for these as a kid and my parents said they were too expensive.
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
My brother had one. I never got one, because Mom thought one was enough. As an adult, I told her I'd always wanted one when we were shopping for presents for a child. That Christmas, she bought me one
Once you add in all the new possibilities for where and how to display ads, you get a melting pot of creativity. Radio had been around for a while, but soon marketing teams realized that TV was a great medium to promote something. At the same time, many Americans were purchasing cars and traveling, making billboards potentially more effective. The result is that creatives, from cinematographers to musicians and artists could all be employed to make eye or ear-catching ads.
#7
Remember Digging Through The Entertainment Section Of The Newspaper To Find The Movie Listings?
kate h 2 years ago
I saw the "sneak preview" of Jaws - can you imagine?!!! For those unfamiliar, a "sneak preview" was when they released a movie at a handful of theaters with ZERO plot information or 2 minute preview ads. All you had to go on was the poster. Obviously Jaws was about a big scary shark, but nothing could have prepared 17 year old me for that movie...so great and one of my favorite memories.
CheshirePhrogg 2 years ago
OMG! That's Town and Country just down the 51 a ways. Although I don't think the 51 existed when this batch of movies did. But I've been to that theater. How funny
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I vividly remember these! It could be quite the chore finding the right theater when your friends are next to you hollering "how about that one... no, that one scares me..." The good old days, lol.
Larry Bauder 2 years ago
No it's grease. Grease is the word, is the word that you heard It's got a groove, it's got a meaning Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion Grease is the way we are feeling
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Tee Rat 2 years ago
My mom kept trying to cover my eyes during Jaws. She'd scream and cover her eyes so I did manage to see most of the movie.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
I was so scared that I had a hard time taking baths (drips would make "shark-like" waves in the water, and even in swimming pools---and, this is embarrassing, I only saw the ads! Still to this day, I have tried to go to frightening movies, only to hide under the seat for most of it (for real)
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
So much old fashioned cut and paste—-where you cut with scissors and pasted with paste—-in this ad. Not 100% well done, but it served its purpose.
#8
Best Buy, 1999
Corvus 2 years ago
I remember turning it on after midnight, to check if it still worked. It did (OS was Windows 98).
Mark Howell 2 years ago
Had it been windows 2000/ME+, it would have transported you to 1900 with 2 bit graphics ;o)
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Was at BIL and SIL's at midnight..."3-2-1..Happy New YEAR!" Lights go off...collective gasp...BIL's voice rumbles in the dark "just kidding heh heh" turns lights back on. CLASSIC! RIP D**k.
BWC 2 years ago
Give that dead man another beer and charge it to my tab! RIP D**k
Load More Replies... MalP 2 years ago
WE had a party. The line of pagers on the counter was crazy. And not one went off after 12!
BWC 2 years ago
Yep! I was "on call" until I got the notification to stand down.
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I remember bumping into a guy in the Castro Safeway on NYE 1999. He was buying a bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier Piper Heidsieck Corset champagne for the office because they all had to work but were being paid stupid money to do it. Lovely guy but my girlfriend didn't appreciate him hitting on me.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Because we'd worked super hard to fix it all. Sheesh.
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#9
Electricity Was New Once. These Signs Were Mostly In Hotel Rooms And Other Public Places
Oh Gosh 2 years ago (edited)
I bet someone still tried to light it with a match though because you know, people
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
My dad started out as an electrician and he had this sign on a wall in their house.
Dandelion Patch 2 years ago
People have always been suspicious of new technologies; which has both good and bad points.
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Telsa was amazing, i cant even think of a silly song for my niece never mind creating eletricity from random nothing
Micah Sean 2 years ago
Apparently some people must have believed that electricity caused disease. Kind of like how 5G is definitely what causes COVID-19.
taxisteve929 2 years ago
I am pretty sure they still had this sign in a route 1 motel room I stayed in a couple years ago.
Despite the veritable buffet of possibilities, many vintage ads were quite classy and creative, perhaps a result of many of the best minds going into advertising. WV's classic “think small” ad for the beetle is a good example of modernizing a pre-war car with an eye-catching, minimalist poster. It was also a clever way to stand out by not being more loud, flashy, or bombastic than many of its competitors.
#10
Remember When Brach’s Pick A Mix Was The Best Thing About Going To The Grocery Store? (1970s)
Ansi 2 years ago
Picking and mixing your own bag of candy is still a thing. Atleast in Sweden were I live, every grocery store have that, even the small ones. Sometimes one for candy, one for nuts and dried fruits.
Lyyyy 2 years ago
The same in Finland! Finnish: irtokarkki, Swedish lösgodis. Basically in every crocery store.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
Totally. It's not Brach's but my local Winco has a bulk candy section of stuff like this. Actually a larger selection.
#11
Jester Wools (1947, UK)
David H 2 years ago
btw back then the word meant happy, not homosexual. And yes the rainbow and bright colors were associated with that. Later when the gay rights movement took the term gay for themselves to counter the slur terms, they also adopted the bright colors and rainbow associated with the word as well
David 2 years ago
I don't remember the ad but I do remember when gay was used in conversation without meaning a sexual preference. Language changes over time.
De Nilla 2 years ago
I remember this. When John Denver was always gay, so as a kid I associated that kind of happiness with being "so lame" and we called everything "gay" because it was lame. But that's offensive now because apparently words can't have 2 meanings
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Moo 2 years ago
Yes I know in this context gay is a synonym for happy, but I love how it aged lol
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
You're either born that way or you're not! Wool won't do it. Leather on the other hand...
#12
1978 Star Wars Vaccination Ad
maswartz 2 years ago
God imagine the royal flamestorm that would erupt if they tried this ad today.
Dekker451 2 years ago
Hell, you'd get some fans swearing to never watch a single minute of it again and a few of them would even stick to it.
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Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
If they tried this ad today, so many idiots would boycott Star Wars. And possibly Disney because Disney owns Star Wars. It'd be fascinating to see.
Auri 2 years ago
I thought it was the Mandela Effect that we don't remember C-3PO having a silver leg, but both legs look gold to me here...?
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Fascinating! Had to look this one up and, yup, his lower right leg was silver all along :-O https://screencrush.com/c3po-silver-leg/
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Curious readers can find a number of clever tricks used in the “think small” ad, including the way the car is angled to direct the reader toward the text. This text actually ends with a period, which was quite uncommon for the time, while the entire poster was black and white. This actually helped it stand out, as by 1959 most visual display ads would be in color.
#13
Garfield Telephone By Tyco (1978)
Rob Chapman 2 years ago (edited)
1978?? The Garfield Telephone was introduced in the 80's, and the ad pictured above is from 1986.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
You can tell it's the 80s, because leg warmers.
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Lorraine 2 years ago
My mom had the banana one in the kitchen and it was like wow.
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#14
Esprit (1980's)
VonBlade 2 years ago
As the world has moved, for reasons I don't understand, to monochrome minimalism, I'll take it. At least it's bright and cheery.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
I still have a sweatshirt for exterior painting projects.😂 It is comfortable.
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The Dark Sun 2 years ago
The 80's... Best decade ever for fashion, music, EVERYTHING Please bring'em back!
CheshirePhrogg 2 years ago
I'm not digging the Tshirt button down rolled sleeves but overall looks comfy would wear
BewilderedPandaInTheWild 2 years ago
I still have a nightgown/sleepshirt from this brand purchased in 1980. It's almost transparent now, but I wish I'd known it would literally last a lifetime ; I'd have bought a couple more!
#15
With A Smile
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It's easy to murder people when you have no fear whatsoever of the electric chair.
Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
And that earlier sign said electricity wouldn't disrupt your sleep, this guy certainly plans to...
AngelWingsYT 2 years ago
Sign above: electricity is safe. This sign: electricity will kill you. Someone didnt get the memo
Adrienne Kushner 2 years ago
Story has it that my first words were: Reddy Kilowatt. I guess I watched too much TV back then.
Other companies started to realize that they didn’t just have to sell a product, they could sell themselves, as a brand. These days, this has reached such a position that there are consumers who will buy something not because they like the product, but because they like the brand. Apple is a prime example of this. The origins of this idea can be traced back to a couple of different examples, including the Cadbury Flake Girl.
#16
In 1962, Bette Davis Placed This Ad In Variety
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Five weeks after this ad, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" premiered, getting her another Oscar nomination.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
According to her daughter, she was far less affable than rumoured, but much kinder than Joan Crawford.
Jude Corrigan 2 years ago
She was in 14 movies after placing this advert.
Load More Replies... Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago
I guess "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" wasn't to far off the truth.
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Holy wow! Although it's sad to think one had to state their parental and marital status back then.
Shannon Hawks 2 years ago
even in 1962 you would have to live under a rock to not know who Bette Davis was
#17
Cottonelle Colored Toilet Paper (1982)
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Remember the printed toilet paper? I kind of miss colored tp.
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David 2 years ago
Colored TP was common in the 70s / 80s. Also scented. I remember reading an article saying the extra dyes / chemicals added to rectal cancer which if true is probably one of the reasons it fell out of favor. The obvious other one is it is just easier to manufacture and stock white. TP is one of those things that is actually better now than then.
Seabeast 2 years ago
Coloured plumbing fixtures going out of fashion probably contributed as well. You just don't see pastel blue, pink or green toilets and sinks any more.
Load More Replies... Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
Just make TP white but in that size, width and on the small cardboard core, so we get 500 sheets plus on a roll. If they shrink any more they will look like cash register tape.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
We often get double length rolls in Australia as well as ones that are a bit wider.
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L. Murphy 2 years ago
I do remember colored toilet paper. I used to make scrambled eggs for my stuffed animals out of yellow tp. When you wet it down and molded it, it looked like eggs.
Maisey Myles 2 years ago
I had a roll with pics of Donald Trump although I had to flush it like 15-20 times
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Caiman 94920 2 years ago
My poor grandma got a horrible rash in her "nether regions" (as she put it) and was too embarrassedvto go to the doctor. I told. her to get rid of the colored TP, the rash went away.
#18
"Someday Roads Will Tell Cars Where To Go" Gm (1969)
El Dee 2 years ago
I remember James Bond's Aston Martin having a 'SatNav' a few years before this. They always knew they'd be developing mobile phones and satnavs but it took awhile to develop the tech..
Dalton Wilcox 2 years ago
People act like technology just sprouts out of the ground one day instead of being developed on the back of other technology over decades. So when someone referred to obscure tech in fiction that later became refined and common place people call it prophecy. Makes me wish more people would watch the Connections series by James Burke
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Michael Scott: I drove my car into a [beep] lake. Why, you may ask, did I do this? Well because of a machine. A machine told me to drive into a lake. And I did it. I did it because I trusted Ryan's precious technology. And look where it got me.
David Paterson 2 years ago
At about the same time, a General Motors prototype car was shown with a scrolling map, looking very much like a GPS map you'd find in present cars. On the other hand, a GM prototype from the same era had only two wheels and was gyroscopically stabilised.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago (edited)
When Stirling Moss drove the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR in the Mille Miglia in 1955, with Denis Jenkinson as his navigator, Jenks had the whole route drawn on a scroll that he turned as Moss drove. They won in record time
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Dalton Wilcox 2 years ago
Not really. Patent for the basis of GPS was filed in the late 50s and in 57 American scientists were able to track the location of sputnik using the dopler effect. By 69 there were all kinds of practical applications for the technology they just didn't have the computing power yet. But they knew one day they would.
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This would allow a large corporation to suddenly morph into a more personified character that people might relate to and even like. Other companies would try to associate their brand with enduring, desirable qualities, like reliability and innovation. This also freed up advertisers to expand on what they could show and talk about, as the topic no longer had to just be a product or service.
#19
Daihatsu Hijet Ad From 1996
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
I drove one for some time in those days. Actually fun to drive. Except when unloaded over a speedbump. Then the rear weels would bounce up 2 feet in the air... Now, *that's* a harrowing experience...😱
#20
"Is Your Kid Living In A Dream World?" Ad Placed In Ebony Magazine Encouraging Minorities To Pursue Stem Careers. General Electric, 1979
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
Maybe they need an ad like this again, across all platforms. Not just minority girls either, but all girls. Encourage them that they don't have to dream of being an influencer or Instagram model. Be a scientist that discovers the next big breakthrough. Go to Mars. Go into cyber security. Anything that doesn't involve how many likes you get online.
Negatoris Wrecks 2 years ago (edited)
STEM programs for girls, minorities, and underprivileged kids have been having a huge moment for a few years now. There are many different grassroots efforts as well as corporations getting into it.
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UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
I really hate the negative 1st paragraph. Both? Can't we do both?
leetokofi 2 years ago
because people then could read and did not have attention span of a gnat.
Load More Replies... Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
I would start with a positive lead, nstead of a negative one, and show a woman working as an engineer.
Rachel Smith 2 years ago
There is a lot of stuff now that encourages children to be interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
Shade Tree Mechanic 2 years ago
How about aiming this ad at EVERYONE, not just blacks, girls, etc. I think we have plenty of bright female black engineers. This ad shoybe rebroadcast but updated. Seems like our country is being destroyed by worrying over wether or not they are male or female.
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Not the best way to encourage STEM, but I'm surprised they were pushing it back then.
#21
1988 Penn Tennis Ball Ad Promoting The French Open
These days, companies can and do actively advertise to children. In the past, it made sense to target adults, as they were the ones with any real purchasing power, but marketers quickly learned that a persistent child could talk parents into quite a lot. Similarly, many young adults were already working, so they could be persuaded to spend some of their hard-earned cash on luxuries and entertainment.
#22
Pan American Airlines (1956)
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
To avoid fatigue, long haul flights have at least three or four qualified pilots in the crew, so there are always at least two flying while the other one or two have a meal and and get some sleep.
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JL 2 years ago
If today's planes had leg room like this, BP would only have half the posts it usually does.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Flying to Europe from Australia, yes, essential.
Load More Replies... Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
In the "more advanced" future, we get airplanes which are the equivalent of cattle cars!
#23
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.”
Yuffa Kinazzo 2 years ago
Right? If you're infected, you should be wearing one!!! Jeez...
Load More Replies... Piper 2 years ago
So, I am not here to argue but I do think you should take a minute to research this and what scientists and doctors concluded at the time.
Load More Replies... Maisey Myles 2 years ago
This was back when people valued themselves and others. It was their 'duty' to protect their fellow countrymen. Not a mandate against your freedom
Nora Simon 1 year ago
No, they didn't. Dr Fauci even admitted that, having done a study on it, BEFORE he decided that millions of illiterate Americans would never know that they were only increasing the harm to themselves.
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Daniel Alicea 2 years ago
How history has warped our understanding of honoring your country. Or should I say, how modern day has warped our perception of what honor is.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
They had just as many people against it, back then, unfortunately.
Nora Simon 1 year ago
Yes, and they were the ones that didn't succumb to the bacterial pneumonia that the doctors then finally figured out was caused by masks and was killing more than the flu itself. Fauci also did a study on this, famously, which acknowledged that same conclusion.
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mysterious(all pronouns) 2 years ago
Fun fact: The Spanish Flu was named that way because the Spanish didn't have good news sources and had no way of protesting the name.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
I thought it was because of those three girls that said they saw the Virgin Mary in a famous town square in Spain, and she told them there was a plague coming. Then the Flu hit.
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#24
Sony Walkman 1980
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I had one of these. They were honest to goodness lightning fast battery drainers—-even iPhones, notorious for having ridiculously short battery lives, last way longer than the four or six (can’t remember the exact number) Energizers necessary to run Walkmans. You’d put a new set in, listen to music for a relatively short amount of time, and have to replace the batteries again.
Renee Terry 2 years ago
If you were smart you'd keep them wired....otherwise your cooking your brain
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#25
I'm Pretty Sure Everyone Had One Of These
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
Still do! It was my wife’s grandmother’s, and it’s in our kitchen now.
Jeremy Crocker 2 years ago
Mine too, right next to the sink, she practically lived in it.
Load More Replies... Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Oh yeah I miss those. If only my kitchen was big enough for one!
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I have a similar one, but it's the kind that will break fingers if you put it in the wrong spot. The pic is almost exactly like the one I have. stool-64a4...a76d79.jpg 
#26
Vintage Soda Cans Dates Unknown
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Canada Dry's sitting right there, man, on the grape soda (bottom row), doin' its thing.
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Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Cactus Cooler! I always got that from the vending machine at my high school.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Donald Duck had a cola?? Ohhh, Tahitian Treat I always poured into a plastic cup and put it in the freezer until it was almost frozen, then ate it like a slushie!
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Required church keys, except for the Pepsi can with detachable pop-top. Yank them off and leave them on a sandy beach.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
I remember the changeover to non-removable pulls. Thank goodness as I stepped on more than one removable at the beach. Ugh.
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Rondo... slam it down fast! And how about Jolt Cola? All the sugar and twice the caffene!
Tim Nicebutdim 2 years ago
I discovered that they've started making cremola again the other day.
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
Oh man, Im older than I thought. I remember Cactus Cooler, loved it. The Tahitian Treat and other related flavors are still around though. Our local Hawaiian place has the whole set of flavors to enjoy with your loco moco.
#27
American Airlines, 1971
Laughing Orc 2 years ago
Looking out the window would probably convince you, I'd have thought. But that does look pretty awesome!
DrLivingstonipresume 2 years ago
I bet if airlines reverted back to a time when they treated passengers like human beings instead of cargo shoved in a dirty tube I bet people would stop acting like rabid animals when they fly. Just a thought. It used to be unacceptable for anyone to travel in dumpy clothes, last week I watched a lady in thread bare Garfield sweats eat hamburger over a trash can before farting her way down the jetway and squeezing herself into a seat; her face still was still covered in mustard...
Drinking my Covfefe 2 years ago
You just explained the lady who sat next to me except mine smelled like 3 week old hotdogs water and rotten cottage cheese🤢😭😭😭
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Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
I spent almost all of the 1970s in airplanes, hotels, and motels literally all over the world and have never seen anything like this in real life. Just sayin'. Planes definitely had more room to move around, as other ads show, and the meals were great (although folks did smoke as well, so there's that), but this kind of thing (Coach Lounge) was not the norm.
J 2 years ago
I flew as a kid in the 60s and they had some of this stuff. The oil embargo/inflation/and deregulation Competion put a nail thru nice.
Load More Replies... Francesa Miller 2 years ago
I already land with a crick in my neck from watching out the window for the whole flight. I'd have cricks in all sorts of places with this. There's no window seat at all.
#28
This TV Looks Like It's Going To Kill Her!
Ronstantin 2 years ago
Is that a quote? Where's it from? (Can't stop laughing 😂)
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Yeah, and he got a 'Nikola Tesla' face - which makes me *really* suspicious of that "TV"!
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Stephen Wild 2 years ago
Philco Predictas are valuable collector items nowadays, but the design was a real flop and it killed Philco...
#29
Apple Computers Late 90s
Sarah Schumm 2 years ago
These were part of a new generation of polycarbonates that resist yellowing so a lot of them still look good if you can find them.
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Megan Lauhon 2 years ago
I remember being so excited when my first elementary school got whole computer lab of these bad boys. 25 years later I can still remember how they smelled when they got warm.
dan martyr 2 years ago
Came with the absolutely worst mouse in history. Do love Apple products and appreciate their design, but Christ all hopping mighty that mouse was unusable
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
My friend had one and I was so jelly sauce. I had regular beige pc thing
UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
This and the clamshell macbooks were so useful and delightful to use
#30
1950s Ad For Methedrine Brand Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Aka Speed)
Renee Terry 2 years ago
That's c**p compared to the kind that is professionally made.
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Brandi Delph 2 years ago
I think that was the opposite - Valium. Which basically sedated unhappy housewives
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Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
My mom's friend was prescribed this for weight loss. She said she couldn't get much done, but everything she did do, she did do quickly--like folding her clothes over and over and over again.
El Dee 2 years ago
Honestly, probably a better idea than most of the c**p they ever prescribed me. Now they're talking about mushrooms etc so maybe this is worth a try? Under med supervision and careful dosages of course..
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
there's lots of medical studies on mushrooms, LSD and even ketamine, but under strict supervision. They are having some breakthroughs with psychedelics, but you it has to be done in under medical supervision, as some people can have adverse reactions (family histories of schizophrenia, I think). There are documentaries on this on Netflix, and medical papers and studies you can read online. Nothing to be done or taken mildly--but there is research out there.
Load More Replies... Cynthia Carter 2 years ago (edited)
And phenobarbital for high blood pressure! Was to calm you down and hopfully lower your BP. Didn't work for my grandfather, he died suddenly at age 59 in 1951.
Hedgielover98 2 years ago
My mom was on biphetamine and she'd be racing around the house, cleaning like crazy. Needless to say, it also messed up her heart
Renee Terry 2 years ago
At least you were well taken care of and grew up in a clean home....sorry about her heart though
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Pizza Hut Oven In Sears Catalog (1977) "Put Up The 'Official' Sign And You're In Business!"
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Yeah that was my Mom's reasoning for not buying me an Easy Bake Oven. This was the same woman who had me using an actual oven at age 5.
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Strega Nonna 2 years ago
I don't recall that the burns received by children from either the Easy-Bake Oven or the Pizza Hut Ovens were statistically significant, given the number that were sold. My kids had an Easy-Bake and were not allowed to use it unsupervised. They loved it. There will always be parents how allow their children to use potentially harmful things unsupervised.
Nate G. 2 years ago
Just watched that with my kids for the first time a few days ago lol
Load More Replies... Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I wonder if THAT pizza was more edible than the restaurant version.
#32
Game Boy Ad 1990s
PotatoNinja5000 2 years ago (edited)
Purple, with a massive rechargable battery pack on the back and a magnifying glass that was a pain to use. Comes with bonus bite marks at the top from when I got frustrated at a particularly difficult puzzle.
OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
The dark pink one! Still have it stowed away in my parents home somewhere. But it was a Gameboy color
#33
Ge Widescreen 1000 - General Electric Performance Television - 1978
Oh Gosh 2 years ago
I thought the other projection tv on this list was heavy. But good Lord you'd need a fork lift to move this thing. If you move might as well leave it there for the next people.
Stephen Wild 2 years ago
The total cost of that setup was probably about $15,000 in 1978 dollars... enough to buy two well equipped cars... unless the owners were very wealthy, there was no chance that it would be left behind at all...
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I remember stuff like this. So thick because it is rear projection. Not the same model but I remember a big TV something like this in one of the barrack's lounges on the base in Orlando. On the weekend there was often a large group of us to watch certain shows. I seem to recall SNL was one.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
You'd have to be forklift-certified to shift that thing for the occasional vacuuming.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
That's not widescreen, it's 4:3 like every other television of the era
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
With the compatible Betamax video recorder. I’m willing to wager that this model was priced way outside the budget of the average family in 1978. I remember seeing displays of Betamax recorders when they were first on the market, and they cost close to a couple grand back then, or close to $10,000 today. I also remember their blank tapes cost $20 in 1982 (roommate at the time had a Betamax, so I bought a tape to try out making a recording), which is $63 today.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago (edited)
Amatuers! I had the Sony Betamax unit that was a Beta I, no tuner and no timer. But then again I also had a "5 ton" LOL) Sony 1650 U-Matic recorder. 3/4" cartridges! Also a 1/2 inch helical scan 7" reel by Panasonic!
#34
How To Carry 20 Megabytes Of Data Around In 1985
Scott Pinkham 2 years ago
Now you can drop 500,000x more data in your pocket (2 Tb micro sd card), forget it, send through the wash and, ruin it
Nicholas Mills 10 months ago
Yeah you could send 4TB through the wash without breaking the machine. But that box would imbalance a modern washer so fast
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Melissa Hammond 2 years ago (edited)
I took a class called " Computer Math", in 1985. I needed one more math credit to graduate high school. And I remember thinking, "How hard can it be?" Those are the famous last words of a fool, right there. We used the newest computers our school had just gotten in, that year. We called them Mac's.They were these Macintosh computers. Oh, and the Computer Math? That turned out to be plenty hard enough. It was a class on computer programming, and I didn't even have the beginnings of a first clue to go on, to help me with that. These things used DOS programming and used those big, floppy discs to save anything to. If I hadn't sat by the valedictorian of our class for that year, who decided to show me mercy, and who ended up practically doing all my work for me, I never would've passed that class. Subsequently I wouldn't have graduated from high school that year, either. So, Trung Tran, if you're reading this, thanks man. I owe you, big time.
J 2 years ago
5-1/4 disk Had the paper shell and you could crush them easily loosing all you work.
Load More Replies... JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
My first computer was a Macintosh II, I think...we had two printers, a B&W and a color, and it wasn't connected to the Internet, but I had the New Oregon Trail and Monopoly on CD.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
My dad is a computer guy. I remember when he first started we would go with him to the computer room. It was a computer that took up the entire room. Wild!
Strega Nonna 2 years ago
This reminds me of the early mobile phones. They were huge. Mine took up my entire purse.
taxisteve929 2 years ago
I was a main frame programmer who began in the late 70s. Father was a programmer who was working in the late 50s early 60s. It was always a back-and-forth. Storage was out of premium but then it was plentiful and then it was at a premium again and then it was plentiful. Before I was around, they had a real core storage, and that was insane. Into it was limited. We basically dealt with 80 characters even in the 70s on older systems. It made for some fun programming though doing file maintenance on a batch system with sequential files. The logic was much more fun back then from what I understand. I don’t program anymore, but now, so many of the things the program I have to do are being done through macros.
#35
1965 Ge Ad
Melissa Hammond 2 years ago
My favorite was the lesser known "Autumn Brown" color, in this series. But my reigning favorite color, of all the colored appliances I've seen is the rare Aqua, whose official color name idk. But, which colored all the original appliances, including a built in oven, and stovetop, in a funky old apartment I lived in, years ago, in the late 90's. The kitchen sink was even aqua. I've not seen aqua colored appliances before, or since, then. That was one groovy kitchen tho, I'm telling you what.
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Living Example 2 years ago
Who is she looking at like that? And what's wrong with her right leg? Is she okay/
M 2 years ago
That’s a model pose. Mattel had Barbie Booklets with that type of pose.
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Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Yep, and I miss double ovens. So handy for the holidays.
Load More Replies... Tee Rat 2 years ago
We always had carpet in the kitchen. My dad was a carpet layer and would swap it out every few years while we were in school.
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Nicole Brookus 2 years ago
Sad thing is that if you want colors now for nice appliances you more into a much higher price range
#36
Life Savers ~ Fancy Fruits (1965)
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
OMG! Yes! I wanted one of those so badly. And yes to the butter rum, way better than the butterscotch, which was more ubiquitous
Load More Replies... Maisey Myles 2 years ago
Does anyone here remember the Life Saver Book? They usually came out around Christmas time
#37
"Past Present Future?", Western Electric, 1959
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
Nah, because then my cheek would press buttons on accident while talking to someone…
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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
Well, you still could, but then you'll have to buy a new one.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
Easy to see why the princess phone won out over that monstrosity of a 'future'. Who wants a handset you can't wrap your hand around?
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Still have a pink Western Electric rotary dial princess hanging on the wall in my kitchen...
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Bluberry65 2 years ago
Nope. That design sucked. Can’t hold that profile between your head and shoulder to free up your hands without your cheek activating buttons and getting screeching tones in your ear-for both parties
Charley128 2 years ago
I remember when you could drop a Western Electric phone off a small cliff and no worries.
#38
Panasonic "Don't Listen To Squares" 1973
Edward Pedraza 2 years ago
I had a red one when I was a teenager. Used to listen to it in bed with the earphone and would fall asleep with it on. Wish I still had it.
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
Same, but mine was blue. The problem was when I would fall asleep and roll over. The thudding noise as it hit the rug would alert my parents to the fact that I had been awake long after lights out.
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Lesley Relph 2 years ago
Great little radio, I listened to pirate Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg. It was blue.
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Way back when, I had a pen pal(!) that worked the ships, so he'd send me his version of a mix tape at the time, all taped from Radios Caroline and Luxembourg. Living in Canada, the ads alone were like a trip to a foreign country! What the hey was this delightful sounding Baby Cham? Your comment just stirred up that memory for me, carry on!
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#39
Ad From A Finnish Teen/Music Magazine Suosikki 1983
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
My God, what's wrong? Those poor girls' jeans aren't even faded or shredded! So sad...
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
Those center pants with the "yoke" were awesome for girls with a small waist and large hips & thighs. They fit so comfortably everywhere, no waist gap, no tight spots.
Melissa Hammond 2 years ago
Uh oh. Look out, y'all. Mean girls, at 12 o'clock. Take evasive action before they lock on a target.
#40
Mcdonald’s, 1987 Ad
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Never EVER had a conversation with ANYONE about how delicious a salad at a fast food place was cuz that's completely insane.
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David 2 years ago (edited)
USA is the worst for fast food ad photos that do not look like the product you receive. DO REMEMBER: Big Mac was totally new and you got a free one for reciting the jingle. DO NOT REMEMBER: EVER seeing a salad in a McDonalds that looks like this. (and even if it did, that isn't that great a salad. pressed/processed meat and cheese)
mrsmir 2 years ago
2 all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun?
Load More Replies... Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Noooooo!! Whyyyy?? Take out the tomatoes, eggs, and cuke if anything!
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Just realized they're both eating their salads ... while on the phone ... talking about salads! Madness. Is this where the whole smiling while eating salads meme came from?
𝕜𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟ᴛʜᴇ𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕕 2 years ago
Can you imagine what taking these photos were like? "Okay, smile bigger.. now hold the salad even closer to your mouth... The phone, Rhonda, don't forget the phone! Don't let the salad fall now, we need it RIGHT next to the receiver!"
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 2 years ago
I LOVED their salad and their 1000 Island dressing. Then they decided to replace the cheese with shredded carrots (for health, they said - HA!). Then they dumped the dressing. And I never got another salad there again.
#41
Sugar Information Inc., 1964
Liz Clarke 2 years ago
I think Jenny should have had an apple or banana instead, they both have plenty of sugar for an energy boost but also fibre and plenty of nutrients.
#42
1998 Milk Ad With Conan O'brien
#43
Only One Of Its Kind, The Coronation Imperial, Chrysler, 1953
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
I like the royal purple paint color, but would 100% change the upholstery, even if only to install white leather. Maybe tuck and roll.
michael Chock 2 years ago
Comes with a cane that delivers twice as many smacks as the next leading brand
Spittnimage 2 years ago
It says created in honor of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her coronation was in 1953.
#44
Knox Gelatine (1938)
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Didn't Knox advertise that their gelatin drinks gave you stronger fingernails??
Rebel Peewee 2 years ago
The infantilism...mmm thanks for helping me get my mushy congealed veggies down bc god forbid I eat them raw or cooked. Such a big boy.
#45
1976 - The Green Machine
Murph 2 years ago
I was 8 years old when I got one of these. Rode around with a candy cigarette in my mouth like I was a junior Hell's Angel.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
I had one of these! LOVED it! But I had one of those "evil", scary, crabby old ladies who lived a few houses down who "couldn't stand the sound of that incessant noise!" children made when playing outside. I was always afraid to ride by her house.
Charley128 2 years ago
Marx made some of the greatest toys. They were never too expensive either.
#46
Beauty Is More Then Skin Deep, Cordless Massager, Anthony Enterprises, 1971
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Zooming in, it reads: “Deep gentle penetrating vibrations…” 4.5 and 10 inch varieties seem like an interesting size range
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Ah, that's where Hitachi got the marketing idea for their "Magic Wand" from...
#47
So Much 80’s Packed Into One Ad. 1987
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
*Love* the Digital Dashboard! Thought for a second he was driving KITT.
#48
Nutone Intercom-Radio, 1962
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
My parents have one in the house they moved into, and it still works, and it's fantastic.
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Making out with your girl on her front porch, talking dirty, not knowing you were leaning on the call button so everyone in her house knew what was going on! LOL!
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
What are the odds that thing was tube-based? Good luck with maintenance!
Xenia Harley 2 years ago
When I was looking for a house to buy, there was a house that still had the built in radio in the wall! Also drop ceiling in the kitchen with those horrid lights!
#49
Mitsubishi Movievision Projection TV (1979)
Francesa Miller 2 years ago
I grab these when I find them on curb alerts on Craig's List. They have a large front-surface mirror that's perfect for making kaleidoscopes.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
When balding men were used in advertisements! He'd never star as a sex symbol now.
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Really, Really Excited About Hot Dogs (1950s)
#51
Modern Home Floor Plan, Sears 1934 Catalog
CheshirePhrogg 2 years ago
You can still find some of the completed homes people built from kits. They weren't bad!
Anaïs Grobin 2 years ago
I live in one and there are 6 other identical ones next to me! My Great grandparents built em
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 2 years ago (edited)
This house could be updated by making the downstairs porch a laundry room, putting a half bath under the staircase, and taking out the pantry to make the kitchen larger. Then upstairs all they'd need to do would be to turn the balcony into a master bath. Voila! Your modern starter home today.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Two balconies, two porches. Wow. Otherwise pretty modern, just take out the wall between kitchen and dining room.
Load More Replies... Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
A friend of mine just tore one of these down in Dupont, PA. He bought it abandoned with the property for 5K. I wanted to explore it but he razed it before I could get the time.
El Dee 2 years ago
$19,886.63 in today's money. But this is only to purchase the plan and materials. Buying the plot, permissions, legal and labour would definitely cost two or three times as much again..
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Things were very different then. You didn't have as much red tape involved in new home construction. Typically, a great deal of the work was done by the purchaser, "sweat equity" if you will. Those homes were an opportunity for folks of the time to have a very nice home for a fraction of the cost of a pre-built option. There are a great many of these that still stand today. Check out the Wikipedia link - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Modern_Homes.
Load More Replies... sofacushionfort 2 years ago
The wasps loved those eaves, and the various critters who made homes in that crawl space.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
Eaton's also sold kit homes--of all sizes. You could pick and choose the utilities from the catalogue and add on to your house when you could afford them. A documentary about these houses said that they were often bought by single, working women and visible minorities--allowing these groups who had never previously had capital in homes to do so. Apparently, there are many of them still around in Winnipeg.
#52
Toll Booth Quarter Gun (1962)
David 2 years ago
It says a lot about changing time that back then this would not have gotten you shot.
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
I mean, they gave us massive pointy darts to throw at each other in our backyards (then took them away when they noticed kids bleeding and dying all over the place). We did a lot of wacky stuff back then.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Used to pull up, toss a quarter in the basket in P'cola Beach Fla. Now? Sunpass.. lots more expensive.
#53
Dr. Nut Was An Almond Flavored Beverage – In New Orleans We Call Them “Cold Drinks,” But Never “Soda” Or “Pop” – With An Aroma Similar To Amaretto. [1930]
![Dr. Nut Was An Almond Flavored Beverage – In New Orleans We Call Them “Cold Drinks,” But Never “Soda” Or “Pop” – With An Aroma Similar To Amaretto. [1930]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/64996360412f5_tt824w2p4vsa1-png__700.jpg "Dr. Nut Was An Almond Flavored Beverage – In New Orleans We Call Them “Cold Drinks,” But Never “Soda” Or “Pop” – With An Aroma Similar To Amaretto. [1930]")
#54
No, K Mart, No
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
There is so much wrong with this picture that I don't even know where to begin.
#55
1956 "Modern Hair Styling"
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
This sign was in every single barber shop. I had four older brothers, so had been in several barber shops back in the day. I’m 62 now, so I’m talking the sixties and seventies.
#56
A Century Of Juicy Fruit Gum
funkybluegirl 2 years ago
Because Wrigley's created this image and had it published in magazines to try and entice people to buy their gum.
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#57
Mcdonalds Onion Nuggets
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Those would be so fire! I was 2 when they were first introduced. (1975) Apparently, McD's made these before the chicken nuggets to please vegetarian customers but weren't liked due to the traditional Onion Rings being the popular fried onion choice. I would seriously devour these tidbits of joy!
#58
Sears, 1975
#59
Personal Ads, 1957
#60
1980s Sony Cassettes Ad
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
I see no thong or g-string, so the model would not have been able to go out in public that way.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
back when a flat butt was the ideal, and you didn't mind getting thrush.
#61
A Terrifying Way To Start Your Day: Post's Sugar Krinkles
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
I think I remember Rice Krinkles had a picture of a Chinese kid on the box. Um, yeah....
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Back in the day when clowns were entertainment rather than serial killers.
#62
The Establishment Wig, 1968
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Still think the guy on the right looks sorta like Gary Owens - and you can bet your sweet bippy on that!
#63
Mcdonald’s, 1975 Ad
#64
You No Longer Have To Sacrifice Power For Portability. Game Keeper Ad, 1991
Negatoris Wrecks 2 years ago
My mom spent all the money my dad sent her for baby items on this and a new Gameboy with games
#65
Personals, 1971
moon_magic 2 years ago
'Loves female instruction' sounds like one of those coded ways of saying 'sp@nk me silly mistress' without getting banned from the personals
#66
1979 Ad For London Transit Showing How The City Would Look If Built By American Planners
El Dee 2 years ago
They did this in Glasgow. Literally put a six lane motorway through the city centre. Awful..
David Paterson 2 years ago
Awful? When I was living in London in the 1980s, the only thing worse than driving through London was driving through London.
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#67
The Original Burger King Whopper In 1963
#68
Matchbook Ad For Camp Wandawega In Elkhorn, Wi
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
That's not that old, they used to have the striking strip on the inside when you opened them.
#69
Universal Food Chopper (1899)
Riche White 2 years ago
I still have my mom's. Used it many times to grind up the leftover ham to make ham salad
accidentalearthling 2 years ago
Had one of these growing up. As the eldest child, it was my job to turn the crank!
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
We have my late in-laws old one like this from the early 1940's. We use it to grind pork chops. It's a pain to wash and you have to dry all the parts right away so they don't rust.
michael Chock 2 years ago
He's got the whole world, in his grinder, he's got the whole world..
#70
Plushy Mushroom Stools, Montgomery Ward's Fall/Winter 1972 Catalog
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
why was everything in the 1970s a variant on some version of vomit-coloured?
Thomas Dickson 2 years ago
If your vomit is color #53 I'd go see a doctor.
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#71
“It’s Almost Like Having Another Lover There With The Two Of You.”
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
These must have been in Playboy and other similar magazines. They sure weren't in Good Housekeeping. 😆
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
I could live another 100 years and it still won't be enough time to scrub this whole thing from my mind.
David 2 years ago
$150 OMG. That magical softness was likely similar to what we take for granted today in brushed polyester blankets. I have a blanket I got from Costco for under $20 in today money and it is probably as soft was what they are advertising. But I can also tell you that back then such a thing was not common. Fiber production techniques have come a long way.
#72
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#73
Citroën 2cv, 80’s
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
The Ferrari seats 4. 2 normal people, and 2 double amputees. The Rolls-Royce seats 4 in comfort, but you wouldn't drive it over a plowed field. The Porsche, although it has 4 seats, the rear ones are totally unnecessary, as only a baby would fit. The Citroen seats 5
El Dee 2 years ago
Yes. If you need a car for the purpose of transport then you'd be a fool to buy anything else. There's a long tradition of cars coming to market to take the bargain slot. Currently we have Dacia in Europe doing this using Renault technology..
Debby Keir 2 years ago
In the 'old' days in Europe, you could buy these with just a driver's seat, and as you could afford it, buy the extra seats one at a time.
#74
Lucky Strike Ad - 1930s
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago (edited)
“Studies show that guys prefer skinny girls with cancer over healthy girls with bulging thighs.” ~ (Gilda Radner in character, SNL)
Debby Keir 2 years ago
In the 30's most cigarettes were advertised specifically to women, as a dieting aid.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I can just hear the arguments around the dinner table amongst friends. "Well *I* smoke lucky strike (strokes throat) you know it offers sore throat protection." "says who? that sounds implausible" (shows box) "Says so right on the box."
accidentalearthling 2 years ago
OMG. My father smoked Luckies. They shipped hundreds of thousands to the troops in WWII. Forever hooked. Was my first cigarette. 26 cents a pack. Their slogan was LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
#75
Call Home And Have A Chat With Your Vcr, 1989
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Always wondered why VCRs and DVD-Blu-Ray players have an eject button on the remote. Like, ya still gotta get off yer a$$ and take the tape / disc out!
moon_magic 2 years ago
Anyone else remember the old 'Videoplus' codes published in the physical, print TV guide?
#76
Palestine Tourism Posters, 1930s
David H 2 years ago
BTW the Visit Palestine Campaign was from the Tourist Association of Palestine, which was a division of the Jewish Agency, and was done by Zionist artist Franz Krausz for the Palestine booth at the World Fair, which was "to promote Zionism" according to the recors at the time. Back then most of the Arabs rejected the name Palestine (The Arab Higher Committee, which was the Arab equivalent of the Jewish Agency called Palestine "A zionist term" and said the area was Southern Syria). Back then the term Palestine was associated with Jews and Zionism (post 1948 the Palestine National Football team because the Israel team. Palestine Post became Jerusalem post, Palestine Philharmonic became the Tel Aviv Philharmonic, etc). This was a Zionist ad when Palestine and the Palestinian Cause meant Zionism and Jews. Here are other ads from the campaign. visitpal5.jpg 
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
And in 1939, Britain (which controlled Palestine at the time) issued a White Paper limiting immigration of Jews into Palestine to a total of 75,000 over a period of five years. This ignited a lot of hard feelings. The 1939 New York World's Fair saw the dedication of an official Pavilion for Palestine. It was dedicated by Albert Einstein, who was introduced by Fair President Grover Whelan and Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia.
David H 2 years ago
You know back in the 1930's Palestine meant Jewish, and the Palestinian Cause meant Zionism? the ad was by the Jewish Agency in collaboration with the World Zionist Congress. Back in t he 1930s Palestine was considered a Zionist term rejected by most of the Arabs. The term Palestinian usually meant Jews, not arabs back then (outside of British colonial documents), and so on. This is a zionist ad for what today is Israel
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Bell Telephone Long Distance Ad (1982)
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
We'd just use a bluebox on an 800 line. Yeah, Ma Bell was kinda pissed at me when I was 16! LOL!
#78
Campbell's Soup On The Rocks (1960)
#79
Cellophane (1954): Better Living Through Chemistry
michael Chock 2 years ago
Please tell me why asphyxiated babies are one of the best things in life? Too dark Du Pont, too dark.
#80
Yes, These Are Telephones. Created By The Ericsson Company Of Sweden In The 1940s, Marketed In The 1950s
Nadine Lynch 2 years ago
I remember seeing one of these in an original Twilight Zone episode, in the living room of a family from another planet!
#81
"The Day My Kid Went Punk... What Do You Do When Your Bright, Loveable, Talented Kid Turns Into A Punker Overnight?" - Abc Afterschool Special, Oct. 23, 1987
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
That's 'Seigfried, Leader of KAOS', to you! "Shtarker - zis is KAOS. Ve don't name-drop here!"
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#82
“Paul Masson Will Sell No Wine Before It’s Time” 1980
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Note that Mr. Welles is offering the opinions of others, not his own.
Lawrence 2 years ago
I've heard a lot of people are saying this wine is tremendous. Maybe the best wine that experts presumably wine experts, have ever experienced. All caps.
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#83
"Sugar's Got What It Takes" Sugar Information, Inc 1960's
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Considering the VERY recent research on sweeteners, this is actually true - no one needs cancer causing dupes.
#84
Personal Ads, 1951
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
She looks like a really nice person. I hope she got at least part of what she wanted.
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
In 1951 on a "billing clerk" salary she was unlikely to make enough money to travel much locally, let alone overseas.
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Jill Rhodry 2 years ago (edited)
what job - in 1951 - could she have had to satisfy you - and does it really matter, as soon as she got married she'd get fired.
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Eat Ironized Yeast (1930s)
Charley128 2 years ago
I remember the TV version. I think it was on Lawrence Welk. Or maybe that was Geritol.
#87
"Some Day All Beer Cans Will Open This Easy!", Schlitz, 1962
S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Cleaning through a junk drawer the other day and found two of these openers. I remember them well.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
There are still uses for them. Sweetened condensed milk cans come to mind right away.
Load More Replies... michael Chock 2 years ago
They should bring these back, it would all but eliminate underage drinking.
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Tmnt Pies, Hostess, 1991
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
I was four in '91 but I think I vaguely recall these. Seems so familiar.
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Mcdonalds 1969
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Julian Slate 2 years ago (edited)
Just popping in to point out that, factually speaking, anyone can indeed contract COVID. Please, don't fall for that pseudoscientific antivaxx nonsense. Oh, and the mRNA did curb polio quite a bit. Science suggests vaccines do work.
James Doe 2 years ago
I agree with your intention. You should however be careful about spreading misinformation yourself. The polio vaccine has "nothing" to do with mRNA. In fact the covid vaccine is the first mRNA vaccine. (*of course the immune response triggered in the end and the effect of training the immune system are very similar. So far vaccines contained inactivated viruses or proteins to react to. The mRNA vaccines trick the body to produce such proteins itself)
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Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
The COVID shot did what it was supposed to do and that's mute the severity of infection. Vaccines are not like pesticides, they do not kill the virus, only help your body respond better to it.
Load More Replies... Julian Slate 2 years ago (edited)
Just popping in to point out that, factually speaking, anyone can indeed contract COVID. Please, don't fall for that pseudoscientific antivaxx nonsense. Oh, and the mRNA did curb polio quite a bit. Science suggests vaccines do work.
James Doe 2 years ago
I agree with your intention. You should however be careful about spreading misinformation yourself. The polio vaccine has "nothing" to do with mRNA. In fact the covid vaccine is the first mRNA vaccine. (*of course the immune response triggered in the end and the effect of training the immune system are very similar. So far vaccines contained inactivated viruses or proteins to react to. The mRNA vaccines trick the body to produce such proteins itself)
Load More Replies... Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
The COVID shot did what it was supposed to do and that's mute the severity of infection. Vaccines are not like pesticides, they do not kill the virus, only help your body respond better to it.
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