Vintage Advertising: State of Shocks
Gabriel Snubbers: Save yourself and your car.
Gabriel Snubbers: Save yourself and your car.
No, this isn’t an advertisement for lounge chairs, radios, or headphones.
Fifty-seven. It’s probably the most famous number in advertising.
According to family legend, Harry D. Weed of Canastota, New York, got his idea for chains when he saw drivers wrapping their tires with ropes to improve their traction.
America has shown a special attachment to Jell-O.
During World War II, makers of everything from tires to trucks to toilet paper let readers know how they were supporting our troops.
The Rickenbacker Motor Company thought it could beat the usual odds for a startup automaker.
There is no caller ID, call forwarding, speed dial, or personal directory.
Rubber tires became a possibility with the discovery of vulcanization, a chemical process that made rubber more resistant to extreme heat and cold.
Hats – as healthy as they’re handsome.
The company was trying to make a soap that could clean animal fat from the floor of slaughterhouses.
The drink’s revised name might have referred to the seven ingredients in the drink, but the word “Up” would have referred to the lift that its lithium salts gave consumers.
In 1923, marketers tried to use scare tactics to sell more soap.
Introduced by the Milwaukee Road in 1935, the Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger train quickly gained national attention for its exceptional speed.
From Viv-O-Mint to Klenzo and Crest to Colgate, the makers of tooth brushes and tooth cleaners have been trying to convince people to buy their brands for well over a hundred years. Here are ads for tooth products going back to 1905.
When this Bell Telephone ad appeared in 1932, that transcontinental call was “just” $9 ($200 today) for the first three minutes.