Vintage Ads: Mid-Century Winter Travel
As the Great Depression ended, roads improved, and air travel become more accessible, opportunities for travel – especially during the chilly winter months – were richer than ever.
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Vintage Ads: New Year’s Resolutions
Why cheat yourself when you can treat yourself? These mid-century ads put an acquisitive spin on New Year’s resolutions.
Vintage Advertising: Hepburn Meets Tracy
When Hepburn first walked up to Tracy, she noticed she was an inch taller than him. She said, “I’m afraid I’m a bit tall for you, Mr. Tracy.”
Vintage Ads: Introducing Hoover to Homemakers
More than one husband bought a vacuum cleaner as a Christmas present for his wife.
Vintage Ads: Pipe Dreams
“Do you have Prince Albert in a can?”
Vintage Ads: See America by Rail
Throughout the 1900s, railroads encouraged Americans to travel by train to explore the country, and do it in style.
Vintage Advertising: State of Shocks
Gabriel Snubbers: Save yourself and your car.
Vintage Ads: What’s Being Sold Here?
No, this isn’t an advertisement for lounge chairs, radios, or headphones.
Vintage Ads: Take a Number
Fifty-seven. It’s probably the most famous number in advertising.
Vintage Ads: Get a Grip
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.
Vintage Advertising: Jell-O: A Rainbow on Your Plate
America has shown a special attachment to Jell-O.
Vintage Ads: Supporting the War Effort
During World War II, makers of everything from tires to trucks to toilet paper let readers know how they were supporting our troops.
Vintage Ads: Big Name Cars
The Rickenbacker Motor Company thought it could beat the usual odds for a startup automaker.
Vintage Ads: Dumb Phone, 1907
There is no caller ID, call forwarding, speed dial, or personal directory.
Vintage Ads: A Wheel Bargain
Rubber tires became a possibility with the discovery of vulcanization, a chemical process that made rubber more resistant to extreme heat and cold.
Vintage Ads: Head Space
Hats – as healthy as they’re handsome.