Vintage Ads: Coffee Talk
As the days grow shorter, we all need a little “oomph” to get the day going. These vintage coffee advertisements will put a little more pep in your step!
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Vintage Ads: Happy 100th Birthday to the Typewriter
Expensive and impractical, the earliest typewriters were still a godsend to businesses. These vintage advertisements from Underwood, Remington, Oliver, and others show the evolution of this critical business machine.
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Gallery Vintage Ads: The New Frigidaire
The fridge entered the kitchen 100 years ago, when most Americans still had iceboxes. These vintage Frigidaire ads capture the allure of these stylish new appliances.
Vintage Advertising: Kodak Cameras from 1901-1965
In 1888, George Eastman was granted a patent for a dry-plate camera, and for the first time, photography became available to nearly everyone.
Vintage Advertising: Scare Tactics in the 1920s
Prudential ads from the 1920s used dismal scenes of destitute widows and orphans to sell life insurance.
Vintage Advertising: 1940s Father’s Day Gifts
While you ponder what to get dad for Father’s Day, these vintage advertisements offer a glimpse into traditional gifts of the past.
Vintage Advertising: RCA’s 1920s Radios
Check out these late-1920s vintage advertisements from RCA, when their Radiola was all the rage.
Vintage Advertising: The Lincoln Memorial
Advertisers have used the imposing grandeur of the Lincoln Memorial to sell everything from train trips to tombstones.
Vintage Advertising: Bicycle Cards Are Named For a Craze
How did Bicycle brand playing cards get their name?
Vintage Advertising: How Much Do You Know About Cracker Jack?
Who doesn’t love Cracker Jack? We share brief history of the popular snack.
Vintage Advertising: Selling Luxury
Beginning in the late 1920s, the Packard Motor Company ran a series of colorful ads in the Post that displayed not only the car but the glamorous life associated with it.
Vintage Advertising: They Launched and Lost the TV Industry
How Allen B. Du Mont made television broadcasting possible.
Vintage Advertising: Selling the National Parks
Long before there was a National Park Service, Americans were traveling to the parks on horseback and in stagecoaches. After the railroads began building spur lines to the parks, they started advertising their park routes to Post readers.
Vintage Advertising: Chew on This!
The story behind Wrigley chewing gum.
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Gallery Vintage Ads: Dressing Like Heroes in 1922
Compare early 20th-century menswear ads, and discover why the fashion industry made drastic changes in the 1920s.
Vintage Movie Ads from The Saturday Evening Post
From The Wizard of Oz to Love Affair, the Post has featured advertisements from some of the most iconic movies of the last century.