1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos
“Suspiciously similar to the Selmer-Armon in having sliders for the 3 equally dismal sounds.”
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(BONK) I coulda had a V-8!
1960 magazine ad for V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juices
The eight vegetables in V-8 are beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach and tomato. And yes, I know tomatoes are botanically fruit.
Here. Have a history timeline of V-8!
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Magazine ad for Pratt & Whitney found in the December 1937 issue of Aero Digest.
Pratt & Whitney, the early years.
Da plane! Da plane!
Da Lockheed Super Electra 14H2
A bit about Trans-Canada Airlines, a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Company.
Continue reading“It’s just the flu.”
Let’s go back to calling influenza “the grippe”.
Did you know acid phosphate was one of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola and essential at soda fountains?
Continue readingNice cans.
A magazine ad for… cans… from 1985 — Canned Food Information Council
Somebody in the 1980s really wanted to put a sexy robot in an ad.
Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can
Continue readingAlas, I was born too late.
Bugles are still around, but I totally missed out their snack siblings — “Whistles – a cheddar-flavored corn product in the shape of a whistle and taste like grilled cheese on toast, only crunchy; and Daisy*s – a flower-shaped snack that had the flavor of puffed popovers.”
Dang it
Continue readingDeath of a traveling salesman
Avis might’ve reached advertising legend status with its “When you’re only No.2, you try harder. Or else.” ad and eventual “We try harder.” tagline, but I gotta tell ya, this 1967 Hertz ad is its own kind of awesome. I never knew it existed before picking up a short stack of old Newsweek magazines at a local flea market this weekend. And the word count in this single print ad? 385.
Avis v. Hertz – a history.
Continue readingNo other car in the world will satisfy you.
What did the 1950 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine look like for real? Check out General Douglas MacArthur’s, one of 209 built that year.
Continue reading“I’d punch the copywriter, but…” [shrugs]
15 Things You Should Know About ‘Venus de Milo’
Were Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Created as an ‘Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal’?
Continue readingCome for the gimcracks. Stay for the SPUG.
What’s a gimcrack? Pretty much the same thing as a gewgaw, d-uh.
Mr. Smith must’ve been a real tightwad over clothing, as both he and Mrs. Smith wear the same outfits for several days. Hopefully, Colgate made a deodorant back then. (Nowadays, they do make Speed Stick.)
What’s the deal with fainting couches? In related news, a chaise longue is usually screwed up by Americans as a “chaise lounge”.
It looks like SPUG was made up for this ad, but there are other SPUGS that exist today.
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