“The young point of view in shoes.” These ads for “Life Stride” women’s shoes by Brown Shoe Company date from 1958-63.
“The top goes down, the style goes up!” These ads for “Pewdin” men’s shoes by Brown Shoe Company date from 1954-58 where I have found four different styles of ads.
“The open-collar feeling in leather.” These ads for “Roblee” men’s shoes by Brown Shoe Company date from 1955-58.
“Gay young fashions in a remarkable fabric.”These women’s fashion ads for Acrilan fabric date from 1954.
“Okay, Akai.” These three ads are from a triple page spread for Akai CD players, receivers and video players, dating from 1986.
“Fashion…a man’s world too.”These ads for Arrow Shirts date from 1956-57.
“Gift by Avon… A joy to select… A joy to give… A joy to receive!” These Christmas adverts for Avon cosmetics date from 1963-69.
“The liveliest colours in cotton.”These fashion fabric ads for Avondale perma-pressed cottons date from 1958-59.
“”Money only you can spend.” These illustrated ads for Bank America travellers cheques date from 1960. They were all long half-page ads with tri-colour block prints of various worldwide destination by an unknown artist.
“Start fresh with Belair.” These ads for Belair menthol cigarettes date from 1970-72 and featured couples smoking in blue skied seaside surroundings.
“They like the taste.” These ads for Belair cigarettes and Raleigh menthol cigarettes date from 1966-67. The ads were show in pairs, one either side of a double page, and mirrored each other in composition.
“Step out in style in a snug comfortable badge!” These ad for Better Badges punk pin badges date from 1979-82.
“Brings better fashion into focus.”These ads for Botany “Camera” men’s fashions date from 1955. They were thin, full height third-page ads featuring disembodied clothing, cameras for heads, and bright coloured backgrounds.
“Camels never get on your nerves!” These comic strip ads for Camel cigarettes date from 1937-48 and feature a range of stunt men, circus folk and dare devils!
“Silky Red Cap. Silky Carling’s.” These illustrated ads for Carling’s “Red Cap” ale date from 1947-48. They all had dark green backgrounds and a mixture of outline and full illustrations.
“Great expectations…great refreshment.” These illustrated ads for Carling’s “Red Cap” ale date from 1948-49, with illustrations by L.M. Simpson.
“Small wonder – with a wonderful ride!” These car ads for Corvair by Chevrolet are from 1960.
“”Scotland’s prince of whiskies.”” These illustrated ads for Chivas Regal whisky ran from 1958-60. The artists included Phil Hays, Herbert Danska, Antonio Frasconni, Sven Palmquist, Alfred D. Crim, and Harvey Woolhiser. Each advert used a different artist, commissioned to create an interpretation of Robert the Bruce using various art forms.
“So much fun for so little money!” These car ads for Dodge Dart by Chrysler are from 1959-60.
“How to own big dreams on a small budget.” These car ads for Dodge Dart by Chrysler are from 1961. They didn’t have a tagline as such, but all had “Dodge Dart!!” somewhere on them.
“I don’t know how he does it” These black and white photo story ad’s for Colgate toothpaste date from 1944, a style which was used for several years. All the ads featured unlucky-in-love soldiers and sailors with various dental hygiene issues.
“These are the things we are fighting for.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery date from 1942-43. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb, Alex Ross plus a few unsigned illustrations.
“This is for keeps.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran throughout 1946. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured young couples getting married.
“Let’s make it for keeps.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran throughout 1947. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured young couples who plan to get married.
“The happiest brides have Community.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran throughout 1948 and 1949. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured happy young brides.
“Yours to live with… yours to love… for keeps.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran throughout 1950. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured young married or engaged couples.
“…for keeps.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran throughout 1951 until mid 1952. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured young engaged couples embracing.
“She’s in love… and she loves Community.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery ran from late 1952 and throughout 1953. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured young married women daydreaming about their new cutlery.
“She’s in love… and she loves Community.” This illustrated ad campaign for Community silverplate cutlery dates from 1954. The artwork was by Jon Whitcomb and featured sitting couples, shown from the shoulders down.
“Together – you’ll be proud of your Community.” These ads for Community silverplate cutlery dates from 1955. The ads featured happy couples sharing a meal (mostly).
“Candy… rich in dextrose.” These ads for various Curtiss candy date from 1947-49.
“Neat feet… soft treat!” These ads for Daniel Green women’s shoes and slippers date from 1963-68.
“Package of smiles!” These graphic style ads for Dr West’s “Miracle Tuft” toothbrushes date from 1947-52, with photography by Bauman-Greene.
“Package of smiles!” These illustrated ads for Dr West’s toothpaste date from 1947-48.
“The cool way to stay neat all day!”These ads for men’s trousers made from Du Pont “Dacron” polyester and “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1956-58. The ads featured a pair of men’s legs in the foreground and woman in the background.
“Comfort in action!”These ads for men’s fashions made from Du Pont “Dacron” polyester, “Orlon” acrylic fibre, and “Nylon” date from 1956-59. The ads feature men in various sporting and leisure scenarios.
“Extra Point: Orlon”These ads for men’s suits made from Du Pont “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1957. The ads all show men standing in front of a faint American Football scene.
“In fall slacks Orlon adds the future.”These ads for men’s suits and slacks made from Du Pont “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1958. The ads had little illustrations of spaceships, satellites, and other flying crafts at the bottom.
“So light, so neat!”These ads for men’s suits made from Du Pont “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1958. The ads featured a close up shot of a man’s jacketed torso on one side, with a full length shot in the distance on the other. The backgrounds were illustrations of fun outdoor activities.
“The age of Orlon.”These ads for men’s suits and slacks made from Du Pont “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1959. The ads had a space theme with plants, rockets and spacemen in the background.
“You can wash this coat!”These ads for jackets and coats treated with Du Pont “Zelan” water replant date from 1959. Each long half page ad featured models braving the outdoors.
“The luxury of Orlon.”These ads for men’s trousers made from Du Pont “Dacron” polyester and “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1960-61. The long half page ads featured a relaxed pair of men’s legs at various leisure venues.
“The Letterman look.”These ads for men’s fashions made from Du Pont “Dacron” polyester, and “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from 1960-61. The ads had a sports theme and the models used were mostly college age.
“The fun is in the wearing.”These ads for men’s fashions made from Du Pont “Dacron” polyester and “Orlon” acrylic fibre date from from 1960. The ads feature men in various sporting and leisure scenarios.
“New life, new lustre, new luxury.”These ads for men’s fashions made from Du Pont “Antron” nylon date from 1961. The ads were all shades of blue with a slightly misty focus.
“Women love that Duke look!” These ads for mens hair styling product “Duke” date from 1960 to 1973.
“Banish title-tattle grey!” These black and white, long half-page ads for Fels Naptha Soap date from 1936-39.
“Comfort-Conditioned Homes!” These ads for Fiberglas insulation, screening, and panelling by Owns-Corning date from 1957-60.
“Betsy does it for fun!” These ads for Fleers “Dubble Bubble” chewing gum date from 1942.
“Unmistakably…the finest in the fine car field.” These car ads for Lincoln by Ford are from 1957-58.
“Join the Regulars!” These fun black and white photo-story ads for Kellogg’s breakfast cereal All-Bran date from 1940-42.
“Don’t you, too, deserve Kents?” These ads for Kent cigarettes are from 1955-56.
“As cool and clean as a breath of fresh air.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1958-59. The illustrated ads featured couples in cool or fresh outdoors locations.
“Feel extra coolness in your throat.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1964-67. They featured couples smoking outdoors in wooded surroundings with waterfalls or lakes.
“Rough taste rub you wrong?” These ads for Kool cigarettes menthol date from 1968-70, which all had white backgrounds with cut-out images.
“Taste too hot to handle?” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1969-73. They all featured mountains, waterfalls and forests whist questioning smokers if their current choice was too dry, flat, hot or dull.
“Nothing cools like Kool!” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1974-79. They all featured smokers expressing how cool Kool was.
“Feel the mild side of Kool.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from late 1979 to mid 1980. The ads featured well dressed couples hanging around water features, with the gents smoking whilst the ladies look on.
“So good, it’s got to be Kool!” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1979. Amongst the end of one ad campaign and the beginning of another, I found these two ads featuring manically laughing smokers!
“There’s only one way to play it.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1982-84. The ads all featured photographs of jazz musicians against black backgrounds.
“A sensation beyond the ordinary.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1984-86. They all feature leather clad, smoking bikers.
“Kool & Mild Today” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1987-91. All the ads featured casual models wearing sports or leisure wear, in front of an oversized Kool logo.
“Kool of course.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1991-94. The ads all had white backgrounds with a large Kool logo behind the models, who looked like they were on a fashion shoot.
“They’re cool, cool, COOL!” These ads for Life Savers breath freshener sweets date from 1939-42.
“If she always struggles like this… When you wish she’d snuggle like this… Try this!” These ads for Life Savers breath freshener sweets date from 1942-47.
“Do you inhale?” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1932, with artwork by John La Gatta.
“No thanks! I’d rather have a Lucky!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1933.
“They taste better.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1934-35.
“The height of good taste.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1934, and all featured glamorous women.
“I’m your best friend.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1935.
“Luckies – a light smoke.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1936-38 and were all about how gentle Luckies were on the throat. From 1937 the ads featured music and movie stars of the time.
“Have you tried a Lucky lately?” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1938-42. They all feature various tobacco experts at work, mulling over their dried leaves.
“Lucky Strike means fine tobacco!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1942-47, illustrated by various artists.
“Lucky strike presents The Man Who Knows.” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1948.
“Luckies pay more!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1949-50.
“Feel your level best!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from early to mid 1949.
“Be happy-go lucky!” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1950-52.
“Never a rough puff!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1950 and featured various celebrities of the time.
“Luckies tastes better!” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1953.
“Let’s get it together!” These ads for Magnificent hair care products date from 1968-71.
“Caresses like cashmere… washes like magic!”These illustrated ads for men’s sportswear by Marboro Shirt Co. date from 1955-56.
“Sports shirts with a flair for style!”These illustrated ads for men’s sportswear by Marboro Shirt Co. date from 1955. The ads were a mixture of chalk figures and painted shirts.
“If you’ve got it, flaunt it – elegantly!” Ebony magazine’s April 1973 fashion shoot for men was all about colourful leisure looks with comfort, class, plaid and pinstripes. The photoshoot took the “tremendous trio” to the Caribbean island of Curacao where they lounged about on bridges, rock pools and against craggy walls.
“The champagne of bottle beer.” This illustrated ad campaign for Miller “High Life” lager dates from 1959-60, with artwork by by John McCormack.
“Outstanding!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1947-49. They were all long, half-page ads with a bright red background and plain white text.
“Guard against throat-scratch.” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1949-53. They were all full page ads with red and white backgrounds, and black and white illustrated smoking busts.
“Let your throat enjoy smooth smoking!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1953-54. They were very similar to the later ads of previous campaign, with red and white backgrounds, and black and white illustrated smokers.
“Reward yourself!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1954-56. As per their previous ad campaigns, all illustrations of happy smokers were black and white, with red text on the white background or white text on a solid red background.
“Mildness is a pleasure with Pall Mall.” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1956-57. Where previously they had all been illustrated, they were now a mixture of illustration or black and white photo. All still had red block backgrounds with white text, or red text on white as per older campaigns.
“So friendly to your taste!” These stylised ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1957-59. They were illustrated by Disney artist Mary Blair.
“Good! Good! Good!” These illustrated ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from late 1960-62. The ads all had a white background with different stylised fruit painted by Disney artist Mary Blair.
“Get satisfying flavour!” These collage style ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1960. The backgrounds were printed or painted, with photos of sliced fruit (mostly) placed on top.
“Pall Mall’s natural mildness is so good to your taste!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from mid 1962 to late 1963. They all featured relaxed smokers lying in the grass, photographed at ground level.
“Wherever particular people congregate.” These two illustrated ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from late 1962. They featured couple dining out, with the gentlemen admiring the length of their cigarettes. Possibly by Mary Blair.
“More woofers than Battersea dogs home.” This illustrated ad campaign for various Philips CD/cassette players is from 1986-87.
“Dollar for dollar you can’t beat a Pontiac.” These car ads for Pontiac “Eight” are from 1951.
“Perfect support, greater comfort, new allure!” This advert and magazine article are for Posĕs adhesive bras. They look like pastry boob hats.
“The amazing new radiant creme shampoo!” These ads for Prell dandruff shampoo date from 1947-49.
“Spend a milder moment with the quiet taste of Raleigh.” These ads for Raleigh cigarettes date from 1970-71 and featured couples smoking in golden sunset surroundings.
“Spend a milder moment with Raleigh.” These ads for Raleigh cigarettes date from 1971-72 and featured couples smoking in sunny countryside surroundings.
“There you go being beautiful again!”These ads for womens hair styling products “Raveen” date from 1960 to 1974.
“Driving is fun again!” These car ads for Renault “Dauphine” are from 1958-59.
“I was curious… I tasted it…” These illustrated ads for Schlitz beer date from 1948-50. They all featured three strips of illustrations with curious men tasting a new beverage.
“Sears shapes a woman’s world.” These ads for Sears support lingerie are from 1968. The models looked like they were posing on big pools of bright paint.
“Sears has gone wild!” These ads for Sears support lingerie are from 1969. The models were all posing outdoors with large wild cats.
“Your engine makes this much acid every day.” These amazing illustrated ads for Shell “X-100” motor oil date from 1951-52 and featured artwork by Boris Artzybasheff.
“Like magic!” These ads for Sinclair “Opaline” motor oil are from 1947. The ads had a magical theme, and featured stars of current movies.
“Flirt, flirt, flirt with that old devil budget!” These black and white illustrated ads for Spun-lo lingerie date from 1949.
“Snap, snap, snap your fingers at undie bills!” These black and white illustrated ads for Spun-lo lingerie date from 1950.
“What all girls desire!” These black and white illustrated ads for Spun-lo lingerie date from mid 1951-52. They had white backgrounds and a little rhyme about an expensive luxury and their cheap undies.
“So healthy for my budget!” These black and white illustrated ads for Spun-lo lingerie date from early 1951. They started off with full backgrounds, which were then reduced to just the mid section.
“No other toothbrush has all these features!” These two ads for Tek toothbrushes are from 1947. They were illustrated by Robert George Harris.
“Silky soft as a dandelion puff.”These beautiful illustrated ads for Textron women’s underwear date from 1945-49.
“Silky soft as a dandelion puff.”These beautiful illustrated ads for Textron women’s underwear date from 1945-49.
“Like daddy’s in all but size.”These ads for Twigs boys clothing date from 1947-50.
“The sweetest way to say “Be Mine”.” Here’s a selection of valentine heart themed adverts from the 1940’s, featuring a selection of goods from cigarettes to evaporated milk!
“Love & Cookies” Here’s a selection of valentine heart themed adverts from the 1960’s, featuring a selection of goods from cuff links to meat!
“What your hair does for you, depends on what you do for your hair.” These ads for Vidal Sassoon hair care products date from c.1985.
“Big Ben’s family name is Westclox.” These ads for Westclox clocks date from 1967-68.
“Beyond the norm of the modern…” These ads for York cigarettes date from mid 1963 to early 1964. The stylish black and red toned ad campaign featured different verbs and definitions printed alongside a smoking cigarette and open packet.
