Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.
From LIFE Magazine
Source: Esty
>While father is away fighting in battle, mother and daughter do their share in the war effort by purchasing U.S. War Stamp Bonds in this 1942 poster entitled, Even A Little Can Help A Lot Now, by Alfred Parker. The artwork was sponsored by Ladies' Home Journal, a leading magazine at the time. The United States Treasury Department began to issue a series of war savings stamps in late 1942. These war savings stamps earned no interest, but were collected in a booklet to redeem a Series E War Bond.
>The artwork specifically depicts War Stamps to benefit the Mennonite Central Committee, which offered red Civilian Public Service stamps and blue War Sufferers' Relief stamps worth ten cents each. These stamps were issued as an alternative to Mennonites that could not support the Red Cross. Similar War Stamp programs were created for other religious sects to help in the war effort.
>Al Parker (1906-1985) was an American artist and illustrator known for his diversity of technique and content. He created over 50 covers for the Ladies' Home Journal, as well as many illustrations for the major magazines of the time. Later on he was known for producing a series of Grand Prix auto racing paintings for Sports Illustrated. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1965. A stamp commemorating his art was issued by the United States Postal Service in 2001 as part of the American Illustrators Issue series.
Strange old day, they have to use the pump, no spray can.
#food #cereal
> "Any cereal keeps me feeling swell as long as it's Post Bran Flakes"
YES, LIFE IS SWELL WHEN you KEEP WELL---with Post's (delicious!) 40% Bran Flakes. You get all the "keep regular" benefits of bran— in a cereal that tastes so good lots of people eat it for the flavor alone!
Maybe that explains why Post is the largest-selling bran flakes in the world.
#food
So, wonder what is really "TV Dinner" ? Something you eat while watching TV ? or a dinner that ads shown on TV ?
#propaganda #us
From LIFE Magazine
#computerads #computerworld
This is a modem. It function like today modem. Your PC - model - line to outer world.
The line to outerworld nowaday is fiber optic cable. Long ago, we use phone line. A bit more years back then, we put the whole "handset" to the modem so our modem can "talk" to server using machine language, in voice (boop beep boop beep)
#computerads #computerworld
Back in the old day, word processor is a device rather than software
#computerads #computerworld
#computerads #computerworld
From LIFE Magazine
From LIFE Magazine, July 30, 1956
Library Company of Philadelphia/Wikimedia Commons
So, basically, it is a diner with only vending machine.
There has been concern that if an ad is for a product someone can still purchase today then it is more an ad, and less something retro/vintage.
Anyone have any thoughts either way? I may do a poll.
Edit: This appears pretty conclusive. There will be no changes at this time. Some have mentioned the lack of hard timeframe but until that becomes an obvious issue is prefer to keep it vague.
