Sunday, November 30, 2008

GE - Brightest Gifts In Sight & Sound - 1950

View Full Size


 

Fruit Of The Loom Nylons - 1951

View Full Size


 

Dundee Mills - 1950

View Full Size


 

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Model Toys - 1951

View Full Size


 

GE Refrigerators - 1951

View Full Size


 

Buy Christmas Seals - 1951

View Full Size


 

Friday, November 28, 2008

Wembleys - 1951

View Full Size


 

Smith Corona - 1961

View Full Size


 

Royal Futura - 1950

View Full Size


 

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Schlitz Beer - 1951

View Full Size


 

Zippo Lighters - 1951

View Full Size


 

Western Auto Truetone - 1951

View Full Size


 

Interwoven Socks - 1951

View Full Size


 

Samsonite Luggage - 1951

View Full Size


 

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

GE Christmas Lights - 1950

View Full Size


 

Rexall - 1961

View Full Size


 

Scotch Tape - 1961

View Full Size


 

Monday, November 24, 2008

How about some wreaths?

Wreaths were popular themes for ads in 1951:

View Full Size


 

View Full Size


 

View Full Size

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Sex sells (part 2)

Even in the 50's, companies recognized that sex sells as demonstrated by this noir ad:

View Full Size

Sex sells

If you are a fan of retro christmas music, you may notice that the Mojud Stockings ad below was refreshed and combined with the Van Heusen shirts ad and reused as clipart for the Ultra Lounge: Christmas Cocktails album insert. You can view a different scan of this ad and the booklet at the Christmas Yule Blog. What is funny is that both ads not only come from the same year, but also from the same magazine - a 1951 Life.
 

View Full Size


Older Posts