Click image for 604 x 800 size. Scanned from The Golden Age of Advertising - the 60s.
"About the only thing that can come between a Corvair owner and his Corvair is
his wife"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Corvair, 1964
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wm. Rogers & Son Silverware, 1926
Click image for 681 x 884 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
"Mayfair Pattern
Wm. Rogers & Son
The Bride's Own Silverplate
Mayfair Pattern
A creation in Wm. Rogers & Son Silverplate.
Rich in design Moderate in Price
Furnished in the wide variety of articles necessary for complete table service.
So durable it is guaranteed without time limitation."
Knox Unflavored Gelatine, 1951
"It's a dish to delight a man
High in Protein
Low in Cost
Deviled egg main course salad combines delicious protein-rich ingredients with high-protein Knox Unflavored Gelatine.
Are you on a diet?
Reducing, convalescent, diabetic and other special diets can be made more enjoyable and effective with certain Knox recipes. All protein, no sugar, these Knox dishes are recommended by doctors - dishes so downright delicious that the whole family will enjoy them, too. See the folder in the Knox package for list of free special-diet books.
Salads-Desserts-and main dishes--I make treats unlimited with Knoz the real Gelatine.
FREE
Send for your recipe book, 'Better Meals With Gel-Cookery'"
Marjory C. Woodbury, Nashua Woolnap Blankets, 1919
Click image for 1187 x 1785 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Nashua Woolnap Blankets
of Pure Cotton
Keep You Warm
Setting-Up Exercises
A goo night's sleep is the foundation of health. To sleep well, one must have warm bed-covering. Nashua Woolnap Blankets supply this need. They are very warm, with every cotton fibre crinckled so that the soft nap has countless tiny spaces of imprisoned air, holding in the bodily heat and holding out the cold. That is exactly the same principle which Nature uses to keep her children of the field and forest from freezing. Their blankets of fur or feathers would have no warmth without the imprisoned air confined between feathers or furry fibres.
Nashua Woolnap Blankets are strong. Moths will not touch them. They come in attractive patters, in sizes to fit any bed, and at a price which will please you. Identify by the woven label and printed ticket.
'Nature's Blankets' (free upon request) tells how blankets keep you warm and how to wash and care for blankets. The doll blanket shown in the illustration, size 16 x 20 inches, sent for 20 cents in stamps or coin, white with pink or blue borders, or blue plaid as preferred."
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Japanese Face White Powder, 1940s
Click image for 715 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". (Thank to Paula Wirth and Mishi for translating!)
"We are proudly introducing a powder that protects your skin from sunlight" (this is a white powder for your skin, sold prior to WWII.)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Hayden Hayden, Lucky Strike, 1933
"No More Need Be Said
'It's Toasted'"
General Motors, 1961
Click image for 754 x 1000 size. Scanned from The Golden Age of Advertising - the 60s.
"Like Magic...
You'll fell better, look neater, stay cleaner with General Motors car aid conditioning
Go the healthful way - with Harrison Air Conditioning you breathe air that's literally washed... cool, invigorating air! This refreshing atmosphere helps take the tension out of every day traffic... the stress and strain out of all-day trips. What's more, you'll enjoy refreshing new relief from pollen and other air-borne irritants. Go the neat way - Harrison Air Conditioning eliminates excess humidity... clothes hold a sharp press, collars never wilt, hair keeps that combed-and-brushed freshness. Go the clean way... your car's interior can be as spic-and-span as your living room. With Harrison Air Conditioning, you lock out dirt, grime and insects... you knock out the road and wind noise that disturbs radio listening and conversation. So for a healthier, cleaner, neater way to go for you and your family... ask your GM Dealer for Harrison Air Conditioning in your new Cadillac, Buick, Olds mobile, Pontiac or Chevrolet.
Compressor by Frigidaire
GM Harrison
Automotive Air Conditioning
Cool air by the carload"
Friday, November 26, 2010
Japanese advert, 1950-1970
Click image for 800 x 557 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Westminster/Takishiee Cigarette, 1930s
Click image for 511 x 717 size. Scanned by Patricia of Agence Eureka blog from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Translated by Paula Wirth.
"Best quality cigarettes".
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Westinghouse Appliances, 1924
Click image for 1390 x 1814 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
"'Isn't my new Turnover Toaster a beauty? I just bought it. During February, you know, one thinks about adding to the home furnishings, and these handy electrical appliances make housekeeping so much easier!
'My Westinghouse Iron and Percolator Set have really become indispensable, they're so useful and attractive. Next we're going to get the Waffle Iron.'
Thousands of women are choosing Westinghouse appliances, both for their reliability and their good looks. Pictures don't half tell the story, but you can see them at any of the stores handling the Westinghouse line. Now is a good time to buy them.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Offices in all Principal Cities. Representatives Everywhere."
Japanese Cosmetics, 1940s
Click image for 719 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". (Thank to Paula Wirth and Mishi for translating!)
"Fine beautiful skin for you -- When you put the cream on your face, you can get beautiful skin."
Marjory C. Woodbury, Nashua Woolnap Blankets, 1919
Click image for 597 x 886 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Warm as Pussy's Fuzzy Coat
Nature made the blanket that keeps pussy warm in zero weather. When Nature wants to keep an animal warm, she makes a fuzzy deep-napped coat, whether she uses fur, hair, wool nor cotton has any warmth in itself. The 'warmth' resides in the innumerable little cells of imprisioned air which hold in the bodily heat. Let the fabric become matted down, destroying those tiny air spaces and poor pussy would freeze.
Nashua Woolnap Blankets are woven on Nature's principle. By the Nashua process the cotton fibre is crinckled to give a deep nap, forming countless air spaces which hold in warmth.
This means that you can buy a blanket which is soft, warm and beautiful at a cost much lower than you have ever thought possible. Blankets that wash easily, that are strong, that do not shrink and that are moth-proof. The patterns of Nashua Woolnaps run from strudy tans for the boy's room to dainty plaids for your guest room. Wherever you use them you will find their cuddly comfort a delight.
Send for 'Our Friend Sleep', a booklet which gives you full details of the scientific tests which prove the great heat-retaining quality of Nashua Woolnap Blankets. It also gives other helpful information about blankets.
When next you buy blankets look for this ticket.
Buy W. S. S."
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Japanese Ads, 1950s-1970s
Click image for 559 x 800 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Monday, November 22, 2010
Japanese ad, 1950s-1970s
Click image for 1120 x 800 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Both Working for Victory, 1943
"Poster of a woman driving a Red Cross truck and a woman on a Farmall tractor with the text "Now farm work is war work," and "Join the Farm Victory Volunteers."
For more information about this image, click here:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=27679
To browse a featured gallery of International Harvester, click here:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/feature/mccormick/
Did You Know?
The Wisconsin Historical Society produces giclée print reproductions made from high-resolution scans of original source material from its holdings. Custom orders are printed on matte or semigloss papers using large format printers and archival pigmented inks. All print sale proceeds directly benefit the acquisition, preservation and maintenance of the physical and online collections.
E-mail business manager Lisa Marine for details. For more information, see our FAQ."
Kraft's Miracle Whip, 1977
"A salad with a heart of gold.
Here's a delicious pitch for peaches! Individual cling peach cup salads made with canned cling peach halves and Miracle Whip salad dressing. They're eye-catching and refreshing, with a special taste all their own."
Saturday, November 20, 2010
International Truck, early 1940s
"Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features an illustration of an International Metro delivery truck and a photograph of a man loading an International Metro delivery truck with the text "new International de luxe delivery trucks; all-steel streamlined Metro bodies".
For more information about this image, click here:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=41742
To browse a featured gallery of International Harvester, click here:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/feature/mccormick/
Did You Know?
The Wisconsin Historical Society produces giclée print reproductions made from high-resolution scans of original source material from its holdings. Custom orders are printed on matte or semigloss papers using large format printers and archival pigmented inks. All print sale proceeds directly benefit the acquisition, preservation and maintenance of the physical and online collections.
E-mail business manager Lisa Marine for details. For more information, see our FAQ."
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Coca-Cola, 1930s
Via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger... blog.
Frederic March and Claudette Colbert.
Lorraine Hair Nets, 1932
Click image for 579 x 878 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 30s".
"F. W. Woolworth Co 5 and 10 cents store
Save that wave! Wear a Lorraine Hair Net
Hair Nets 10c
All Colors including GREY and WHITE"
Marjory C. Woodbury, Nashua Woolnap Blankets, 1918
Click image for 579 x 878 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Blanketing the Country
Nashua Woolnap Blankets have gone into millions of homes. You have probably slept under many a pair and noted their soft warmth without realizing that they were the Nashua Mfz. Co.'s Woolnap Blankets. The deep, springy nap is woven by the Nashua process so that each crinkly cotton thread holds in the bodily heat within tiny spaces of imprisioned air. This is adopting Nature's own way of keeping her little people warm; for wool, fur, feathers, cotton have no warmth in themselves. They are containers for tiny air cells which hold in the bodily heat and keep the animals from freezing.
Nashua Woolnap
Pure Cotton Blankets
Keep You Warm
They are strong, handsome, and moths will not touch them. They are factory wrapped, reaching you in a clean and wholesome condition. We recommend the 72 x 84 blankets for double beds. They may be well tucked, yet will leave enough to come up well over the shoulders. When you are buying Nashua Woolnap Blankets look for the ticket.
The free booklet, 'Nature's Blanket', tells you the story of the scientific tests which prove the warmth of Nashua Woolnap Blankets. It also gives directions for laundering and other helpful blanket information. Send for it.
Buy W. S. S."
A. H. Fish 1923, Baron de Meyer 1932
Click image for 704 x 1000 size. From the book by Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.
Top:
A. H. Fish illustration. "A beautiful woman has no need -- nor time -- to be anything else. Among her virtues she must include courage, patience and perseverance, but the ends justify the means. Success in her chosen career allows her to achieve everything a woman could want -- a jealous husband, envious friends, and the admiration of her grandchildren. Besides, it gives pleasure to appreciators and jobs to many nice and worthy people."
Bottom:
Photo by Baron de Meyer, Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics ad, 1932.
Click image for 1000 x 743 size.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Miss Tokio Hosiery, 1927
Click image for 1278 x 1829 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mildred Ann Gwen, Hinds Cream, 1928
Click image for 652 x 876 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
"Too young to care - but their skins chap just the same!
Chapped, bleeding knuckles, roughened cheeks, cracked lips - protect your children from them. For chapping damages the delicate texture of children's skins. But you can prevent this happening to your children - with Hinds Honey & Almond Cream.
Just keep a bottle of Hinds Cream on the bathroom shelf. Let the oungsters rub it in their faces and hands every time they wash them; and before they go out. Then their skins won't get chapped! Hinds Cream will keep them soft, smooth and pliable as children's skins should be. (The same simple care will keep your skin silken, too.)
Hinds Cream absolutely prevents shapping - prevents all weathering of the skin. Keeps hands and lips soft, cheeks smooth and fresh - through any kind of weather. (It also soothes a skin already chapped.)
Try Hinds Cream. Just fill in the coupon and amil it - today."
Marjory C. Woodbury, Nashua Woolnap Blankets, 1919
Click image for 1215 x 1831 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Nashua Woolnap Blankets
of Pure Cotton
Keep You Warm
Sleep is the great tonic. It restores energy and renews strength. Fresh air and warm blankets are needed to make your sleep restful.
When pussy goes to sleep she curls herself into a fuzzy ball. The little birds tuck their heads under their wings and fluff their feathers to almost twice their normal size. That is Nature's way of covering her children with a warm blanket. Blankets of fur and feathers have no warmth in themselves, it is the tiny improsoned air cells between the fibres which hold bodily heat in and keep cold out. By fluffing their fur or feathers, which multiplies the number of these air spaces, birds and animals get increased warmth.
Nashua Woolnap blankets are woven on Nature's principles. By a special process the long, straight fibre of cotton is crinckled to give them a deep, cushiony nap. This soft nap is filled with countless air cells necessary to hold in the bodily heat and keep you warm the night long.
There is a Nashua Woolnap for every size and kind of bed - including regular plain blankets, decorative plaids, and durable tans and grays for the boys or for camping. For double beds we recommend 73 by 84 inch size; for three-quarter and twin beds we suggest 66 x 80 inches. The crib blankets are 36x 50 inches.
Nashua Woolnap Blankets are thoroughly inspected throughout every process of manufacture. Individually wrapped, they reach you in perfect condition. Moth won't touch them. They may be washed at home with perfect satisfaction. However, we recommend that you save time, labor and coal by sending them to a well-equipped, up-to-date laundry."
Monday, November 15, 2010
Marjory C. Woodbury, Nashua Woolnap Blankets, 1918
Click image for 865 x 1300 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Sleep Warm
Fur, wool, feathers or cotton have no warmth in themselves. No matter how heavy his fur or feathers, any animal would freeze if it were not for the way Nature weaves the blanket which covers him. Tiny air cells between the fibres retain the air which keeps out the cold and keeps the blood heat in. That's the priciple used to give Nashua Woolnap Blankets their soft warmth.
Nashua Woolnap
Pure Cotton Blankets
Keep You Warm
Their deep, velvety pile holds in the bodily heat of the sleeper in each tiny imprisoned aie cell, and keeps him comfy and snug. Many beautiful patters to delight the eye - gay plaids, soft tans and grays and dainty cream striped borders. You get maximum warmth and long, long service at surprinsingly low cost.
Individually wrapped, they reach you fresh and clean. When you buy your Nashua Woolnap Blankets, look for the ticket."
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Ukichi Matsomoto, Ise-Shima National Park, 1967/68
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Krakus Atalanta Polish Ham, 1979
"There's only one way to improve a Polish Ham... decorate it!
Enter our 'Decorate-a-Polish Ham' Contest
Win a free trip for 2 to Poland via LOT Polish Airlines or one of over 100 other prizes
Polish Ham is ultra-lean ham with no unwanted fat. No waste, more taste - more good eating for the money! It's the one ham you can proudly serve so many ways, because it's so lean, solid and meaty you can decoratively garmish it for any occasion (birthday, holiday, etc.) and enter it in our Decorate-a-Polish Ham Contest to win a valuable prize.
You see the difference... now taste the difference
Opening of these 8 canned hams pickes at random was witnessed by Good Housekeeping Institute. The lean ham without unwanted fat is the Polish Ham. (Photograph untouched.) Always... more meat for the money!"
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tupperware, 1950s?
"Tupperware makes light work of a luau!
Smart girl, this Hawaiian beauty! She's headed for a luau (that's Hawaiian for for cook-out) with all her food packed in lightweight Tupperware plastic containers - so easy to carry! And protective, too - the patented Tupperware Seal locks out aird and dust, locks in all of the food's flavor, purity and freshness. Whether you live in Waikiki or Walla Walla, you can lighten your work in the kitchen with Tupperware - and save food, money and time. Tupperware keeps left-overs 'just-cooked' delicious for days - and it 'reminds' you to use them, because you can see what's inside! You save space in your refrigerator and freezer, too - the seal fits so tightly you can store Tupperware any way. Even upside down! And wouldn't you know it, Tupperware is even fun to buy! It's sold at friendly home parties. Plan to attend - or have - a Tupperware party soon. Call your local distributor for your nearest dealer's name."
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Tupperware, 1950s?
"'Gee, how she's going to love this Tupperware!'
Who wouldn't love these plastic food containers! They're almost too pretty to give away. (So mart Santas give thousands a set of Tupperware, too!) And there's more to Tupperware than pleases th eye. The exclusive, patented Tupperware Seal locks out moisture-robbing air... locks in food's freshness and flavor... turns left-overs into 'plan-overs'. Tupperware is so kitchen-wonderful that the folks who use it are the biggest givers of these light, bright containers. As for wrapping, packing and mailing Tupperware, Santa never had it so easy. Just ribbon and bow and it's gift wrapped! Tupperware wraps in a wink, won't chip or break. And it's light! Saves postage! (Idea: Tupperware packed with cookies, candy or fruit is a doubly wonderful gift!) Shopping for Tupperware is delightful, too. You buy it at a party - a fun-to-go-to home party where you shop for everybody at once! Call your distributor for your dealer's name."
Vintage Modernist Clocks, 1972
"No cause for alarm
Clocking in some ideas to take the edge off those up-and-at-'em blues
modern living"
Tupperware, 1950s?
"Clever on Sunday
Tupperware makes it possible. You can set out a fine Sunday lunch and have time to enjoy the papers, too. Here's how. Cook earlier in the week, store in Tupperware, serve on Sunday. Tupperware's patented airtight seal will keep your food delectably fresh. And these unique plastic containers are so colorful, you'll bring them right to the table for serving. All very relaxed. You can relax when you buy Tuppewar, too. Come to a Tupperware Home Party or have one of your own. Phone the local Tupperware distributor for the same of your nearest dealer, or write."
Monday, November 8, 2010
Richard Hudnut Makeup, 1936
Click image for 912 x 1200 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 30s".
"Richard Hudnut creates
Marvelous the Matched Makeup
A harmonized makeup
What color are your eyes? Here's your key to correct makeup, your clue to new loveliness. For harmonizing, flattering shades of Marvelous Face Powder, Rouge, Lipstick, Eye Shadow and Mascara, find your makeup among these groups.
Dresden type if your eyes are blue
Parisian type if your eyes are brown
Continetnal type if your eyes are hazel
Patrician type if your eyes are gray"
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Guerlain Lispstick, 1938
Click image for 537 x 700 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 30s".
"The lipstick of your dreams"
Ipswich Hosiery, 1925
Click image for 649 x 876 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
"For style, texture, color and shapeliness Ipswich has set a new standard of value in dollar hoisiery. Our finest fashioned stockings cost a little more, and most Ipswich men's hosiery - even in pure silk - cost less, but the dollar-a-pair styles will probably always be the best known wherever people buy wisely to buy well.
From sturdy 25-cent hosiery for children to sheer $1.85 full-fashioned styles for women you will find the Ipswich line complete in fine lisle, tayon, pure silk and soft wool for every kind of wear and every season of the year.
A Hallowe'en Sale 'To Make New Friends'
This week makes the opening of the greatest sale of Ipswich hosiery ever planned. Ipswich dealers all over the country are offering our finest zephy-weight woolen stockings at 69 cents a pair.
A regular One Dollar Value - now only 69 cents."
Friday, November 5, 2010
Pickaninnies Cup Cakes, 1927
Click image for 802 x 900 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
"Who's afraid?
'Yassah Mr. Baker, they's still a few of yo'all who don't know us yet nohow'
Write or telegraph to us today for prices on Pickaninny Mix and Velvet Liquor, and complete sample set of Pickaninny boxes, wrappers and advertising matter, also a box of freshly-baked Chocolate Pickaninni Cup Cakes
FREE!
We will suppply you with full information and prices on panes, scaling machines, boxes and wrappers, as well as advertising material and plans for building up large sales of Chocolate Pickaninnies.
Does 'baby need a pair of shoes?'
If you want to make a lot of money - in a hurry - then do what hundreds of the most progressive bakers all over this countru are doing to jazz up their sales.
Its surprising how the only ones who are not making a killing on Chocolate Pickaninnies are those who haven't tried them!
Hundreds of bakers are literally cleaning up on this wonderfully popular nickel-seller that has taken the public favor by storm - who's afraid?"
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Marjory C. Woodbury, McCallum Hosiery, 1917
Click image for 1327 x 1810 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"You just know she wears them."
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Ralph Barton, Java Face Powder, 1919
Click image for 1200 x 1813 size. From Taschen's "All-American Ads 1900-1919".
"Java Face Powder
for youth
for beauty
and for charm
The largest selling face powder in France and the world over
At your dealer - fifty cents
A. Bourjois & Co.
Paris New York
Also makers of the celebrated rouge - 'Ashes of Roses'"