1943 ad for Shredded Ralston cereal

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1943 ad for Van Camp’s Tenderoni macaroni with recipe

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06 May 2009

Hucksters in diapers from the 1940s and 1950s

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29 April 2009

1947 3-in-1 oil ad

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24 April 2009

1943 ad for Stokely’s canned peas with WW II message

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22 April 2009

Fabulous kitchen in 1946 ad

Found in Community LiveJournal.

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1946 ad for American Meat Institute

See more ads from this campaign HERE.

Found at Community LiveJournal.

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20 April 2009

1946 ad for Pro-phy-lac-tic toothbrush

Found at Community LiveJournal.

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1946 ad for angled toothbrush from Squibb

I was born quite a bit later than 1946, but I remember ads for angled toothbrushes that implied they’d just been introduced and that they were some kind of breakthrough in tooth brushing technology.

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1949 ad for Acme women’s gloves

Found at Community LiveJournal.

 

Vintage sewing pattern envelopes: 1940s dresses

These and many other vintage sewing patterns are available at Main Street Mall Online.

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14 April 2009

1947 ad for A-Penn cleaning fluid

Found at lobstar28′s flickr photo stream.

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1943 ad for Fels-Naptha detergent and war-time frugality

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07 April 2009

Creepy phone guarantees a lifetime of nightmares

1940 ad for Bell Telephone System.

See another creepy vintage ad featuring a baby HERE.

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1943 ad for Bell Telephone System

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02 April 2009

Two vintage ads for home electronics

Admiral home entertainment center from 1948 (found at Community Livejournal):

Sylvania stereo ad from the 1960s:

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1941 ad for Leica camera

Found at Ffffound!

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01 April 2009

1943 ad for Lux dish detergent

Find a 1971 detergent ad with a similar message HERE.

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25 March 2009

Vintage sewing pattern envelopes: costumes

These vintage patterns and many others are available for purchase at Main Street Mall Online.

From the 1940s:

From the 1950s:

From the 1960s:

From the 1970s:

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23 March 2009

1940s posters from the American Meat Institute

Found at Ffffound!

 

1940s ad for Red Seal potato chips

Found at Ffffound!

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12 March 2009

Vintage Vogue magazine covers

From May, 1941:

From 1945:

From August 1956:

From Autumn 1957:

From October 1957:

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06 March 2009

1947 ad for U.S. Savings Bonds features Aladdin

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1940s ad for war bonds

Found at Wishbook’s flickr photo stream.

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05 March 2009

1943 ad for Crane bathroom fixtures

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02 March 2009

1940 ad for Kotex

See more vintage ads for Kotex from the 1940s HERE.

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27 February 2009

1943 ad for Spam

See another vintage rhyming ad for Spam HERE.

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25 February 2009

1943 ad from Lane Bryant for "stout women"

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1943 ad for Vermont Maid syrup

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1943 ad for Arm & Hammer baking soda

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1943 ad for Roseville Pottery’s Water Lily pattern

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Women’s fashion ads from the 1940s

Found at Amazing Adornments.

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20 February 2009

1947 ad for Swift’s Prem beef

Found at lobstar28′s flickr photo stream.

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18 February 2009

1947 Vogue magazine cover

Found at Community LiveJournal.

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Vintage Cosmopolitan magazine covers

Find these vintage covers and more at No Smoking in the Skull Cave.

From 1938:

From 1941:

From 1941 or 1942:

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16 February 2009

Vintage ad for Cartier, 1946

See other vintage ads for Cartier HERE and HERE.

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05 February 2009

Bizarre ad for Pyrex cookware from 1946

Found at Wishbook’s flickr photo stream.

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1947 ad for wax paper with recipe for corned beef rarebit

Find more vintage ads for storage wraps HERE.

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Two Hotpoint kitchen appliance ads from 1940

See more vintage kitchen appliance ads HERE.

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26 January 2009

Nightclub ads from the 1940s

 

1948 ad for General Electric refrigerators

Found at Communitylive Journal.

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16 January 2009

1947 ad for Chiffon soap flakes

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1947 ad for Brillo pads

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15 January 2009

Vintage sewing pattern envelopes: men’s clothing

These vintage patterns and many others are available for purchase at Main Street Mall Online.

From the 1940s:

From the 1960s:

From the 1970s:

From the 1980s:

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13 January 2009

Vintage food ads from the 1940s

Found at Wishbook’s flickr photo stream.

From 1941:

From 1945:

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12 January 2009

1940 Movie Poster: Johnny Apollo

Found at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats.

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1945 Movie Poster: Escape in the Fog

Found at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats.

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09 January 2009

Vintage Spam recipes: the tried-and-true way to deal with a bad economy

Inflation, unemployment and sales of Spam are on the rise. To help you deal with our lousy economy the retro way, the ever so helpful Curly Wurly has posted these vintage Spam recipes.

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06 January 2009

Lifesaver candies ads from the 1940s

Found at Wishbook’s flickr photo stream.

From 1943:

From 1944:

From 1945:

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29 December 2008

Vintage bus passes from Milwaukee, 1940s

Found at Grain Edit.

 

Vintage commercial photos of girls’ fashions, 1947

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Vintage sewing pattern envelopes: children’s clothing

These and many other vintage sewing patterns are available for sale at Main Street Mall Online.

From the 1940s:

From the 1950s:

From the 1960s:

From the 1970s:

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19 December 2008

1947 ad for Delsey toilet paper

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18 December 2008

Vintage ad for New York Stock Exchange featuring Pullman cars, 1946

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17 December 2008

Vintage chemistry sets for kids

From 1928:

From 1947:

From the 1950s:

From 1958:

Also from 1958:

Find more at Chemical Heritage Foundation on flickr.

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16 December 2008

Vintage ads that feature cartoons

Kleenex tissues ad from 1947:

Chivas whiskey ad from 1974:

Reunite wine ad from 1981:

Scrabble game ad from 1984:

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12 December 2008

1947 ad for Aqua Velva after shave

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05 December 2008

1946 ad for men’s hatmaker

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03 December 2008

1946 ad for Elizabeth Arden fake tan

Found at jbcurio at flickr

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11 November 2008

Fashion illustrations from 1946

 

1947 girdle ad

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06 November 2008

Tissue-wielding senior frightens children in 1947 ad

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Ads for mustard from 1947

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Cornball ad from 1947 for shoe soles

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1947 ad features Clorox Man and Boon Man

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24 October 2008

1947: The year of mutant children

1947 ad for Postum:

1947 ad for Johnson’s baby products:

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22 October 2008

Film Noir Movie Posters from the 1940s

Double Indemnity poster from 1944:

Laura poster from 1944:

Gilda poster from 1946:

Lady from Shanghai poster from 1947:

Out of the Past poster from 1947:

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20 October 2008

Ads with recipes (including spaghetti with chicken livers, mmmmm . . .) from 1947

Rosebud salad from Ritz crakers:

Fish cakes from Davis Bros. coddies:

Stuffed celery canapes from Underwood deviled ham:

Spaghetti with chicken livers from La Rosa macaroni products:

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Creepy Chore Girl comes to life in 1947 ad

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01 October 2008

1947 ad for Thor dishwashers and washing machines

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