The Ad Museum

This is your father's advertising. Batteries not included. Void where prohibited. 

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"We are becoming conversational nobodies!" - The Mentor Association; The American Magazine, April 1917.

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"The Slip-Shod Driver" - American Chain Co.; The American Magazine, April 1917

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"Stop Traffic Boners" - Shell; LIFE, April 17, 1939

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"By his deeds... measure yours" - Magazine Publishers of America; LIFE, March 15, 1943. "Every civilian a fighter"

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"Sure, an' the Big Parade's to Chesterfield" - Chesterfield cigarettes ad; Country Gentleman, March 1941

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“The big new choice in the low price field” - Studebaker; LIFE, March 12, 1956

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"3000 years ago -- and tonight" - Palmolive; McCall's, March 1916

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"Dolores Del Rio tells why it's good business for her to smoke Luckies..." - Lucky Strike - LIFE, Feb. 7, 1938

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"The Style Book of Beauty and Value - Free" - Philipsborn, The Outer Garment House; McCall's, Feb. 1916. "It's just as FREE as the Sunshine... Over 10,000 Bargains for 'Spring of Sixteen'"

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"Sign of Good Taste... Everywhere." - Coca-Cola, LIFE, Feb. 24, 1958. "At Rockefeller Center, too... The refreshment the whole world prefers."

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"Well, You're Helping Some!" - Cream Of Wheat, McCall's, Feb. 1915 (Art: G.J. Perrett)

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"Now playing every month in 11,000 theaters throughout the world!" - The March of Time, LIFE, Jan. 10, 1938

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"He held her with a Lane" Valentine Special, LIFE ad, Feb. 1943

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"Nothing surpasses American Art..." - The American, 1911 #ads

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"The world’s mighty tribute to the Hupmobile" - The American, 1911 #ads

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"Money in Ad Writing" - The Cosmopolitan, 1902 #ads

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"Do Not Stammer, You Can Be Cured" - The Cosmopolitan, 1902 #ads