#retro ad

[70sscifiart]

From a 1979 ad for the Cox Star Cruiser UFO

[nostalgiarewind]

80′s Apple Advertisement

[classic-shoujo]

[cassette-amateur]

[thecoparoom]

Golden Dial soap

1957

[thegikitiki]

If you ever wondered how Lucy managed to keep up that frantic comedic energy, apparently the secret was a steady diet of Vitameatavegamin and a "king-size" tobacco habit. This 1953 ad is a masterpiece of mid-century irony; while she beams at us with those perfectly manicured lashes, she was famously a die-hard Chesterfield smoker who would sneak her preferred brand into Philip Morris tins to appease the show's sponsors. The copy claims her "throat can tell" it’s a Philip Morris—which is technically true, though perhaps not for the reasons the marketing department intended. It’s a vivid reminder of an era when TV stars were essentially walking billboards, and the "no cigarette hangover" was a legitimate (and entirely fabricated) selling point.

Sourced from the June 15, 1953, issue of Life Magazine.

[wordfromoursponsor]

"Cold or hot, this pure pork product hits the spot! Spam, the meat of many uses, comes only in the 12 oz can that needs no refrigeration" (1941)

[xanaxfarts]

Unknown models photographed by Otto Storch for McCall’s, December (1967)