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Kodaks Are For Men: Vintage “Sex Sells” Camera Advertising

Kodaks Are For Men: Vintage “Sex Sells” Camera Advertising

  Somewhere back in the Mesozoic Era, mankind used something called "film" in their cameras. ...
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Lost in Translation: Japanese Advertising in the 1960s-80s

Lost in Translation: Japanese Advertising in the 1960s-80s

Nothing makes me want to buy chocolate more than a man being attacked by creepy ...
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Enchanted Elsewhere: Selling Sex and Hedonism in Retro Travel Advertising

Enchanted Elsewhere: Selling Sex and Hedonism in Retro Travel Advertising

 "I don't know what time it is or even what day it is.  I guess ...
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Everything’s Gone Disco! Books, Fashion, Toys and Other Products of Disco Fever

Everything’s Gone Disco! Books, Fashion, Toys and Other Products of Disco Fever

It started as an underground gay nightclub movement in urban America; and it used the Philadelphia sound ...
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Like Punk Never Happened – Kays Catalogue Menswear from 1977

Like Punk Never Happened – Kays Catalogue Menswear from 1977

  Kay and Co Ltd was actually originally founded in Worcester in 1886 when William ...
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The Art of Selling Smokes: 11 Vintage Tobacco Adverting Techniques

The Art of Selling Smokes: 11 Vintage Tobacco Adverting Techniques

Let's face it, it wasn't too hard to sell a highly addictive toxin in the ...
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What Sort of Man Reads Playboy? The Ultimate Male According to the Bunny Magazine

What Sort of Man Reads Playboy? The Ultimate Male According to the Bunny Magazine

Anyone who has opened a Playboy magazine from the 1960s-70s will recognize the "What sort ...
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Boozvertising (Part 2): More Vintage Alcohol Adverts

Boozvertising (Part 2): More Vintage Alcohol Adverts

As we learned in Boozvertising Part 1, the art of selling alcohol is often a ...
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Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Look at the Vintage Secretary

Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Look at the Vintage Secretary

  The "secretary" as the mid-century once knew her is forever gone.  Like the stewardess, ...
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Vintage Japanese Beer Adverts: Hand-Painted Maidens

Vintage Japanese Beer Adverts: Hand-Painted Maidens

Before the Second World War, adverts in Japan, including Japanese Beer Adverts, were often produced by ...
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Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Clearly, this game is just too much to handle.  The RGB color graphics and the AY-3-8910 PSG sound ...
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Selling It With Speech Bubbles: 14 Vintage Comic Book Style Adverts

Selling It With Speech Bubbles: 14 Vintage Comic Book Style Adverts

If you're selling your product in a comic book, it makes sense to have your ...
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