Vintage Food Ads

Browse a collection of classic advertisements featuring iconic food brands and products from decades past. These ads showcase colorful designs and nostalgic marketing that highlight the flavors and trends of culinary history.

1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s

1910s Food Ads

1913 Old Dutch Cleanser Ad - "For Pots and Pans"

1913 Snider's Tomato Catsup Ad - "Leading hotels, clubs, restaurants and cafés consider Snider’s Catsup the best foundation for making their own oyster cocktail sauce."

1913 Crisco Shortening Ad - "You always can have fresh cake on hand if you make it with Crisco"

1913 Hunt's California Fruits Ad - "Pure Fruit"

1920s Food Ads

1930s Food Ads

1933 1847 Rogers Bros. Silverplate Flatware Ad - "How Marvelous!"

1933 Diamond Walnuts (in-shell and shelled) Ad - "Look for the Diamond on the Shell"

1933 Royal Baking Powder Ad - "ROYAL is used in 123 out of 150 Homes"

1933 Heinz Mince Meat, Heinz Spaghetti, Heinz Baked Beans Ad - "There's a holiday conspiracy afoot to cut your Christmas kitchen session right in half"

1933 Del Monte Vitamin-Protected Canned Fruits and Vegetables Ad - "this assurance costs so little—means so much to you!"

1933 Baker's Chocolate Ad - "Only One Magic Minute To Beat This 'Aladdin' Chocolate Cake!"

1933 Canned Pineapple Ad - "Glowing health much easier to win if you eat this fruit daily, research shows"

1933 Crisco Shortening Ad - "Spare your arm! Whisk up these cakes with the ready-creamed shortening"

1933 Campbell's Tomato Soup Ad - "So little to pay for so much extra satisfaction!"

1933 Cream of Wheat hot cereal Ad - "Casts little more than ½ cent a serving"

1933 Franco-American Spaghetti Ad - ""and never think of cooking *spaghetti in your own kitchen!*""

1936 Campbell's Tomato Soup Ad - "World's Bowl of Smiles"

1940s Food Ads

1940 Dromedary Gingerbread Mix Ad - "Dromedary's Big Surprise for You"

1940 Sun-Maid Raisins Ad - "How to enjoy BETTER HEALTH BETTER MEALS for only a few cents a week"

1940 Whitman's Sampler Chocolates Ad - "A WOMAN NEVER FORGETS THE MAN WHO REMEMBERS"

1940 Armour's Treet Ad - "The People's Choice!"

1940 California Wines Ad - "These days more people than ever before choose Wine"

1940 Fleischmann's Fresh Yeast Ad - "Now You'll Like Yeast!"

1940 Swift's Brookfield Pure Pork Sausage Ad - "TIME FOR SIZZLIN' SAUSAGE WITH THE OLD-TIME FLAVOR"

1940 Baker's Chocolate and Cocoa Ad - "celebrate the 175th Birthday of Successful Cooking with Baker's Chocolate"

1940 International Sterling Serenity flatware Ad - "International Sterling's new pattern... 'SERENITY'"

1940 Pan American Coffee Bureau Coffee Ad - "Some folks frown on it... but it's a lot of fun"

1941 Niblets Brand Whole Kernel Corn Ad - "Meet the 'Ker-nul'"

1941 Fleischmann's Enriched Hi-B Yeast Ad - "Four are unfilled..."

1941 Ann Page Sparkle Gelatin Dessert Ad - ""Masked Bandit" makes rich haul!"

1941 Del Monte Corn Ad - "Which kind of corn?"

1941 Carnation Irradiated Milk Ad - "A guy sure does grow... when he sticks to Carnation!"

1941 Birds Eye Flounder Fillets, Birds Eye Peaches Ad - "You are cordially invited to a fish dinner"

1941 American Meat Institute Meat Ad - "Meat and the safe way to reduce"

1941 Pillsbury's Pancake Flour Ad - "How to make the family stop talking and start eating!"

1945 Premier Spreads (Peanut Butter, Grape Jelly, Seeded Jam, Sweet Orange Marmalade, Pure Honey) Ad - "Delicious Spreads That Save Butter!"

1945 American Meat Institute Bacon Ad - "How many ways do you serve Bacon?"

1948 General Mills Bakers Flours Ad - "Why do the hungry ask first for bread?"

1948 Sunsweet Tenderized Prunes Ad - "Good Eating AND GOOD FOR YOU!"

1948 La Choy Chinese Dinner Ad - "Now! Delicious La Choy Chinese Dinner—for as little as 17¢ a serving!"

1948 Nucoa Oleomargarine Ad - "So Sweet and Fresh"

1948 Canned Foods Ad - "Feed 'em and Reap!"

1948 Kraft Velveeta Process Cheese Food Ad - "For thrifty main dishes... catch onto the Kraft double boiler trick!"

1948 Libby's Twice-Rich Tomato Juice Ad - "Try the cold-day WARM-UP DRINK... Libby's TWICE-RICH Tomato Juice served piping hot!"

1948 Heinz Tomato Ketchup Ad - "Save your money. Enjoy your meals."

1948 Whitman's Sampler Chocolates & Confections Ad - "P.S. A woman never forgets the man who remembers."

1948 Maxwell House Coffee Ad - "Throughout this nation of coffee lovers more people buy and enjoy Maxwell House than any other brand of coffee!"

1950s Food Ads

1951 Du Pont Cellophane Ad - "A quick pick-up when you slow-up"

1951 Armour Star Bacon Ad - "Now turn fresh vegetables into a full meal with tender-smoked Armour Star Bacon!"

1951 Sealtest Peach Ice Cream Ad - "Sun kissed peaches...for the flavor you love"

1951 Maxwell House Coffee Ad - "Everybody knows the sign of good coffee"

1951 Sunkist orange juice Ad - "Only the best of the best are stamped Sunkist"

1951 Welch's Frozen Concentrated Grape Juice Ad - "Hurray for the Welch's... CLUNK went the Wicked Fairy!"

1951 Ann Page Salad Dressing and Ann Page Mayonnaise Ad - "Super Dressings... At Super Savings!"

1951 Morrell Pride Bacon Ad - "Bacon for breakfast...truly an American dish. And when it's Morrell Pride Bacon, you're serving the finest!"

1951 Pillsbury Cake Mixes (White and Chocolate Fudge) Ad - "Got your hat on?"

1951 Campbell's Soup Ad - "Have Soup for Lunch"

1951 Pablum Cereals (Mixed Cereal, Oatmeal, Barley Cereal, Rice Cereal) Ad - "Now watch Baby’s progress on all four!"

1953 Swift's Allsweet Margarine Ad - "Three Words that made housewives forget"

1954 Minute Rice Pre-Cooked Ad - "NOW—PERFECT RICE INSTANTLY"

1954 Green Giant Peas Ad - "Get the Big Sweet Ones with the thin skins"

1954 Pineapple Growers Association Crushed Pineapple Ad - "Pie that's second-helping good!...quick with pie crust mix and... Crushed Pineapple Canned Tropic-Fresh"

1954 Sealtest Choc-o-nut Ice Cream Ad - "a new taste sensation!"

1954 Pillsbury Cake Mixes Ad - "Rich, Tender and Triumphant"

1954 Hunt's Tomato Sauce Ad - "Good Cooks, This Beef Stew could make you FAMOUS Thanks to Hunt's Tomato Sauce"

1954 Florida Oranges and Grapefruit Ad - "EAT... DRINK... and be HEALTHY!"

1954 Sugar Ad - "Nutritional research has taken a new look at our number one health problem and discovered how sugar helps keep your appetite and weight under control"

1954 Jell-O Gelatin Dessert Ad - "When I'm eating Jell-O I wish I were a pelican"

1954 Campbell's Vegetable Soup Ad - "15 Garden Vegetables in a Hearty Beef Stock"

1954 A&P Eight O'Clock, Red Circle, and Bokar Coffee Ad - "see the difference, smell the difference, taste the difference"

1955 Pure-Pak Milk Carton Ad - "A work-saver for busy Thanksgiving!"

1955 Borden's None Such Mince Meat and Borden's Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk Ad - ""Magic" Fruitcake Ready for the Oven in Just 15 Minutes!"

1955 Del Monte Tomato Catsup Ad - "It's a great day for stew"

1955 Sugar Ad - "Science shows how sugar can help keep your appetite—and weight—under control"

1955 Nescafé Coffee Maker with coffee warmer Ad - "This deluxe Nescafé Coffee Maker brings you a new concept of coffee making!"

1955 Franco-American Spaghetti Sauce with Meat Ad - "Si, Signora! If you want real Italian-style Spaghetti Sauce—this is it!"

1955 Whitman's Sampler Chocolates Ad - "Who says men don't understand women!"

1955 Pan-American Coffee Bureau Coffee Ad - "There is nothing so satisfying as a cup of good coffee"

1956 Chase & Sanborn Instant Coffee Ad - "Remarkable! Full-Bodied! Best!"

1956 McCormick Special Seasonings Ad - "Now McCormick is first to bring you a complete line of these special seasonings"

1956 Lipton Iced Tea Ad - "Everything brightens up with brisk LIPTON ICED TEA"

1956 Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Ravioli Ad - "When at home, eat as the Romans do"

1956 Wheaties Cereal Ad - "Peaches'n Cream with Wheaties?"

1956 Canco Canned Sea Food Ad - "The Symbol that links the bounty of the sea to your pantry shelves"

1956 Post Grape-Nuts Ad - "Post-marked for Happy Eating!"

1956 Campbell Celery Ad - "Vegetable with the curious talent for freshening other flavors"

1956 Mary Kitchen Roast Beef Hash Ad - "Hash filet mignon!"

1956 California-Arizona Valencia Oranges Ad - "New nutrition excitement centers on fresh orange"

1956 Carnation Instant Chocolate Drink Ad - "Imagine! No need to add milk"

1957 Sunkist Oranges Ad - "Serve them whole for luscious eating. Or squeeze them for juice, keeping the health-filled solids!"

1960s Food Ads

1960 Foremost Creamed Cottage Cheese Ad - "You'll never know how cottage cheese can doll up a salad until you serve Foremost"

1960 Swifts Premium Cold Custs Ad - "The two most trusted words in meat"

1960 Fig Newtons Ad - "Good things like plumpest, juiciest figs make them best!"

1960 Hunt's Tomato Catsup Ad - "What makes beans flip their lids?"

1960 Kellogg's Corn Flakes Ad - "The best to you each morning"

1960 V-8 Vegetable Juice Ad - "Outflavors any single juice!"

1960 League of Honest Coffee Lovers Ad - "To arms, lovers of honest coffee!"

1960 Nucoa Margarine Ad - ""Your Vitamin A in 3 Pats a day""

1961 Armour Ham What Am and Ocean Spray Whole Cranberry Sauce Ad - "enjoy a HAM-BERRY HOLIDAY"

1961 Kellogg's Special K Breakfast Ad - "It starts your day with important, complete protein—yet supplies fewer than 250 calories. It’s quick as instant coffee—and tastes so good you can live with it month after month"

1961 Brach's Easter Candies Ad - "Brach's Easter Candy Sale!"

1961 Yuban Coffee Ad - "Yuban starts with aged coffee beans"

1961 Carnation Instant Nonfat Dry Milk Ad - "The delicious diet formula you can make at home - and for only 44¢ a day"

1961 Star-Kist Tuna Chunk Light Ad - "Fit for a pirate king"

1961 Swanson TV Dinner Fried Chicken Ad - "They know the special secret of tender-crisp fried chicken"

1961 A&P Coffee (Eight O'Clock Coffee, Red Circle Coffee, Bokar Coffee) Ad - "fresh-ground flavor you can't get in a can!"

1961 Sugar Ad - "The message of the strawberry - how sugar helps us get it"

1961 Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Complete Spaghetti Dinner Sauce with Meat Ad - "A meal in a minute with the Chef's touch in it"

1962 Nabisco Swiss n' Ham flavored crackers Ad - "All that's missing is the mustard!"

1962 Tea (The Hot Refresher) Ad - "TEA THE HOT REFRESHER"

1962 Flako Pie Crust Mix and Flako Cup Cake Mix Ad - "you (and FLAKO) did it!"

1962 Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup Ad - "Who wants to wait...this is Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup, the soup that tastes like mother just cooked it."

1962 Pream Instant Dairy Product Ad - "Once it's in the coffee, most folks can't tell!"

1962 Metrecal Wafers and Metrecal Liquid Ad - "For the person frustrated by the complexities of improvised diets:"

1963 Snow Crop Orange Samoa Ad - "Love me in December as you did in May."

1963 Florida Citrus Fruits (Grapefruit, Oranges, Tangerines, Tangelos, Temples, Murcotts) Ad - "they're back! / they're coming! (in January)"

1963 Metrecal dietary meal replacement Ad - "How to lose weight: 1. Ask your doctor's advice 2. Use Metrecal"

1963 Rath Black Hawk Bacon Ad - "How to fragrance your kitchen with hickory"

1963 Hunt's Tomato Catsup Ad - "We like the big, fat, loveable ones"

1963 Campbell's Bean with Bacon Soup Ad - "Soup of the Month"

1963 Pillsbury Gravy Mixes Ad - "We'll match these new Pillsbury Gravy Mixes against anybody's! (canned or mix)"

1963 Ritz Crackers Ad - "NOTHING FITS THE OCCASION LIKE RITZ"

1963 Mrs. Filbert's Margarine Ad - "Mrs. Filbert’s Margarine has a carefully preserved reputation for flavor."

1963 Wesson Mayonnaise Ad - "The big news about Wesson Mayonnaise is that now—Wesson makes it for you!"

1964 Carnation Instant Nonfat Dry Milk Ad - "All of milk’s protein—as little as 9¢ a quart!"

1964 Ritz Crackers Ad - "Nothing fits the occasion like RITZ crackers."

1964 Whitman Sampler Candies Ad - "Whitman still tests candy like you do at home"

1964 Scott Cold Cups Ad - "How to give a holiday party that's all washed up"

1965 Sunkist Navel Oranges Ad - "terrrrrific Sunkist taste!"

1965 Hunt's Tomato Catsup Ad - "Get Hunt's... the catsup with the big tomato taste."

1965 Quaker Oats Ad - "If you stood on your head you couldn't do more for your kids."

1965 Campbell's Tomato Soup Ad - "Quick, Campbell’s—the Soup!"

1965 Gala Paper Towels Ad - "New Gala may be the prettiest paper towel ever made."

1965 Brach's Valentine Chocolates Ad - "set hearts aglow in a warm and wonderful way. A thoughtful gift adds unspoken warmth to the whispered words, 'I love you'."

1965 Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes Ad - "Live it up! corn it up sweeten it up"

1965 Ford Quality Car Care Ad - "Ford Motor Company builds quality in – Quality Car Care keeps it in"

1968 Campbell's Tomato Soup Ad - "Tomato Soup...alias Chicken Bombay."

1968 Swanson Meat Loaf Dinner Ad - "Only Swanson gives you a choice!"

1970s Food Ads

1978 V8 Cocktail Vegetable Juice Ad - "Wow! I could've had a V.8"

1978 McDonald's Big Mac Ad - "One in a billion."

1980s Food Ads

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