Vintage Tech Ads

Discover a collection of classic advertisements showcasing iconic gadgets, computers, and electronics from decades past. These ads highlight bold designs and innovative marketing that capture the excitement of technological breakthroughs.

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

1910s Tech Ads

1913 Victor-Victrola Phonographs (Models XVI, X, XI, XIV, IX) Ad - "Did you get a Victrola for Christmas?"

1920s Tech Ads

1930s Tech Ads

1934 Rosenow 1935 Zenith radio cabinet Ad - "Attuned to Beauty"

1936 Royal Typewriter Ad - "FIVE FIRSTS AND A PERFECT PLUS!"

1938 Ciné-Kodak Home Movie Cameras Ad - "Wonderful days. They never die for the thousands who carry a Movie Camera"

1940s Tech Ads

1940 Motorola Wireless Automatic Record Changer Ad - "Make Your Radio an Automatic Phonograph at Low Cost"

1941 Royal Portable Typewriter Ad - "If you are thinking of today's most sensible gift..."

1941 Motorola Radios, Automatic Changers, Phonograph Radios Ad - "3-DIMENSION VITA-TONE Makes the Difference"

1941 General Electric Radios Ad - "There's a General Electric Radio Here for EVERYONE!"

1941 Mimeograph duplicator Ad - "ORDERS HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE"

1947 Comptometer adding-calculating machines Ad - "DOG TALKS!"

1947 DuMont Teleset Ad - "Get the most out of television with a Du Mont Teleset"

1947 Sperry Printer Ad - "Better ways to print faster with Sperry Electronics"

1947 Dictograph Intercommunication System Ad - "The proven way to CUT BUSINESS COSTS"

1947 Underwood Typewriter Ad - "Typewriter Leader of the World"

1947 Smith-Corona Office Typewriters Ad - "You can type 10 to 15 words a minute faster!"

1948 Bendix Radio-Phonograph Model 1531 Ad - "The best in radio is better with the Brilliant Bendix Radio"

1948 General Electric Electronic Reproducer natural color tone radios Ad - "It's simply breathtaking!"

1950s Tech Ads

1950 Dictaphone TIME-MASTER with Memobelt Ad - "This little plastic belt is changing a million minds!"

1950 RCA Duo-Cone Loudspeaker Ad - "Music lovers' 'horn of plenty'"

1951 Kodak Cameras and Film Ad - "Your snapshots tell the story best"

1953 IBM Executive Electric Typewriter Ad - "Which is Your Type?"

1953 RCA Microwave Radio Relay System Ad - "Out of this 'dish' come service and safety"

1953 Burroughs Magic Multiplier Ad - "Cut Costly Billing Time with Burroughs Magic Multiplier"

1953 Monroe All Purpose Calculator Ad - "You can own this new calculator for 1 1/2 cents* a day."

1953 Remington Rand bookkeeping machine Ad - "Remington Rand announces a new LOW-COST bookkeeping machine..."

1953 Gray Audograph dictation instrument Ad - "How to remember a conversation"

1954 RCA Victor Master 21 TV Ad - "at the lowest price in history... only $199.95"

1954 Western Electric Telephone Equipment Ad - "TELEPHONES... and things we can't talk about"

1955 Burroughs Ten Key Adding Machine Ad - "so many agree on Burroughs Ten Key"

1955 Western Electric Color Telephones Ad - "because you love COLOR..."

1955 Cutler-Hammer Three-Star Unitrol Ad - "Star studded with economy features"

1955 Delco Wonder Bar Radio Ad - "this wonder bar is the mark of a modern auto radio!"

1955 IBM Executive Electric Typewriter Ad - "SECRETARY AND BOSS AGREE... The IBM Executive Electric types America's most distinguished letters!"

1955 Kaiser Aluminum reflective aluminum Ad - "If it must reflect light think of Kaiser Aluminum"

1955 Dictaphone TIME-MASTER dictating machine with Dictabelt record Ad - "Dictabelts are crystal-clear to hear—clearer than any other dictation record."

1955 Admiral 21" TV Ad - "Celebrating Admiral's 5 Millionth TV Receiver"

1955 Magnavox Modern Theatre High Fidelity Television-Radio-Phonograph Ad - "Meet two stars of picture and sound"

1955 Emerson Portable TV Model 1168, Emerson 'Never-Break' 3-way portable radio Model 833 Ad - "Wherever you look...there's Emerson"

1955 Westclox Clocks and Watches Ad - "Why say 'Merry Christmas' just once a year? Say it Christmas day and every day with the gift of Westclox"

1957 Kennecott Copper (for electronics) Ad - "in electronics... no substitute can do what copper does!"

1957 Motorola portables Ad - "More to enjoy"

1958 Kodak Medallion 8 Movie Camera Ad - "New Kodak Medallion Movie Camera takes 3 kinds of shots—at a turn of the turret!"

1960s Tech Ads

1960 Zenette Transistor Radio Ad - "Zenith announces a new era in performance and tone in a smaller, compact pocket radio!"

1960 Royal Futura Portable Typewriter Ad - "How to get the kids away from TV Westerns"

1961 Necchi Sewing Machine with Micro-Electro Control Ad - "World’s first sewing machine with Micro-Electro Control!"

1961 Royal Electric Typewriter Ad - ""

1961 General Electric FM Radio Ad - "THE FAIREST MUSIC IN THE LAND COMES OVER THIS NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC FM RADIO"

1961 Webcor Regent Coronet stereo tape recorder Ad - "with the purchase of a Webcor Regent Coronet stereo tape recorder"

1962 Hallicrafters S-120 World-Range Radio Receiver Ad - "It's already tomorrow on the other side of the world... and tonight, you can hear what's happening on your hallicrafters world-range radio!"

1962 Baldwin Orga-sonic 71 Home Organ Ad - "presents a new home organ with Panoramic Tone for only $996"

1962 Westinghouse Extra Life Eye Saving Bulb Ad - "NEW SHAPE EYE SAVING BULB NOW DESIGNED TO LAST 1/3 LONGER!"

1963 Revere Stereo Tape Cartridge System Ad - "Even with mittens you can make beautiful music with the world’s first self-changing tape system!"

1963 Polaroid Color Pack Camera Ad - "Color in 50 seconds is only half of it"

1963 Sharp Radios and Televisions Ad - "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"

1964 Bell System Thin-Film Circuit Ad - "Thin Film, Big future"

1964 Polaroid Color Pack Camera Ad - "6 hard-headed reasons to be soft-hearted and give a Polaroid Color Pack Camera for Christmas."

1965 Admiral 21" Portable TV Ad - "It's almost all picture... the only 21" portable! First from Admiral!"

1968 Gillette Techmatic Razor Ad - "We put a new gadget on our gadget."

1968 Kodak Instamatic Cameras Ad - "yours free... newest Kodak Instamatic Cameras worth up to $39.95"

1968 Polaroid Color Pack Camera Ad - "The 60-second excitement"

1968 Digi-Comp 1 Table-Top Operating Digital Computer Ad - "FIRST TABLE-TOP OPERATING DIGITAL COMPUTER"

1970s Tech Ads

1972 ELAC Miracord 50H Mark II Automatic Changer Ad - "Why spend $199.50 for 'Nothing'?"

1972 Sony 8-track cartridge recorder Ad - "Introducing the Sony 8-track cartridge recorder with three playmates."

1972 AKAI 280D-SS Ad - "4-channel excellence for the sophisticated lover...of music!"

1972 JBL, Sherwood, and Garrard Sound System Ad - "JBL, Sherwood and Garrard for $499...we'll save you $253"

1972 Alarm Clocks and Radios Ad - "No Cause for Alarm"

1972 Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic II Ad - "Many 35mm cameras look a lot like Honeywell Pentax. But their results don't."

1972 Craig Car Stereo Ad - "Midnight Auto Supply Don't Carry It."

1972 Norelco VIP Tripleheader Ad - "The blade that sets the standard of closeness doesn’t fit in a razor."

1972 Panasonic Quatrecolor TV Ad - "Just slightly ahead of our time."

1972 8-Track Stereo Cartridge System Ad - "You Can Own This 8-Track Stereo Cartridge System"

1972 Accutron Watch Ad - "Do you have an unfaithful watch?"

1972 Phone-Mate Automatic Telephone Answering Machine Ad - "Answers your phone when you can't... easily, economically!"

1972 Garrard Zero 100 Ad - "The only automatic turntable with Zero Tracking Error."

1972 Fisher CO-12 Component Stereo System Ad - "We invented high fidelity."

1972 RCA XL-100 Ad - "The XL-100s. 100% Solid State."

1976 Sony Trinitron TV Ad - "NO OTHER TV CAN MAKE THIS STATEMENT."

1976 Contouré by Quality Mills Rugby Shirt (Kodel polyester and combed cotton) Ad - "Contouré chooses Kodel, the fiber of American life."

1976 GTE Phone Mart Ad - "Phone Mart—the new fashion in selecting phones."

1978 Bell & Howell SoundStar Super 8 Sound Movie Camera Ad - "When you make Super 8 sound movies with a SoundStar camera, Bell & Howell guarantees they'll be perfect."

1978 Kodak film Ad - "WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT PICTURES."

1978 Panasonic Stereos Ad - "K mark puts Panasonic quality within easy reach"

1978 Canon AT-1, A-1, F-1, AE-1 Cameras Ad - "A SYMBOL IS A PROMISE."

1978 Polaroid Sonar OneStep Land Camera Ad - "Polaroid introduces Sonar automatic focusing."

1980s Tech Ads

1981 Ampex Videocassette Ad - "Two for the show."

1981 Magnavision Ad - "Magnavision is Gourmet Video."

1981 ITT Ultra 80 Telephone Ad - "An open and shut case for owning your own phone."

1981 SuperFox Remote Radar Detector Ad - "I don't go anywhere without my Fox."

1981 Entex Electronic Football Ad - "How Grandma Sacked the Quarterback and Won the Big Game."

1981 Mini Wizard Ad - "Now good things come in a small package."

1981 Polaroid SX-70 AutoFocus with Time-Zero Supercolor Film Ad - "Focus goes to the Rodeo."

1982 Casio Casiotone 701 keyboard Ad - "Casio introduces the musical instrument that reads music."

1982 Sharp EL-2188 Printing Calculator, Sharp EL-1195 Printing Calculator Ad - "SHARP'S 2188 VS. THE IRS'S 1040."

1982 TEN Mini-Wizard Cassette Stereo Ad - "THE ONLY THING MINI ABOUT THE MINI-WIZARD IS ITS SIZE."

1982 RCA Convertible SelectaVision VCR Ad - "NO ONE GIVES YOU MORE THAN THE 'TWO-IN-ONE' VCR"

1982 Blaupunkt CR-2010 Ad - "The Blaupunkt CR-2010. Richer, purer sound than you ever thought possible in a moving vehicle."

1982 Discwasher D4 Record Care System and SC-2 Stylus Care System Ad - "Protect Your Stereo System and Maintain Its Sound"

1982 TEAC V-5RX Cassette Deck Ad - "IF THE DOLBY DON'T GET IT, THEN THE DBX WILL."

1982 Jensen RE518 electronically tuned stereo cassette receiver Ad - "If it had a Jensen, it would be a classic"

1982 Technicolor Video Showcase Ad - "A COLOR TV & VCR TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A PORTABLE."

1982 Clarion 9300T Car Stereo Ad - "The New Clarions!"

1982 Escort Radar Warning Receiver Ad - "What makes this radar detector so desirable that people used to willingly wait months for it?"

1982 Toshiba IX-1000 color video camera with Nikon Nikkor lens Ad - "The lens that sets all standards in photography is standard on only one video camera."

1986 Canon T90 Ad - "A Catalyst for the Creative Mind."

1986 Atari 520 ST Ad - "Atari's new computer serious threat to Macintosh. Will the Amiga survive?"

1986 Mastervoice Butler-In-A-Box Ad - "High technology doesn't get any higher!"

1986 CompuServe Information Service Ad - "Some Historic Breakthroughs Don't Take As Much Explaining As CompuServe."

1986 Samsung VT-2901 Video Cassette Recorder Ad - "Intelligent Electronics."

1986 McGraw-Hill Contemporary Electronics Series Ad - "The fast, easy and low cost way to meet the challenges of today’s electronic innovations."

1986 NRI Home Computer Repair Training Program Ad - "GET THE KNOW-HOW TO REPAIR EVERY COMPUTER ON THIS PAGE."

1986 B.E.L. Micro Eye XKR-V Radar Detector Ad - "HIGH TECHNOLOGY • HIGH PERFORMANCE"

1986 Canon Personal Copiers (PC-10, PC-14, PC-20, PC-24, PC-25) Ad - "Now Canon has five great ways to take care of number one."

1986 Nakamichi ST-7 AM/FM Stereo Tuner, CA-5 Control Amplifier, PA-7 Power Amplifier Ad - "The Sound of Nakamichi"

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