1930s Vintage Ads

The interwar years and the great depression, the ads are entirely illustration and emphasize price, practicality and health.

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

1933 Palmolive Soap Ad - "Invite Romance by keeping that schoolgirl complexion"

1933 Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Ad - "The Life of a Child is Beyond the Price of Pennies"

1933 HEXIN Tablets Ad - "9 Out of 10 Women Suffer Pain Needlessly"

1933 Magic Chef Gas Range Burner Ad - "Just turn on the Gas... The Magic Chef Gas Range Burner lights itself"

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 Bayer Aspirin Tablets Ad - "Almost Instant Relief from Colds in this Simple Way"

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

1933 Camel Cigarettes Ad - "Camel's costlier tobaccos are Milder"

1933 Listerine Antiseptic Ad - "Listerine gargle kills germs associated with colds and sore throat"

1933 Pond's Cold Cream and Pond's Vanishing Cream Ad - "This remarkable Two-Skin Treatment gives complete beauty care"

1933 Fleischmann's Yeast Cakes Ad - "That Coated Tongue may indicate serious trouble"

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 Chipso Laundry Soap Ad - "Chipso put an end to faded clothes in our house"

1933 Ivory Soap Ad - "Don't coarsen your skin!.. Only a soap that's pure enough for a baby should touch your face"

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

1933 Ipana Tooth Paste Ad - "Use Ipana, Jean... and you won't have 'PINK TOOTH BRUSH'!"

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

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1934 Ads

1934 Camel Cigarettes Ad - "Get a LIFT with a Camel!"

1934 Interwoven Socks Ad - "For style and comfort men who know, prefer these smart Interwoven socks—because they look better, fit better and wear longer than any other socks"

1934 Hickok Strand Garter Ad - "The new Strand—an achievement in garter comfort"

1934 Seagram's Ancient Bottle Rye and Seagram's V.O. Bourbon Ad - "At Leading Hunt Clubs they prefer Seagram's"

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

1934 King William IV V.O.P Scotch Whisky Ad - ""WE GIVE YOU THE KING!""

1934 Golden Wedding Whiskey Ad - "From Golden Grains to—GOLDEN WEDDING IT'S ALL WHISKEY"

1934 Sampeck Talon-Tailored Trousers Ad - "When Appearance Counts the Most Wear Clothes with Talon-Tailored Trousers"

1934 LEKTROLITE cigarette lighter Ad - "LIMITLESS LIGHTS"

1934 Carling's Canadian Ale (Red Cap) Ad - "Over the border from CANADA...comes Carling's Canadian Ale (Red Cap)"

1934 National Distillers Pre-Prohibition Vintage Whiskey (Old Grand Dad, Sunny Brook, Mount Vernon) Ad - "Don't say we didn't warn you!"

1934 Rittenhouse Square Straight Rye Whisky 100 Proof Ad - "Are you paying too much for whisky?"

1934 Arrow Gordon oxford shirt Ad - "This oxford is not afraid of water"

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1936 Stetson Hats Ad - "Watch the gun-metal boom!"

1936 G&W Five Star Blended Whiskey Ad - "Take a Tip from the Flagship"

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

1936 Goodrich Safety Silvertowns, Goodrich Electro-Pak, Goodrich De Luxe Hot Water Heater, Goodrich Seal-O-Matic Safety Tube Ad - "HERE'S HOW TO AVOID WINTER DRIVING GRIEF"

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

1936 Studebaker 1937 Cars Ad - "AT THE AUTO SHOWS...TOP HONORS GO TO STUDEBAKER 'the spotlight car'"

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1938 Ads

1938 Camel Turkish & Domestic Blend Cigarettes Ad - ""Camels agree with me!""

1938 Interwoven Nu-Top Socks Ad - "An entirely new and different SELF-SUPPORTING 'INTERWOVEN' SOCK"

1938 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 Ad - "Thoroughly modern—and the only car of its kind"

1938 Crown Spun Rayon Ad - "New Summer Smartness in Crown Spun Rayon"

1938 Marlboro Shirts Ad - "The case of the perfect shirts"

1938 Knothe Expanso Belt Ad - "Gives a man his freedom"

1938 Puritan Sportswear with Sanforized Kenya Cloth Ad - "Puritan Raises the Colors with Sanforized Kenya Cloth"

1938 Dobbs Smoky Brown Hats Ad - "Only a master hatter, working with felt of superb quality, could create this new smart tone."

1938 Cointreau Liqueur Ad - "Cointreau's prerequisite to lift entertaining above the commonplace."

1938 Fleischmann's Distilled Dry Gin Ad - "A Mixing Gin Since 1876"

1938 Scovill Grippers for Shorts Ad - "At last...we've ended button bother on shorts!"

1938 Dewar's White Label Blended Scotch Whisky Ad - "For Distinguished Service"

1938 Lenthéric Men's After Shave Lotion Ad - "for men of action"

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

1938 Calvert's Reserve and Calvert's Special Whiskies Ad - "CLEAR HEADS [CLEAR HEADED BUYERS] CALL FOR Calvert WHISKIES"

1938 Hanan Shoes (London House, Epsom Downs, Sweepstakes models) Ad - "The Thoroughbreds of footwear"

1938 Gilbey's Distilled London Dry Gin Ad - "THE WORLD'S GREAT DRINKS BEGIN WITH GILBEY'S GIN"

1938 Season Skipper Coat Ad - "The Coat Sensation of the Century"

1938 Schenley's Golden Wedding Ad - "Graduate to Golden Wedding!"

1938 Cadillac Sixty Special Ad - "IF YOU'RE TIRED OF THE COMMONPLACE...DRIVE THE CADILLAC SIXTY SPECIAL"

1938 Four Roses Whiskey Ad - "You're looking at a thousand dollars' worth of puppies"

1938 Croydon Tropicana Cravats Ad - "Gentlemen: du pont spun rayon makes them top"

1938 Talon Slide Fastener Ad - "It ought to be Compulsory on Pants!"

1938 Florsheim The Anchor S-780 Shoes Ad - "We've Lowered the Rate of Shoe Mortality!"

1938 Hennessy Cognac Brandy Ad - "Quality, Bouquet, Clean Taste"

1938 Kedsman men's shoes Ad - "a new shoe"

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1939 Ads

1939 Real Silk Hosiery Stockings Ad - "For big events or for work-a-day, Realsilk Hosiery..."

1939 Canadian Club 6 Years Old Whisky Ad - "IN 87 LANDS WHISKY-WISE MEN ASK FOR Canadian Club"

1939 Old Spice Shave Soap in Pottery Mug Ad - "Give Father an Old Spice Shave Set"

1939 RCA Victor Pick-Me-Up Radios and Portable Electric RCA Victrolas Ad - "RCA Victor shows you how to have Extra Fun this summer"

1939 Schick Dry Shaver Ad - "Free the face you love from 'Razor-Blade-Skin'"

1939 Nash Four Series of Great Cars Ad - "It'll Lead You Astray — and You'll like it!"

1939 Arrow Shirts Sanforized Ad - "A new shirt free if one ever shrinks out of fit"

1939 Skol Suntan Lotion Ad - "You, Too, May Get a Heavenly Tan Like This WITHOUT PAINFUL BURNING"

1939 Dr. Scholl's Zino-Pads Ad - "Quick relief from corns, callouses, bunions, tender spots"

1939 Warner Bros. Juarez Ad - "A magnificent film! By all odds the most spectacular film of the year!"

1939 LaSalle 1240 Five-Passenger Four-Door Touring Sedan Ad - "Now we'll go sailing on the Highway!"

1939 Westinghouse Electrical Innovations at the New York World's Fair Ad - "The name that means EVERYTHING IN ELECTRICITY"

1939 Kellogg's Rice Krispies Ad - "They've got the knack of staying CRISP!"

1939 Sanka Coffee Ad - "97% CAFFEIN-FREE...DRINK IT AND SLEEP"

1939 Mercury 8 Ad - "Pull up with Pride!"

1939 Hudson Six Touring Sedan Ad - "MORE THAN EVER... HUDSON IS THE CAR FOR Outdoor People"

1939 Sunbeam Shavemaster 475 Ad - "SHAVES CLOSE AS ANY STRAIGHT EDGE! AND Faster!"

1939 Chevrolet 1939 Ad - "THE BIGGEST VALUE - that's why it's first in Sales!"

1939 Studebaker Champion Ad - "Studebaker cuts down your car costs with enduring, expert craftsmanship"

1939 Priestley's Nor-East Suits Ad - "They're Refrigerated by Nature"

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