1950s Vintage Ads

The 1950s were a transitional time in print advertising from the artistic and drawn ads of the previous decades, to the abstract and blocky designs of the following decades. Also considered the “Atomic Age” in terms of advertising, a lot of famous Americana was set in this period.

1940s Vintage Ads

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1960s Vintage Ads

All 1950s Vintage Ads By Year

1950 Ads

1950 Westinghouse Tattletale Electrical Transformer Device Ad - "WHAT A TALE THIS TATTLETALE TELLS!"

1950 Baker & Adamson Boron Fluoride Ad - "How Can You Benefit From This Versatile Catalyst?"

1950 General Electric Industrial and Scientific Equipment Ad - "You can put your confidence in GENERAL ELECTRIC"

1950 Revere Copper Products for Building Waterproofing Ad - "To our Colleagues in American Business..."

1950 Beckman Automatic Titrator Ad - "Now—Simpler, Faster, Automatic Titrations!"

1950 AiResearch pneumatic auxiliary power system Ad - "POWER TO BURN...FROM AIR!"

1950 Kodak Autoradiographic Plate, Type No-Screen; Kodak Autoradiographic Plate, Type A; Kodak Autoradiographic Stripping Film, Type NTB Ad - "New materials for AUTORADIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH"

1950 DPI High Vacuum Equipment Ad - "Beauty Treatment by DPI High Vacuum"

1950 General Electric Industrial X-Ray Ad - "Here's why — Radiography cuts down rejects... ups profits!"

1950 Bell Telephone Laboratories Microwave Relay System Ad - "This 'eye' scouts new telephone frontiers"

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'"

1950 IBM Electronic Calculating Punch Ad - "Rapid Calculation of Complex Mathematical Problems"

1951 Ads

1951 Barrett Road Tar, Anhydrous Ammonia, Rock Wool, and other chemical products Ad - "BARRETT TAKES YOU ON A LONG-HAUL RIDE WITH MEN WHO DRIVE BY NIGHT"

1951 U.S. Savings Bonds Ad - "U.S. Savings Bonds are Defense Bonds - Buy them regularly!"

1951 Trane air conditioning Ad - "From a dwelling for one... to dwellings for thousands Trane air conditioning serves everywhere"

1951 Anaconda Copper Ad - "COPPER... Most useful metal known to man"

1951 America's Electric Light and Power Companies Public Service Ad - "Letter from a soldier"

1951 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Ad - "One of the Great Moments of your life... Your Retirement"

1951 N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. Advertising Services Ad - "WHEN DOES GOOD LEADERSHIP PAY OFF?"

1951 American Cyanamid Company Rubber Chemicals Ad - "How many balloons in this picture?"

1951 Timken Tapered Roller Bearings Ad - "Watch the railroads Go...on TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings"

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

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

1951 Conoco Super Motor Oil Ad - "50,000 Miles—No Wear!"

1951 Eaton 2-Speed Truck Axles Ad - "2-Speed Axles provide the right speeds at the right time"

1951 Sealright Sanitary Milk Bottle Closures Ad - "This easy Jingle Contest Closes August 30th. ENTER NOW If you win, Sealright and your dairy will give you a United Air Lines trip to HAWAII"

1951 Pullman Train Service Ad - "Anybody hear you know?"

1951 International Trucks Truck Saver Inspection Ad - "Now – Free TRUCK SAVER Inspection"

1951 Dodge Oriflow Ride System Ad - "Drive it five minutes and you'll drive it for years"

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

1951 Hotpoint Automatic Dishwasher Ad - "Join The 1,000 Men A Day Who Are Freeing Their Wives From Dishpan Drudgery!"

1951 Rexall Deluxe Tooth Brushes Ad - "SAVE 39¢"

1951 Bufferin Pain Relief Tablets Ad - "Acts twice as fast as aspirin! Doesn't upset the stomach!"

1951 Sanforized Cotton Fabrics Ad - "Anyone can solve this puzzle..."

1951 Buick Roadmaster Ad - "Start of a Beautiful Friendship"

1951 Old Gold Cigarettes Ad - "No high-flying medical claims... just the down to earth smoking pleasure of fine tobaccos That's Old Gold"

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

1951 Auto-Lite Sta-Ful Battery Ad - "NEEDS WATER ONLY 3 TIMES A YEAR!"

1951 Mercury Car Ad - "MAKE THE MERCURY 2-WAY TEST—for 'the buy of your life!'"

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

1951 General Motors Diesel Engines Ad - "This is the Diesel that's easier to maintain"

1951 United Air Lines Passenger Service Ad - "Why more than 3 million passengers will fly United this year"

1951 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "The Tire News is Good!"

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

1951 Ethyl Antiknock Compound Ad - "A product the public never sees benefits everybody who makes, sells or uses gasoline and gasoline engines."

1951 Listerine Antiseptic Ad - "Before every date... LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC... it's Breath Taking!"

1951 Nash Rambler Country Club Ad - "Nash Presents America’s Newest Hardtop Convertible"

1951 General Electric Refrigerators Ad - "25% to 50% more food space"

1951 Coca-Cola Bottled Soda Ad - "Come over for Coke"

1951 Schlitz Beer Ad - "The Beer that made Milwaukee Famous"

1951 Stanley Hostess Party Plan Ad - "You shop Comfortably at Stanley Hostess Parties"

1951 Hiram Walker's Gin Ad - "Taste what Imported Botanicals add to these gin drinks"

1951 Coty Solid Cologne Ad - "Feel Cool-Keep Fragrant!"

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

1951 Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad - "The Most Beautiful Hair in the World is kept at its loveliest ...with Lustre-Creme Shampoo"

1951 Lilt Home Permanent Ad - "No Other Home Permanent Wave looks...feels...behaves so much like the loveliest Naturally Curly Hair!"

1951 Howard Johnson's Ice Cream Shops and Restaurants Ad - "Landmark For Hungry Americans"

1951 Shell X-100 Motor Oil Ad - "Your engine makes this much acid every day ... And it's Acid Action - not friction that causes 90% of engine wear!"

1951 Chevrolet Styline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan (1951) Ad - "You'll discover top quality in every detail at today's lowest prices!"

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

1951 Seagram's Ancient Bottle Distilled Dry Gin Ad - "NOW GIN HAS COME OF AGE"

1951 Rayve Creme Shampoo Ad - "No other shampoo makes my hair so shining clean...so easy to curl!"

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 Hires Root Beer Ad - "Happy thought! say—HIRES TO YOU!"

1951 Texaco Registered Rest Room Service Ad - "Something a lady appreciates!"

1951 His Kind of Woman! (film) Ad - "The hottest combination that ever hit the screen!"

1951 Arrow Shirt Ad - "Wear an Arrow Shirt and you'll simply sweep her off her feet!"

1951 Old Taylor Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Ad - "Sign of a Good Host"

1951 Corby's Reserve Blended Whiskey Ad - "For whiskey quality that's riding high, look for CORBY'S PARROT"

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

1951 Lucky Strike Cigarettes Ad - "Be Happy—Go Lucky!"

1951 Statler Hotels Ad - "When traveling with your parents—always bring your parents here!"

1951 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Ad - "What'll You Have?"

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

1951 Toni Home Permanent with Permafix Ad - "You can't tell a Toni from naturally curly hair!"

1951 Bendix automatic Washers, Dryers, Ironers Ad - "How To Enjoy Two Extra Weeks Of 'Lazy Days'... And Win A Glorious Trip To Paris Or Rio Via TWA Or BRANIFF"

1951 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "The Tire News is Good!"

1951 Royal Crown RC Cola Ad - "RC makes you feel like... NEW!"

1951 7-Up Soda Ad - "fresh up with Seven-Up!"

1951 Nash Airflyte Rambler All-Purpose Sedan Ad - "It's 2 Cars in One—For Family Work and Family Fun"

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

1951 B.F. Goodrich Tubeless Tires Ad - "If you knew all this about B.F. Goodrich Tubeless Tires ...would you want to ride on any other kind?"

1952 Ads

1953 Ads

1953 Bower Roller Bearings Ad - "MAKING BETTER TIME...now that the heat's off!"

1953 Jenkins Valves Ad - "LOOK FOR THE DIAMOND MARK"

1953 Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Division Steel Plate Bending Ad - "Easily bending steel plates this thick to make steam behave at 2700 pounds pressure"

1953 Springmaid Fabrics broadcloth Ad - "The Springs Cotton Mills"

1953 American Gas and Electric Company Industrial Location Services Ad - "must your plant be near a River? 18 Rivers to choose from along AGE lines..."

1953 Gilbert Envelope Bonds Ad - "There must be an easier way"

1953 Otis Autotronic Without Attendant Elevatoring Ad - "Eliminates the human element"

1953 Hercules Toxaphene Ad - "Winner Against Insects"

1953 NECA Qualified Electrical Contractors Ad - "Post Graduates in Productive Ideas"

1953 United States Gauge Radiosonde Diaphragms Ad - "FLYING SAUCERS... REAL!"

1953 Stone & Webster Financial, Management, and Engineering Services Ad - "S&W Men Know Finance... 'Only Stone & Webster Offers All 3...'"

1953 Hertz Truck Rental Service Ad - "Lease your trucks from Hertz. New trucks...everything furnished but the driver."

1953 Speer Carbon Co. Carbon Components Ad - "Peking Man had the answer..."

1953 Reichhold Chemicals Synthetic Resins and Pigments Ad - "Today's Paints...Science's 'Synthetic' Achievement!"

1953 Hagan Ring Balance Flow Meters Ad - "They're liquid ASSETS—measure them accordingly"

1953 The Philadelphia National Bank banking services Ad - "THE NUMBER ONE BANK IN PHILADELPHIA —in the heart of the world's greatest industrial area"

1953 Pittsburgh Color Dynamics Ad - "Makes This Steel Plant Better And Safer To Work In!"

1953 Chase Brass Ad - "Reach for the BRASS pardner!"

1953 Shawmut Bank Foreign Trade Financing Ad - "Shawmut sails the seven seas..."

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

1953 Westinghouse Selectomatic Control with Automatic Traffic Pattern Ad - "the only system that adjusts and readjusts itself AUTOMATICALLY to any traffic demand 24 hours a day"

1953 Combustion Engineering Controlled Circulation Boiler Systems Ad - "Controlled Circulation, pioneered in America by Combustion, goes nature one better"

1953 Bucyrus-Erie Mobile Trailer Hoist / Stepless-Adamson Automatic Boxcar Unloader Ad - "Two Materials-Handling Tools"

1953 RB&W precision screw-and-clamp unit Ad - "A Triple play by RB&W REALLY SAVED US PLENTY!"

1953 A.B. Dick Duplicating Equipment Ad - "The Tag-Lag problem almost had them licked"

1953 Union Carbide Carbon Brushes and Allied Products Ad - "Things are different—up there!"

1953 Hyatt Roller Bearing Journal Boxes Ad - "Streamliner speeds for freight...with diesel power and its running mate—Hyatt!"

1953 America Fore Insurance Group insurance Ad - "With America Fore Insurance, You Have a Friend in Every Town!"

1953 Celanese Chemicals for Building Industry Ad - "Celanese* Chemicals are basic for the Building Industry"

1953 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Industrial Property in Charleston, West Virginia Ad - "1200 Acres of Industrial Property in West Virginia Available in whole or in part"

1953 Air Reduction Company's New Calcium Carbide Plant construction services Ad - "With a background of over seventy years' experience"

1953 Vanadium alloying elements Ad - "This turtle turned into a shark!"

1953 Servel Air Conditioning Ad - "ended an argument between tolerances and temperature to speed guided-missile production at Bendix Aviation"

1953 Gaylord Boxes Ad - "Eye-Catching ATTRACTIVENESS, Easy-Handling EFFICIENCY, Product-Engineered PROTECTION, Fast-Packing ECONOMY"

1953 Crotty Brothers Food Service Ad - "How to turn a shrimp into a giant morale builder"

1953 Wyandotte Chemicals for Rayon Yarn Production Ad - "How Wyandotte Chemicals help turn towering trees into high fashion fabrics"

1953 Lycoming Precision Metalworking Solutions Ad - "Big 'doings' in metal"

1953 Mutual Benefit Life Special Business Insurance Plan Ad - "Inherited: One White Elephant"

1953 B&G Hydro-Flo Heating Ad - "Modern design deserves modern B&G Hydro-Flo Heating"

1953 Johnnie Walker Blended Scotch Whisky Ad - "This is the seventh coronation Johnnie Walker has seen since he was born in 1820"

1953 DuPont Nylon Tire Cord Ad - "Since we have been using NYLON CORDS, we've forgotten we even have tires"

1953 Grinnell Automatic Sprinkler System Ad - ""Hold it"!"

1953 Du Pont nylon plastic gear couplings Ad - "Couplings of resilient Du Pont nylon plastic run quietly...solve a driving problem"

1953 Gold Bond Perforated Asbestos backed with Gold Bond Mineral Wool Ad - "Gold Bond invites you to join the Anti-Noise Club"

1953 Seagram's VO Canadian Whisky Ad - "Known by the Company it Keeps"

1953 Hufford HYDRA-CURVE Jaws Ad - "We took our cue from Mother Nature... and built FLEXIBILITY into Hufford HYDRA-CURVE Jaws"

1953 Hewitt-Robins Complete Bulk Materials Handling Systems Ad - "WHAT WE DO IN PORT DEVELOPMENT"

1953 ACME visible record equipment Ad - "There is a type of ACME visible record equipment for every record purpose"

1953 Container Corporation of America (Corporate Advertisement) Ad - "Justice is the earnest and constant will to render to every man his due."

1953 Ebasco Services Inc. Industrial Construction Services Ad - "Bond & Share’s Big Baby"

1953 General Electric Electrical Insulation Systems Ad - "Engineers apply new electrical insulations to cut system costs"

1953 U.S. Steel Quality Forgings Ad - "Meet the man with a 50,000-pound grip"

1953 Lummus Chemical Plants Ad - "Chemical Plants by Lummus... Assure Reliable Operations"

1953 Dodge 'Job-Rated' Trucks Ad - "For lower gas and upkeep costs, I say 'try Dodge'!"

1953 Tube Turns Welding Fittings and Flanges Ad - "Welded piping guards purity in Upjohn processing systems"

1953 Trane conditioned air Ad - "Warming men who build cars...cooling folks who buy"

1953 Bell Telephone Service Ad - "The Trust You Have Placed In Us"

1953 Torrington Spherical Roller Bearings Ad - "offer you these basic advantages!"

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

1953 I-T-E Circuit Breaker Ad - "A revolution took place here!"

1953 Pablum Mixed Cereal Ad - "IT'S PABLUM FOR HIM - for PABLUM it's PNEUMATIC!"

1953 Allegheny Ludlum Special Electrical Alloys Ad - "Meters tell the tale but SPECIAL ELECTRICAL ALLOYS do the work"

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

1953 Thew Lorain Shovel-Cranes Ad - "Here's sugar for your coffee"

1953 Cutler-Hammer Motor Control Ad - "Installs easier. Works better. Lasts longer."

1953 U.S. Rubber Cutting Board Ad - "Fishy odors and bacteria banished by U.S. Rubber’s Cutting Board!"

1953 Jack & Heintz Automotive Equipment Ad - "What Jack & Heintz is doing about... ACCELERATION"

1953 Insley Type L Clamshell Ad - "Pipeline Contractors"

1953 Chrysler Design Railroad Freight Trucks Ad - "Earn four times average revenue — using Chrysler Design Railroad Freight Trucks"

1953 Rayonier Chemical Cellulose Ad - "What it takes to be a leading chemical cellulose producer"

1953 Champion Papers Satin Proof Enamel or Wedgwood Coated Offset Ad - "One stands out!"

1953 Barrett Asphalt Shingle Roof Ad - "The most important public buildings in Washington, D.C., were built to endure for generations. It is significant that these and other outstanding landmarks of our nation's capital are Barrett-roofed"

1953 Kimble Glass Block Ad - "Ever try to bend a sunbeam—Kimble can"

1953 Monsanto Pydraul F-9 hydraulic fluid Ad - "Is this trip necessary? It needn't be... with Pydraul"

1953 The Travelers Group Life, Hospitalization, Surgical, Sickness, and Accident Insurance Ad - "He is never far away from ANY point on the map"

1953 Superior Small Tubing Ad - "How metal's private eye identifies each suspect"

1953 Harrison Construction Company, Inc. construction services Ad - "LET'S KEEP BUILDING"

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

1953 Roebling Flat Spring Steel Ad - "America's finest!"

1953 Roebling High Carbon Wire Ad - "Here is perfection!"

1953 National Distillers Barrel Staves and Whiskeys Ad - "90,000 Acres of Natural Beauty ... and Barrel Staves, Too!"

1953 Worthington Air Conditioning Systems Ad - "Fully air conditioned skyscraper sets new building trend"

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

1953 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible Ad - "summer classic"

1953 American Cyanamid Company (careers in chemistry/chemical industry) Ad - "Congratulations!"

1953 Fenwal Electric Temperature Control and Detection Devices Ad - "What do YOU want to protect?"

1953 Crown Zellerbach Paper and Paper Products Ad - "Who makes the paper business GROW?"

1953 Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) Oil and Petroleum Services Ad - "A big job...well in hand"

1953 Jones & Lamson Machine Tools Ad - "The Actual is Limited, the Possible is Immense"

1953 Bank of America International Banking Services Ad - "Serving Commerce Around the World"

1953 General American Airslide Car Ad - "for rent to shippers"

1953 Turner Construction Company building services Ad - "A MOST UNUSUAL 'SAMPLE-CASE'"

1953 Raybestos-Manhattan Conveyor Belts Ad - "Whoever You Are... Whatever Your Business An R/M Product Touches Your Life"

1953 Liberty Mutual Compensation Insurance Ad - ""YOU MADE IT FOR ME, DADDY?""

1953 Chevrolet Handyman and Townsman Station Wagons Ad - "the last words in station wagons"

1953 Bendix-Westinghouse Air Power Brakes Ad - "expands to meet trucking industry demand for air power brakes"

1953 Rinshed-Mason Color Styling and Design Consulting Services Ad - "Vigorous design and fresh color styling can push your sales curve upward"

1953 Fluor Corporation Ltd. Engineering and Construction Services Ad - "This plant designed and constructed by The Fluor Corporation Ltd. Los Angeles"

1953 National Oil & Grease Seals and O-Rings Ad - "When commute trains flash overhead…"

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

1954 Ads

1954 Lucky Strike Cigarettes Ad - "LUCKIES TASTE BETTER CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER!"

1954 Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Ad - "A Friendly Game at Col. Crow's, 1848"

1954 Pepsodent Oral Detergent Toothpaste Ad - "Pepsodent's brand new flavor tastes so good!"

1954 Sanforized cotton garments Ad - "MISTER! Avoid cotton garments that shrink out of fit. ALWAYS insist on seeing the 'SANFORIZED' trade-mark before you buy!"

1954 Delsey Toilet Tissue Ad - "Delsey is fine and firm and soft – like Kleenex tissues"

1954 Charles Antell Formula No. 9 Ad - "Without This Vital MOISTURE HUMAN HAIR CAN 'DIE OF THIRST'"

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

1954 Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad - "For the Most Beautiful Hair in the World 4 out of 5 Top Hollywood Stars use Lustre-Creme Shampoo"

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

1954 Packard Clipper 1954 Ad - "America's Newest Medium-Priced Car! Luxury at a lot less... because Packard builds it"

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

1954 Ayds Reducing Plan Vitamin Candy Ad - "Here's How You Can Lose Weight Easily and Pleasantly!"

1954 Philip Morris King Size and Regular Cigarettes Ad - "No other cigarette gives you this assurance...this smoking pleasure"

1954 Ford 1954 Cars Ad - "the 'Worth More' car declares a dividend"

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

1954 Colgate Dental Cream with Gardol Ad - "Lifetime Protection Against Tooth Decay!"

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 Palmolive Soap Ad - "Better for Complexion Care"

1954 Schlitz Beer Ad - "There’s no substitute for Schlitz"

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 Mercury 1954 Ad - "New 1954 Mercury with Entirely New Overhead-Valve 161-Horsepower V8 Engine"

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"

1954 Woodbury Soap Ad - "Your face has never felt so smooth…"

1954 Listerine Antiseptic Ad - "Listerine Stops Bad Breath 4 times better than any tooth paste"

1954 Dodge Royal V-8 Sport Coupe Ad - "Elegance...with the greatest performance record of any American car!"

1955 Ads

1955 Thor SpeedTools Ad - "a fistful of power for 1001 jobs . . . the gift supreme"

1955 Lincoln National Life Insurance Policies Ad - "LINCOLN NATIONAL Has the Plan for You at Rates You Can Afford"

1955 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Arthritis Booklet Ad - "The passing of 'the medicine show' ... a hopeful message about ARTHRITIS"

1955 Kent Cigarettes King Size Ad - "You ought to know why KENT is in a class by itself..."

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 Avis Rent-a-Car 'Rent it here - Leave it there' service Ad - ""Rent it here - Leave it there" service"

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

1955 Buick 1956 Century Four-Door Riviera with Body by Fisher Ad - "Body by Fisher"

1955 Gulfpride H.D. Select Motor Oil Ad - "Why Pay for 'Shrinking Horsepower'?"

1955 Pan American World Airways International Flights Ad - "It's nice to know 'Uncle Sam's' your skipper when you fly to faraway places"

1955 General Motors Autronic-Eye Ad - "CAN SAVE YOU 200 'STEPS' AN HOUR!"

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

1955 Lewyt 1956 Vacuum Cleaner Ad - "Get a new 1956 Lewyt with 'finger-tip cleaning!'"

1955 Douglas DC-7 Ad - "Whatever your reason for getting there faster... you go fastest by far in a DC-7"

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

1955 General Motors 1956 4-Door Hardtop Cars Ad - "with 4-door hardtop styling across the board"

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

1955 Winston Filter-Cigarettes Ad - "Winston wins on flavor!"

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

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Sedan 1956 Ad - "The hot one's even hotter!"

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

1955 Buick Century Ad - "Just a tickle triggers its take-off"

1955 Philip Morris Cigarettes Ad - "Gentle for Modern Taste"

1955 Firestone Town & Country Winter Tires Ad - "STOP when you need to GO when you want to with new Firestone Town & Country Winter Tires"

1955 Schick 25 Silver Jubilee Electric Shaver Ad - "Makes anything you shave with now as outdated as a straight razor"

1955 Bayer Aspirin Ad - "FEEL BETTER FAST!"

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

1955 Sunbeam Automatic Frypan Model FP10 Ad - "Why more women prefer the original and genuine Sunbeam Automatic Frypan"

1955 De Soto 1956 Fireflite and Firedome Ad - "Drive the glamorous '56 De Soto"

1955 Lucky Strike Cigarettes Ad - "Light up a Lucky—it's light-up time!"

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

1955 Oldsmobile 1956 with Jetaway Hydra-Matic Ad - "Oh-h-h! those '56 OLDSMOBILES! with new Jetaway HYDRA-MATIC"

1955 Oldsmobile 1956 Ninety-Eight Deluxe Holiday Sedan and Super 88 Holiday Coupe Ad - "Oh-h-h! Those '56 Oldsmobiles!"

1955 General Electric Filter-Flo Washer (1956) Ad - "NEW 1956 G-E FILTER-FLO WASHER GIVES YOU CLEANER BRIGHTER CLOTHES—NO LINT FUZZ"

1955 Ford 1956 Fairlane/Station Wagon Ad - "You get them only in the NEW '56 FORD..."

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 Hamilton Beach Food Mixer Ad - "No More Hit-or-Miss Mixing! Here's proof of finer blending!"

1955 Norelco Rotary Electric Shavers Ad - "Wake up to electric shaving's first basic improvement in 21 years!"

1955 Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Ad - "keep it bright with a Hoover"

1955 Imperial for 1956 Ad - "Announcing the new look of leadership"

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

1955 Shell Research Solvent for S.C. Johnson Jubilee Cleaner Ad - "Clean as a...."

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"

1955 Continental Mark II Ad - "Turbo-Action Champions"

1956 Ads

1956 MONY $50 Deductible Family Hospital Policy Ad - "What would a big, unexpected hospital bill do to your budget?"

1956 WALLHIDE Rubberized Satin Finish Ad - "WALLHIDE Rubberized lasts years longer!"

1956 The Travelers Insurance Ad - "How do your living standards compare with the Harringtons'?"

1956 General Electric Automatic Dishwasher Ad - "Now! A G-E Automatic Dishwasher at a New Low Price!"

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

1956 Coca-Cola Ad - "Coke puts you at your sparkling best!"

1956 Gilbey's Gin Ad - "The inside story of two prized diamonds"

1956 Vitalis Hair Tonic with V-7 Ad - "New greaseless way to keep your hair neat all day"

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

1956 Flying A Ethyl Gasoline Ad - "Under the wings of the Flying A"

1956 Band-Aid Plastic Strips Ad - "Faster Healing"

1956 DuPont Nylon Cord Tires Ad - "Only nylon cord tires can give you utmost safety—surest protection against tire trouble"

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

1956 Bacardi Rum Ad - "How to change 'What's for dinner?' into 'Wow!' - in four easy minutes!"

1956 Goodyear Tires Sweepstakes Ad - "Goodyear's $150,000 3T Safety Sweepstakes"

1956 Cadillac Cars Ad - "Why not make it today?"

1956 Schweppes Quinine Water Ad - "Odds-on favorite: Gin-and-Tonic with Schweppes!"

1956 Mobiloil Special Ad - "Here's the difference between new-car performance...and old-"

1956 Party-Size Glass Bottles Ad - "Treat yourself to beer that stays COOL 93% longer in NEW QUART BOTTLES you don't return"

1956 Seagram's Golden Gin Ad - "Coolest trio under the sun"

1956 Chevrolet V8 Ad - "You get the winning V8 in Chevrolet!"

1956 Orlon Sweaters Ad - "the sweatered look"

1956 Schlitz Beer Ad - "Schlitz with food and fun and sun! Outsells them all"

1956 Sinclair Extra Duty Triple X Motor Oil Ad - "13,000 American Horses Protected by Sinclair Oil"

1956 Bessie Becker Designer Clothes Ad - "Schmaltz is in Style"

1956 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Ad - "This one has the touch!"

1956 Donnybrook Glenara Coats Ad - "Creates Fashion Miracles With"

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 Canada Dry Beverages Ad - "Heap Big Cook-Out... it's Canada Dry time!"

1956 Sanforized Fabric Ad - "Why take a chance on shrinkage when 'Sanforized' costs you no more?"

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

1956 Jantzen Kharafleece Sweaters Ad - "The luxury in the fabric is Vicara"

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

1956 Johnson's Baby Oil and Baby Powder Ad - "Favorites with the Sun Set!"

1957 Ads

1957 Alcoa Aluminum Shelving Unit Ad - "There's a world of aluminum in the wonderful world of tomorrow..."

1957 Southern Electric Generating Plant Ad - "$150 Million Electric Generating Plant ...One of Nation’s Largest!"

1957 Electricity from America's Independent Electric Light and Power Companies Ad - "Would you call this fair play?"

1957 Simpson Paper Ad - "How’s Your “Paper Personality”?"

1957 Universal Atlas Cements Ad - "TOMORROW'S AIRPORT: built for convenience of people and planes"

1957 Massachusetts Mutual Family Plan life insurance policy Ad - "NOW IN A SINGLE POLICY—Life Insurance for the Whole Family"

1957 Allis-Chalmers 300,000-kilowatt generator rotor Ad - "HOUSEPOWER for half a million people"

1957 The Travelers Insurance Ad - "$280,000 man at play (He's probably no richer than you)"

1957 Employers Mutuals of Wausau Insurance Ad - "Good people to do business with."

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

1957 Atlas Plycron Cushionaires Tires Ad - "Favorite Mileage Merchant"

1957 Pure Gasoline Ad - "Gasoline talk is greek to him, but he's buying PURE Gasoline because he knows he can BE SURE WITH PURE"

1957 Mobiloil Special Ad - "No dangerous 'thinning' at turnpike speeds..."

1957 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "Out of the Jet Age"

1957 General Electric Filter-Flo Washer (1958) Ad - "NO LINT FUZZ ON CLOTHES"

1957 Firestone Nylon '500' Tire Ad - "At 261 M.P.H. only Firestones are good enough!"

1957 Tareyton Filter Tip Cigarettes Ad - "Mildness Makes The Difference"

1957 Esso Research Oil for Glass Manufacturing Ad - "Adding the gleam to glass"

1957 Winston Filter Cigarettes Ad - "Winston flavor gets a big hand everywhere!"

1957 Ford Family of Fine Cars (Ford, Thunderbird, Mercury, Lincoln, Continental Mark II) Ad - "Safe drivers get extra safeguards in the Ford Family of Fine Cars"

1957 Texaco Sky Chief Su-preme with Petrox Ad - "TOWER OF POWER IS EVERYWHERE"

1957 General Dual 90 Tire Ad - "Built to last longer than you'll keep your car"

1957 Ethyl gasoline additive Ad - "With thanks to the service station men who make driving such a pleasure!"

1957 Armstrong Safety Disc Tires Ad - ""Ounce of Prevention" Grip can save your life"

1957 Listerine Antiseptic Ad - "Listerine Antiseptic stops bad breath 4 times better than tooth paste"

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

1957 Motorola portables Ad - "More to enjoy"

1957 Frigidaire Built-in Cooking Top Ad - "Some dream kitchens aren't expensive... they just look that way—"

1957 Gulfpride Motor Oil Ad - "Gulfpride—the clean-working oil."

1958 Ads

1958 Marlboro Cigarettes Ad - "Where there's a Man... there's a Marlboro"

1958 Seagram's V.O. Canadian Whisky Ad - "Throughout the world... Known by the company it keeps"

1958 Arrow Ardsley Collection Shirts Ad - "Arrow's new ARDSLEY COLLECTION gives you Arrow fashion... Arrow comfort"

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

1958 MG MGA Ad - "no wonder it holds the road!"

1958 McGregor Men's Clothing Ad - "for Valentine's Day give him RED WHITE AND YOU"

1958 Mercury Station Wagons Ad - "First Station Wagons to Combine Spirited Performance with Beauty and Size"

1958 Hathaway Shirt Ad - "The man in the Hathaway shirt"

1958 Avisco Super Rayon Cord Ad - "The new Super Rayon cord inside your tires gives far superior RIDE, SAFETY, WEAR"

1958 Orlon Sport Coats Ad - "Light, Yet Stays Neat"

1959 Ads

1959 Magna-Power Crankcase Drain Plug Ad - "WANT TO SAVE MONEY OPERATING YOUR CAR?"

1959 L&M Filters Cigarettes Ad - "Don't settle for one without the other!"

1959 Mercedes-Benz Automobiles Ad - "Sublime Star - Where did it come from?"

1959 JC Whitney & Co. Auto Parts and Accessories Ad - "Save More Than Ever Before on Auto Parts, Accessories at JC Whitney & Co."

1959 The Complete Book of Hot Rodding Ad - "OVER 200 PAGES OF THE MOST EXCITING HOT RODDING MATERIAL EVER COMPILED IN ONE VOLUME!"

1959 ABCO Dual Voltage Battery Ad - "At last! A Battery that will provide 12 volts for starting iron equipment, and still give regular 6 volt operation for all other electrical equipment."

1959 Pure Gasoline Ad - "PURE sets 71 new records at Daytona!"

1959 Fenton Hush-Tone Muffler Ad - "There's only 1 kind of muffler you need for every car..."

1959 Best Car Buys Wholesale Car Buying Service Ad - "BUY YOUR NEXT CAR WHOLESALE"

1959 Super G Muffler Ad - "Want to unlock the reserve power in your car?"

1959 Paser Mileage Minder Model 300 Ad - "Another Good Reason why... Mileage Minder Belongs on Your Car!"

1959 Studebaker Lark Ad - "PACE-SETTING DESIGN..."

1959 Citroën DS19 Ad - "CITROËN FIRST AT MONTE CARLO RALLYE!"

1959 Fiat 1800/2100 Sedan Ad - "Smooth and Lively"

1959 NSU Prinz Ad - "Great genius is behind the Prinz"

1959 Chevrolet Biscayne two-door Ad - ""I 'built' my Chevy for top economy—and extra easy running at 300 miles a day""

1959 Flying A Gasoline Ad - "A man with drive gets Flying A"

1959 Pontiac 1959 Ad - "See, I told you Pontiac was the CAR OF THE YEAR!"

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