Life Magazine Vintage Ads

Vintage Print & Retro Ads from Life Magazine 1930s to 1980s

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1930s Life Ads

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'"

1940s Life Ads

1940 Camel Cigarettes Ad - "GET THE 'EXTRAS'—WITH SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS"

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

1940 Mercury 8 1941 Ad - "The big car that stands alone in economy"

1940 Hudson 1941 Six De Luxe Sedan Ad - "Symphonic Styling"

1940 Air Step Shoes Ad - "The shoe with the magic sole"

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

1940 Golden Wedding Whiskey Ad - "Five great whiskies 'wedded' into one"

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

1940 Packard One-Ten Deluxe Sedan 1941 Ad - "Brimming with Beauty — Bursting with News!"

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

1940 Stetson Slant Hat Ad - "Stetson has a new "Slant" on hats"

1940 Pall Mall Famous Cigarettes Ad - "Compare Pall Mall with your old cigarette"

1940 Dodge Job-Rated Trucks (1941) Ad - "More than ever... built to fit the job!"

1940 Nash Ambassador and Nash Ambassador Six Ad - "A New Kind of Car is Here!"

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

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

1940 Ford 1941 Car Ad - "Get the facts and you'll get a FORD!"

1940 1941 DeSoto Ad - "Fluid Drive now combined with the new Simplimatic Transmission—gives you full Automatic Shifting for all normal driving!"

1940 Hiram Walker's Signet Straight Rye Whiskey Ad - "Delightfully light ... because It’s Aged in AGED Wood"

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 Paul Jones Whiskey Ad - "Impossible, is it?"

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

1940 International D-30 Cab-Over-Engine Truck Ad - "PICTURE OF A DREAM COMING TRUE"

1940 Air Transport Association Airline Travel Ad - "IT PAYS TO FLY"

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

1940 Vitality Shoes women's dress shoes Ad - "ELECT Vitality FOR LIFE!"

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

1940 Westinghouse Leisure Line of Electric Home Appliances Ad - "Leave it to ME and there'll be MORE FREE TIME FOR MOTHERS!"

1940 White Owl Cigars (New White Owl blended with Havana) Ad - "Just off the plane from Havana"

1940 Sanforized-Shrunk shorts and pajamas Ad - "For permanent fit...look for the words...SANFORIZED-SHRUNK"

1940 Chrysler 1941 Airflow Bodies Ad - "NOW Fluid Drive with Automatic Safety Control"

1940 Koroseal synthetic coating Ad - "New synthetic coating by Goodrich makes curtains, coats, tablecloths, anything waterproof, soilproof"

1940 Plymouth 'The One' for '41 Ad - "It Spells C-L-A-S-S"

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

1941 Hoover Cleaner Ad - "Give her the HOOVER and you give her the best"

1941 Old Grand-Dad Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Ad - "Head of the Bourbon Family"

1941 B.V.D. Matched Sets (Pajamas and Robes) Ad - "This Christmas... treat him LIKE A MILLIONAIRE!"

1941 Remington Foursome Electric Shaver Ad - "Remington's newest gift for men"

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

1941 Calvert Special and Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Ad - "Clear Heads Choose Calvert"

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

1941 Pliofilm 'Usefuls' Ad - "different inexpensive gifts everyone adores"

1941 Toushay Lotion Ad - "So effective it protects your hands even in hot, soapy water!"

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

1941 General Motors Dealership Service Ad - "Partners in Progress through Service"

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

1941 Lord Elgin and Lady Elgin Watches Ad - "America's most celebrated timepieces!"

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

1941 Seaforth! For Men Gift Packages Ad - "For the MAN at the top of your list!"

1941 I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Ad - "Present it Proudly"

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

1941 Golden Wedding Whiskey Ad - "Five great whiskies 'wedded' into one"

1941 Firestone Holiday Gift Selection Ad - "Gifts for the Entire Family at Firestone"

1941 California Sauterne and Burgundy Wine Ad - "WINE speaks a quiet, warm-hearted welcome"

1941 Continental Whiskey Collection Ad - "NTINENTAL that Superb Whiskies, Gins from The HOUSE of COwill bring joy to millions of festive tables"

1941 Statler Hotels Hospitality and Accommodations Ad - "Welcome stranger!"

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

1941 Yardley Gift Sets Ad - "Yours to Give... These Yardley Sets"

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

1941 Coca-Cola Ad - "Thirst asks nothing more"

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

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

1941 Max Factor Hollywood Make-Up Gift Sets Ad - "Gifts from Hollywood"

1941 Hamilton Watches Ad - "The Watch of Railroad Accuracy"

1941 Coty Perfume Gift Sets (L'Aimant, Paris, L'Origan, Emeraude) Ad - "Theme and Variations by Coty"

1941 Sunbeam Electric Appliances (Mixmaster, Toaster, Waffle Baker, Coffeemaster, Shavemaster) Ad - "Cherished Gifts that keep on giving... all year long!"

1941 Sunbeam Shavemaster Ad - "ONE GOOD Head is best!"

1941 Fram Oil Filter Ad - "SAVE OIL FOR DEFENSE SAVE YOUR MOTOR SAVE MONEY"

1941 Manning Bowman Smokeless Table Broiler Ad - "Exclusively the table broiler that doesn't smoke"

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

1941 Talon slide fastener Ad - ""TALON" the dependable slide fastener"

1941 B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Tires Ad - "Switch to B.F. Goodrich FIRST IN RUBBER"

1941 Chevrolet Dealer Service Ad - "Service that Satisfies... Service that Saves"

1941 Listerine Antiseptic Ad - "AT THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF A COLD OR SORE THROAT—Listerine, QUICK!"

1941 Forstmann 100% Virgin Wool Fabrics Ad - "for lines that live"

1950s Life Ads

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?"

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!"

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"

1960s Life Ads

1960 L&M Filter Cigarettes Ad - "L&M has found the secret that unlocks flavor in a filter cigarette"

1960 I.W. Harper Bourbon Ad - "It's always a pleasure!"

1960 Chevrolet Corvair Ad - "Small wonder - with a wonderful ride!"

1960 Cross Bands Ad - "Now! A 'Double Play'... to make every body beautiful!"

1960 Air Step Shoes Ad - "Feel what happens when you step into an Air Step shoe"

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

1960 DKW Ad - "DKW does it!"

1960 Imperial Whiskey Ad - "Knowledgeable people buy Imperial and they buy it by the case"

1960 1960 Chrysler Ad - "The car of your life for the time of your life!"

1960 Smirnoff Vodka Ad - "Said the walrus to the carpenter: "You're gimlet is sublime!""

1960 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Ad - "That good old-time flavor is back!"

1960 Esquire Boot Polish Ad - "The man in command"

1960 Colgate Dental Cream Ad - "Fight tooth decay with Colgate help stop bad breath all day!"

1960 Goodyear Tires Ad - "Goodyear tires sweep another big race event = The Daytona 500!"

1960 7 Crown Whiskey Ad - "The sure satisfaction of 7 crown"

1960 Woodbury Pink Soap Ad - "Wash natural beauty back into your complexion"

1960 Arrow Shirt Ad - "Wherever you go... you look better in an Arrow Shirt"

1960 International Jet Ticket Ad - "Fly the fastest jets to Paris "

1960 Mercury Country Cruiser Ad - "New station wagon value in the popular price range"

1960 Pennzoil Motor Oil Ad - "Richest most complete motor oil in the world!"

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

1960 The Travel Trailer Ad - "New easy way to travel any weekend!"

1960 Hertz Rent a Car Ad - "Hertz got me off the hook!"

1960 Drizzler Jacket Ad - "Man about the world"

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

1960 Volkswagen Beetle Ad - "Why are so many people looking into the Volkswagen?"

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

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

1960 Pond's Cold Cream Ad - "She's busy yet she's beautiful... she uses Pond's"

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

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

1960 Dristan Decongestant Tablets Ad - "There's nothing like Dristan Decongestant Tablets"

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

1960 Old Forester Whiskey Ad - "There is nothing better in the market"

1960 Touch-and-Glow Liquid Make-up Ad - "When it's important to look your very best 'Touch-and-Glow is the make-up for you"

1960 Chrysler Unibody Construction Ad - "Where did the squeaks and rattles go?"

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

1960 Formfit Rave Bra Ad - "That formfit feeling!"

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

1960 GMC Trucks Ad - "GMC's Big Breakthrough"

1960 Hanes Seamless Stockings Ad - "She's irresistible in Hanes"

1960 Pepsi Cola Ad - "The Sociables Prefer Pepsi"

1961 Coca-Cola fountain drink Ad - "REFRESHING NEW FEELING"

1961 Beer (general promotion) Ad - "tonight—enjoy a 'lightcap' instead of a nightcap"

1961 Hertz Rent a Car Ad - ""HERTZ always surpasses!" say girls who wear glasses"

1961 Bulova Accutron Ad - "the only basic advance in personal timekeeping in 300 years"

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

1961 Yardley Shaving Foam Ad - "Most men ruin a shave with too much foam!"

1961 Scotchgard Rain & Stain Repeller Ad - "Will dry cleaning make your raincoat just a coat?"

1961 1961 Buick Ad - "Waiting for someone important"

1961 Champion spark plugs Ad - "Champion-sparked cars sweep every late-model stock car race at Daytona!"

1961 Maytag Washer Ad - "Both marriage and Maytag still working"

1961 American Airlines 707 Astrojet Ad - "THE ASTROJET"

1961 Marlboro Filter Cigarettes Ad - "You get a lot to like with a Marlboro - the filter cigarette with the unfiltered taste"

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 Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible Ad - "The Cadillac car is so soundly designed and so carefully crafted that its very name has become a synonym for quality."

1961 Ronrico Rum Ad - "anything vodka can do, Ronrico Rum can do better"

1961 Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Improved Bandage Ad - "The Considerate Bandage"

1961 Chrysler Alternator (1961 Chrysler Cars) Ad - "Detroit to Chicago without a battery"

1961 Glass Beer Bottles Ad - "Glass bottles—for the flavor you expect!"

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

1961 Arrow Decton shirt Ad - "Wherever you go you look better in an Arrow shirt"

1961 Goodyear Turnpike-Proved Tires Ad - "TURNPIKE-PROVED: for extra safety in all your driving"

1961 Frigidaire Frost-Proof Refrigerator-Freezer with Frost Forbidder Ad - "stops frost before it can form!"

1961 Mercury Monterey Ad - "The beauty about a Mercury..."

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

1961 Northern Towels Handy Helper Ad - "Your Handy Helper"

1961 McGregor Drizzler Golfer Ad - "GOLFING TIPS FROM KEL NAGLE"

1961 Royal Electric Typewriter Ad - ""

1961 Body by Fisher (1961 Pontiac Bonneville Vista) Ad - "makes it a better buy!"

1961 B.F. Goodrich Passenger Car Tires Ad - "3 kinds of tire shoppers show how buying the right tire is as easy as B-F-G!"

1961 Tareyton Dual Filter Cigarettes Ad - "DUAL FILTER DOES IT!"

1961 Chrysler Newport Ad - "spread the news!"

1961 Dial Soap Ad - "Aren't you glad you use Dial Soap! (don't you wish everybody did?)"

1961 Miss Clairol Hair Color Bath Ad - "Hair color so natural only her hairdresser knows for sure!"

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 Gem Push-Button Razor and Blades with Rise Instant Lather Ad - "Prove to yourself how good a Gem shave feels... and save 79¢ doing it!"

1961 Canada Dry Ginger Ale Ad - "THE FACE IS AMERICA... THE TASTE IS CANADA DRY"

1961 Chevrolet OK Used Cars Ad - "The OK sign means Used Car variety and value"

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 L&M Filter Cigarettes Ad - "it's no secret... L&M TASTES BEST!"

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

1961 PRO Double Duty Toothbrush with Fluoride Ad - "NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME! BRISTLES OF NEW PRO DOUBLE DUTY TOOTHBRUSH AMAZINGLY IMPROVED BY FLUORIDE!"

1961 Sunbeam Shavemaster Ad - "Nothing shaves like a blade—that’s why Sunbeam put 3 real blades in the new Shavemaster—to shave closer, get beard other razors can’t get"

1961 Hiram Walker's Ten High Straight Bourbon Whiskey Ad - "One man tells another and this TRUE bourbon continues to make history"

1961 Sanforized-Plus wash-and-wear cottons Ad - "for shrinkage protection in all cottons / for excellence in wash-and-wear performance"

1961 Oldsmobile F-85 Ad - "Drive the F-85 ...feel the difference a full eight cylinders make!"

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

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

1961 Bissell Automatic Shampoo Master Ad - "Easy, low cost way to clean rugs at home... no rinsing... no wiping up... your rugs dry clean"

1961 Hudson Vitamin Products Vitamins Ad - "don't spend money recklessly on VITAMINS"

1961 International Harvester Scout Ad - "This one takes the roof off!"

1961 Wranglers Jeans Ad - "That long, lean look...that trim, terrific fit"

1961 Alka-Seltzer Tablets Ad - "That feel-better feeling is just a swallow away"

1961 Old Taylor Kentucky Bourbon Ad - "The Kentucky Bourbon with the definitely better taste!"

1961 1961 Ford Ad - "Here's how the '61 Ford helps pay for itself"

1961 Hat Corporation of America hats Ad - "There are some men a hat won’t help"

1970s Life Ads

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 Seagram's V.O. Ad - "While you've been working your way up for all these years, we've been quietly waiting for you to arrive."

1978 Kent Cigarettes Deluxe and King Size Ad - "Today's Kent. The easy switch to low tar."

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

1978 Valvoline Motor Oil Ad - "This could be your ticket to Super Sunday!"

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

1978 Subaru 4 Wheel Drive Wagon Ad - "WHEN THE U.S. SKI TEAM SAYS THEY DRIVE A SUBARU, THEY'RE NOT SNOWING YOU."

1978 Agree Shampoo Ad - "helps stop the greasies between shampoos."

1978 Avis GM Car Rentals Ad - "We try harder."

1978 The Club Whiskey Sour Ad - "The perfect Whiskey Sour. Open The Club and you've got it made."

1978 Canadian Club Whisky Ad - "The 'Lost Dutchman' gold mine. Legend says it's near the place where we hid a case of C.C."

1978 Jaymar Sansabelt Slacks Ad - "We wear life well."

1978 True Filter Cigarettes Ad - "Unexpected taste at only 5 MG TAR"

1978 Max Factor Whipped Creme Make-up Collection Ad - "The Whipped Creme Make-up Collection"

1978 Mobil 1 Motor Oil Ad - "Imagine. An oil that goes 25,000 miles without a change."

1978 Seagram's Crown Royal Ad - "Defy mediocrity."

1978 Nunn Bush Shoes for Men Ad - "To become a truly successful dresser, you have to start at the bottom."

1978 L&M Lights Cigarettes Ad - "WIN THE 'I HATE LEFTOVERS' SWEEPSTAKES"

1978 Lincoln Versailles 1979 Ad - "This is the new 1979 Lincoln Versailles."

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

1978 Seagram's 7 Crown Whiskey Ad - "What the best drinks have in common."

1978 Mercedes-Benz Sedan Ad - "You may never need all 120 safety features in your Mercedes-Benz. But it's comforting to know they're there."

1978 Bulova Accutron Quartz Watches Ad - "WEAR TOMORROW ON YOUR WRIST TODAY."

1978 Marlboro Cigarettes Ad - "Marlboro Country"

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

1978 Smirnoff Vodka Ad - "You found a nice Century to have brunch in."

1978 Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky Ad - "Follow the Canadian Superstar."

1978 Revlon Frost Formula 2 Ad - "The only lipfrost and lipgloss in one. Colors. Conditions. Shines."

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

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

1978 J&B Rare Scotch Ad - "Many try, but none succeed. You just can't copy a true original. Because it's rare."

1978 Ford Mustang '79 Ad - "THE NEW BREED"

1978 Ford Mustang '79 Ad - "Introducing the new breed"

1980s Life Ads

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