Funny Vintage Ads (24)
Advertising has always been an interesting way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Knickerbocker" traces its origin to the Dutch settlers who came to what is now New York in the 1600s. It refers to the style of pants the settlers wore...pants that rolled up just below the knee, which became known as "Knickerbockers", or "knickers." Later it became a generic term for people from Manhattan. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 And not racist at all. Oh no! 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 The S.A. C. Hat (Signal Audio Communications) is an "electronically engineered portable communications center" that is guaranteed to annoy anyone within shouting distance. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 During World War II every American was encouraged to support the war effort. This 1942 ad from Bell Telephone says, ...