Archaic Ads

    Advertising has always been an interestin g way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought.   🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Your wife will love hearing how you tried to convince the stewardess to join the "mile-high-club" with you. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 There is a long history of Black people being used in soap ads and comparing their skin with dirtiness. The message here is that without this soap, your precious little white child will be no better than a black wastrel.   🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Hey, back off sewer mouth! 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 ...and put a damper on your afterglow. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Subtle! Apparently the more unsexy your product is, the more sex you need to sell it. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 In 1964, the Johnny Seven O.M.A. (One-Man Army) gun was the best-selling toy for boys. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Duri...