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. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Is she washing with that soap or using it to make a phone call? 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Those are crappy toys even for 1947. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Pin-ups began shortly after photography was invented and reached their height of popularity during WW2. By the 1950s, nude photos ("the kind men like") were being marketed as pin-ups in tawdry ads in the back of popular magazines.   🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Of all leading toothpastes, only Colgate's contains Gardol" a word we made up!   🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻  Because of rampant speculation in real estate, San Diego had many boom and bust cycles from the 1880s to the 1910s. In the early 1900s, lots in Pacific Beach were going for only $70. Now, even the tiniest cottages in th...