Funny Vintage Ads (84)
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. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Kung-Fu is Chinese, but these 1970s sandals are made in "Old Japan." 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Using a product to turn a black person white was a common advertising trope from the 1870s to the 1950s. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 This iconic Coke bottle design lasted from 1917 to 1965. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Speed from 3 to 20 miles an hour..." This first advertisement in a periodical for an automobile appeared in Scientific American in 1898 . 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Dr Jeanne Walter's Medicated Rubber Undergarments (1909) included Head and Chin Straps and Face Masks. 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Helps kids grow huskier" sounded good in 1955 because most kids were thin. Royal Dessert, founded in 1929, is owned by t...