Vintage ads
Marshall McLuhan said “historians and archaeologists will discover that the advertisements of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities.”
Via ResearchBuzz, over 100,000 old print ads searchable by category, keyword or even colour. Asian people weren’t as tall in those days. You can also buy prints of the ads quite cheaply.
Santa with a gramophone! Remmington’s new Punched-Card Collating Reproducer! And who can forget… Why did YOU change to Camels, Patrice Munsel? (“Because they agree with my throat”).
So much history to be proud of…
