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29 August 2008

1966 ad for Burger King Whopper

Found at Community Livejournal.

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Only in the 1970s could there have been a flooring product named Shinyl Vinyl

And only in the 1970s would people have actually bought it.

From 1971:

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Image from 1971 flooring ad

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1971 ad for Fisher-Price toys

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1971 for Health-tex children's clothes

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28 August 2008

Ads from the 1960s for Western Electric phones

Found at Classic Rotary Phones.

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Vintage commercial photos of black men's hairstyles

Found at PIXFTW.

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1971 ad promotes weird female stereotype

Does anyone know where the idea of women being terrified of mice came from?

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27 August 2008

1963 direct response ad for $3.98 dress

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1984 ad for clutch from Bonwit Teller

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