Found in Mom's Basement

A valiant attempt to sell prunes to kids in 1958

It's okay, Jimmy. We still like you. We just think your mom is a jerk for serving prunes instead of cake and ice cream.

1966 ad for Pub men's fragrance

Mmmm. Pub. The aroma of spilled beer and stale ashtrays. I feel horny already.

1962 standards for male models were... um... a bit lax

1962 ad for Jantzen men's jackets.

Anderson Cooper travels into the past to sell astronaut suits to geeks

It certainly LOOKS like Anderson Cooper.

Found at fotki.yandex.ru.

In 1962, all you needed to get laid was a nice pair of socks

This ad for Esquire men's socks ran in Playboy in 1962.

FYI, I put this ad under the category Vintage Sexist Advertising because it refers to adult women as "girls."

What landlubber decided to name a men's cologne after the tide?

I've lived in seaside towns since the age of eight. Trust me. You don't want to smell like anything that suggests the tide.

This ad is from 1966.

1920s ad for "fat men"

From the 1920s, found at Modern Mechanix:

Creepy baby is p.o.'d in 1958 ad

1958 ad for Q-Tips.

Found at lobstar28's flickr photo stream.

Now would be a good time to play "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Found at Community Livejournal.

Mostly comical, slightly disturbing 1982 ad for women's fashion