Found in Mom's Basement

Posters displayed at the 1939 Negro Industrial Fair in NYC

Found at Sociological Images.

It wasn't just white women who were taught that their looks were all-important. How's that for twisted equality?

1972 ad for Sears women's fashions

Found at jbcurio.

1989 ad for Playskool Sesame Street Clubhouse

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Vintage ads featuring black manservants

From 1924:

From 1926:

From 1938:

From 1960:

CLICK HERE to see a black manservant ad illustrated by Norman Rockwell.

Vintage ad for Benson & Hedges cigarettes

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Found at Community Livejournal.

1992 ad campaign for Playskool toys

 

1970's Rit dye ad featuring Cheryl Tiegs and tie-dyed grooviness

Vintage tobacco ads featuring African-Americans

Found at Well-Medicated.

Racism in advertising: 1922 Jell-O ad

The copy reads:

"Mammy sent dis ovah"

Jell-O is known to all sections as "America's Most Famous Dessert." In the South, for instance, it is inexpensive enough to be found in the cabins of old plantations. It is delicious enough to meet the standards of good living at the "Big House." It is dainty enough for milady's afternoon tea. It is appealing enough to turn the sinful, of any color, away from his neighbor's melon patch.

Found at Communitylive Journal.

1952 ad for Aunt Jemima pancake mix

Found at jbcurio at flickr.