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21 January 2009

Sears catalog, 1933: 'new campus styles' for young men

Found at Communitylive Journal.

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20 November 2008

Vintage Philip Morris ads target "those with keen young tastes"

 

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Found at Stanford University.

03 October 2008

1962 ad for milk, "Get on the Vitality Wagon"

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27 August 2008

Kotex ads from the 1940s

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Found at Duke University.

31 July 2008

1964 ads for Cover Girl makeup

Cover Girl's value proposition used to be that is was "medicated makeup" that wouldn't cause breakouts.

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02 April 2008

1975 ad for the Mark Eden bust developer

These ads were everywhere in the 1970s. Lord only knows how many of the worthless contraptions were sold before some brave, flat-chested teen gathered her courage and filed a complaint.

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25 March 2008

Vintage ad for Tampax tampons, 1975

These two are doing windmills and deep knee bends on the beach. Ridiculous. No one exercised in the 70s.

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If you wanted to stay slim in those days, you smoked cigarettes.

22 February 2008

Vintage ad for breakdancing shoes

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Source: Live Journa

25 January 2008

Vintage ad suggests Midol will help you hold on to your boyfriend, 1974

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Source: Copyranter

27 December 2007

Vintage Ad for Bonne Bell Lip Smackers, 1979

In the 1970s, the Bonne Bell brand was the teenage girl's Clinique.

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Source: Smarter