Category Archives: Vintage Ads

Brawny: A look at brand personality

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The original Brawny Man was based on Paul Bunyan. I remember the older commercials where he was a larger than life character. He looked like a cross between Chuck Norris and Tom Selleck (stars of the 80′s). The third “Brawny”…

Vintage Beer Ads

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Blatz Beer Ad

Today, there are many regulations in the advertising of alcohol. Before these laws were put into place, there were many ads put out that seem shocking today. Perhaps the most shocking I came across is an ad for Blatz Beer.…

The Flintstones sell cigarettes?

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Looking at vintage ads can be a very fun activity. Just like ads for alcohol, it is astonishing what they could get away with when advertising cigarettes back in the day. Advertising cigarettes has so many restrictions now. It is…

Old Grand-Dad: Head of the Bourbon Family

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Pay the cost to be the boss?
The small copy reads:
“We have to charge more because smoother Grand-Dad costs more to make. But that’s the price we have to pay to be head of the Bourbon family.”
Ebony Magazine…

Secur-O-Slax: Everything happens on the inside

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There seems to be no shortage of these “cool guy” images from this time period. It must be a pulp art thing. Look closely and notice the “cool guy” relaxing in the logo… how cool is that?
Ebony Magazine, September…

Russ… Is there any other way to look?

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Dig my vines?

The copy at the bottom got cut off because the book is bigger than my scanner.
Here’s are some excerpts…
“A walloping, way-out plaid, served up for Fall by Russ in Monsanto’s machine washable Turbo Acrillan acrylic.…