Comments on: Print Ads archive

Print Ads archive

Gyan — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:33:43 -0800

adflip - "world's largest archive of classic print ads"

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:59:03 -0800

I love the 50's. Heh.

By: reflection

reflection — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:05:26 -0800

This webpage sucks. Why on earth, in the third millenium, do you present your users a javascript alert when they right and middle click? i mean come on. I use my scroll wheel for...scrolling.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:46:23 -0800

I have to be a paid member to run a search? No thanks.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 05:11:16 -0800

I'm not sure I get the point of this site at all. Why would anyone want to pay $204 dollars a year to look at scans of old magazine ads? I mean, they're cool to browse through but not enough to spend a hundreds of dollars on. I'm I missing something?

By: Berend

Berend — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:03:43 -0800

Why on earth, in the third millenium, do you present your users a javascript alert when they right and middle click? Funny, the right/middle click protection doesn't even work in Firefox. I get the warning + the right click menu with the option to save the image.

By: XiBe

XiBe — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:29:21 -0800

You have to be a paying member to do anything, apparently. Even if i'd been willing to throw 200 bucks in there, I can I even know what I am going to find behind those javascript blockers ? -1

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:18:51 -0800

My next door neighbor had one of these. Has anyone ever seen a copy of this game? I bet it would be fun. (There are some fun free ads to see. Not shelling out to be a member though!)

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:59:21 -0800

adflip used to be free for all, and still is a vast archive really useful for ad-addicts like myself. There are other websites out there that have pillaged adflips large (printable) scans and re-posted them on the web, which may explain why they have started to use that javathingie. I have no idea how they get the reproduction rights for all those ads however....I see no place where I could submit the ads that I made one upon a time for example. That Nixon game looks nuts. :)

By: E_B_A

E_B_A — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:31:12 -0800

Uh oh!. Sheesh... that was so easy it wasn't even worth the time it took (which was a few seconds).

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:16:01 -0800

Oh dear! Shhh, don't let the secret out. ;)

By: Hands of Manos

Hands of Manos — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:04:05 -0800

oh noez!!

By: SashaPT

SashaPT — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:22:00 -0800

I love Ephemera Now - his focus is the artistry of the ads in the 50s and 60s, especially cars. And it's free!

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:55:13 -0800

Thanks SashaPT, I'd never seen Ephemera Now, lots of cool stuff on there. Now, I want a 1960 Frontenac! What a great name for a car.

By: RightsaidFRED

RightsaidFRED — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:41:36 -0800

If I had a couple hundred bucks laying around, why not just buy magazines in the first place?

By: Gyan

Gyan — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:02:34 -0800

Wow, people, please read! It's $204 for a year. You can get a month's access for $34 and week's access for $14. You could easily exploit the archives withiin one of those periods.