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Old print ads

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:57:31 -0800

This Livejournal contains many vintage advertisements.

Abercrombie & Fitch & Zizek

Rinku — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:20:59 -0800

In 2003, Abercrombie and Fitch approached Slovene philosopher and culture critic Slavoj Žižek to write ad copy. The results were odd. (And NSFW.)

“Don't be …”

jeffburdges — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:41:40 -0800

Google has removed Ad Blocking apps from their Play Store. AdAway is available on the open source Android repository F-Droid. AdBlock+ remains available from their own site.

Drink-hic-ing Through History

Revort — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:43:20 -0800

Darcy O’Neil’s “Art of Drink” blog examines temperance images from the 1800s, the meaning of temperance, historical drinking and driving ads, and a couple of bitters labels for good measure. Other selected articles from the blog: Age of Drugs Bourbon Ads (NSFW: Nudity) Detroit Soda Fountain Drinks from the 1600’s

Ephemeral New York

zarq — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:02:34 -0800

Ephemeral New York 'chronicles an ever-changing, constantly reinvented city through photos, newspaper archives, and other scraps and artifacts that have been edged into New York’s collective remainder bin.' You can browse by category on the right. Notable: * Cool Building Names * Out-of-Date Guidebooks * Random Signage * Sketchy Hotels * Disasters and Crimes * Urban Beauty * War Memorials * Houses of Worship * New York Street * Old Print Ads * Music, Art, Theater * Queens * Transit Pages from Ephemeral New York have been linked in some fantastic posts, previously on MetaFilter.

Grits are good for you

Chrysostom — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:44:44 -0800

A gallery of ghost signs.

Alofa mai Vailima, fa'amolemole!

barnacles — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:30:24 -0800

Vailima, a German-style lager, has been brewed just outside the capital of Independent Samoa since 1978. There are two versions to choose from, the normal 4.9% strength and the the export-only 6.7%. But, unless you're somewhere near Samoa, you probably won't be able to find it. So, enjoy the commercials, instead!

The first ad shows Samoa at work and play, and you even get a view of Apia's nightlife.
But when you're just hanging in the fale with your mates, sometimes the Vailima runs out ... so recreate the first ad and see what happens.
Vailima seems to run out a lot (listen for "'O uma!", or "It's all gone!" in both this commercial and the previous one). Sometimes, you just gotta dig a little deeper and hope for the best. Australians will appreciate the soundtrack to this one.
Finally, even Samoan hospitality can be stretched a little when you steal their beer.

So go to Samoa. Drink some Vailima. Toast with a "manuia!" Just remember that they're small islands, so help out the guys doing the recyling.

Ye Olde Advertisements

curious nu — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:26:12 -0800

Old-timey ads. Sexist vintage ads. Some other, different old advertisements.

"It's the same way Michelangelo did the Sistine Chapel. There's no easy way to do it"

Petrot — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:03:30 -0800

Up There (Vimeo). Ever seen those hand-painted high-rise advertisements, and wondered at the people behind them? This 12min documentary is a fascinating glimpse into the work of the painters, where apprentices spend years learning from their teachers before being allowed to paint.

"Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising." ~ Mark Twain

Fizz — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:43:15 -0800

Don't judge a book by the ad on its cover. [Guardian.co.uk] Chalk it up as another brilliant innovation – or a sign of the impending apocalypse – as China Daily reports that publishers are making space on the front covers of books for advertising. Apparently the "first book to carry an advertisement" is an account of the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma, written by his mother, which was published in March adorned with "the logo of a well-known Chinese textile manufacturer".

Cocozza - he's a naughty man

mippy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:22:38 -0800

Television Ads at Christmas - featuring Adam Buxton and John Lewis, Littlewoods and The X-Factor.

Just like Mom used to make.

converge — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:35:13 -0800

Aspic and other delights showcases the absolute horrors of good, old-fashioned home cooking. Or, at least the advertisements for it. Aspic, in case you were wondering, is food, often meat or seafood encased in gelatin or cooled meat stock.

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zarq — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:14:57 -0800

Minimal Movie Posters Full Archive

Aren't We Naughty? Please, Say We're Naughty.

dzaz — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:39:31 -0800

We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag. Pretzel Thins first ad campaign got taken down after a bit of backlash. Now, they've created a webpage where they're asking people to "lighten up," calling their campaign provocative and asking people to vote on what they think of the ads.

Old advertisements

primer_dimer — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:48:45 -0800

Old advertisements from old theatre programmes. Indexed by date and category. Oldridge's Balm Of Columbia ... Is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustache .... For children it is invaluable, as it forms the basis of a magnificent head of hair.... The Charing-Cross Bank .... Assets, £512,475 18s. 2d. Liabilities, £209,475 18s. 2d. Capital and Reserve, £303,000. Loans of £30 to 2,000 Granted at a few hours' notice .... The Pianista. A Patented Mechanical Apparatus, which can be adapted to all Pianos, and will perform with the greatest accuracy and delicacy of expression, Dance, Operatic, and Sacred Music .... Beer is the National beverage. Ask for Mann Crossman's because it retains the Nutritive Qualities of Malt.....

The art of advertising

thomas j wise — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:52:57 -0800

AdViews is the newest of Duke University's digitized advertising archives (see previously). Unlike the earlier sites, devoted to print advertising, AdViews is all about American TV commercials--several thousand of them, to be exact, from the agency Benton & Bowles (later D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles). Viewing the commercials requires ITunes. Duke is not alone in digitizing its advertising collections; see, for example, the 19th-Century American Trade Card at Harvard Business School's Baker Library. Georgetown, meanwhile, has a small exhibit of vintage British railway posters. On a somewhat smaller scale, Sensation Press features a page devoted to all sorts of random Victorian ads. For more colorful relics from the history of advertising, visit the online exhibits at the William F. Eisner Museum (note: exhibits may include music). And don't forget to read the signs (including the ghosts).

PEZ Advertising

OmieWise — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:21:25 -0800

Sex sells PEZ. A visual survey of the "PEZgirl," as used in PEZ advertising. Slightly NSFW, as one image at the bottom of the page shows bare breasts. That's right, PEZ ran topless advertisements. The best thing on the page might be the animated GIF at the top.

Public(YOUR AD HERE)Transportation

maryh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:41:42 -0800

Clever ads on the sides of city busses. That is all.

Here's the Beef

not_on_display — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:14:29 -0800

Joe Sedelmaier showed us where the beef is, and in doing so, revolutionized television advertising (aside from spawning a Clara Peller 7" and influencing the 1984 US elections). Here are some of Sedelmaier's greatest moments: Wendy's: Soviet Fashion Show | "Parts is Parts" • FedEx: "You can't count on anything these days!" | The Classic Speed Talker (John Moschitta, previously) • Pearson's Salted Nut Roll (with Godwin effect) • Fibreglas Pink (Canada) • Kaypro Computers • Alaska Airlines • Clara Peller in Jartran Truck Rental • Hayworth Furniture Systems • GMAC Financing • And for those missing individually, Youtuber jerry7242 has posted a reel of 30 minutes' worth of Joe Sedelmaier's commercials in four parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (#4 includes an interview with Joe Sedelmaier) Enjoy! (Joe is also J.J. Sedelmaier's dad.)

Hey, kids! Comics!

kimota — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:30:39 -0800

Just imagine! Coming Super-Attractions features vintage DC comics in-house advertisements spanning the decades. Enjoy!

No Coffee for Old Men in Black

Effigy2000 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:59:35 -0800

In a series of sixteen advertisements screened in Japan, Tommy Lee Jones plays extraterrestrial 'Alien Jones', who has taken the form of a man to check on the world of humans, all the while drinking a Japanese brand of coffee named BOSS. I have no idea how Tommy Lee Jones got talked into doing these advertisements, or why. And after watching them for yourself (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), you probably won't either.

Here's an idea: I'll post more than a single youtube post, how's that?

parmanparman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:10:33 -0800

Where creative juices come from. Now that you're in the mood, let's get down to some great new creative stuff! What is likely to be ripped off on College Humor next week! Learn how to interrogate a lemon! Previous creative goodness...

Cinematic Renderings of Broadcast Television

hexatron — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:03:37 -0800

Once upon a time, movies were made that parodied broadcast television, advertisements and all. I knew there weren't many, but really, this was all I could find: The Groove Tube Tunnelvision Kentucky Fried Movie UHF Amazon Women on the Moon (Links are to YouTube trailers of variable quality) They were all made in two short periods: 1975The Groove Tube 1976Tunnelvision 1977Kentucky Fried Movie 1987Amazon Women on the Moon 1989UHF and being composed of short segments, are easily reconstructed from youtube-posted fragments for the careless-of-©. I still remember surprisingly large parts of these. The whole reminisce came from a chance reference to Brown-25. There were some almost-totally-below-the-radar entries (in imdb) supposedly constructed similarly, but who knows?: 1972 (or maybe 1969) Dynamite Chicken 1975 The Boob Tube 1977 The Boob Tube Strikes Again but that seems to be all of them. A big Mad no-prize for any sensible additions to the list. The IMDB discussion of The Groove Tube showed an interesting generational divide--if you are a member of the 1-letter gens (X or Y) you will detest these films. Otherwise, I suppose you will detest genX or genY.

Ad Blast from the Past

Kattullus — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:57:01 -0800

Duke University has three image collections of old U.S. and Canadian advertisements. Ad*Access a database of over 7000 print ads from 1911 to 1956. Emergence of Advertising in America has 9000 images of ads from 1850-1920. Medicine and Madison Avenue has 600 medical ads and documents from 1911 to 1958. You can browse the collections by product, company, subject, year and categories or you can use the search function. Here are some of my favorites: Miss Clairol, They're Both in the Swim Today, Fancy Goods and Toy Bazaar, Sky Blue Pink, SAS Makes Airline History, A Montgomery Ward Hat that Becomes Nearly Every Woman, Radiant Peony and Hitler's Death Warrant.

"There really are no accidents"

orthogonality — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:05:35 -0800

Absolutely horrifying, not for the squeamish, you've been warned Canadian public service announcements. Also, the only slightly less gory German educational film "Forklift driver Klaus". An unaired and disturbingly violent Canadian PSA on domestic violence. Graphically violent Irish PSAs warning against speeding, terrorism and Harry Chapin. A French Canadian worker slowly and gruesomely loses his arm. An Australian PSA featuring a blood-covered baby. Finally, an essay (with linked video examples) by a marketing consultant on "Turn-off Tactics" in public service advertisements.