Brillo Tells Your Fortune

Of all the household products we could trust to help us divine our fate, I think we would all have to agree that the first choice would surely be BRILLO. This Depression-era booklet spells out how a simple deck of cards can predict your future, which surely includes lots of time spent admiring your image in pots glowing with that high-gloss BRILLO shine.

In the half-awake state that I found this article, I read the line in the ad below as "no biting alkies" and immediately had this image of 1930s era women forced to hire cranky alcoholic hoboes to do the heavy scrubbing of their pots -- before Brillo came along to save the day. I believe I'll go make more coffee now.

Ride the Flying Horse

Get a handful of quarters and take a ride.....


Found at Dinosaurs and Robots by Spike Priggin.

I Want Candy

Delightful images from a 1949 NWCA CANDY SALESMAN BOOK









Found at: everlasting blort

My mouth is so dry ...

Cereal plus LSD equals 1974...

Tentacled, fruit-wearing hallucinations hawking sugar-coated, prize-laden, super-nutritious goodness.

The Trousers With the Grip-U Freedom Waist.

[Via Vivat Vintage.]

Mmmm, jugs ... jugs of beer.

It's Colossal!

Times are tough all over, and PCL is compelled to accept regular advertisers to be able to meet its giant payroll and liquor bill at PCL Central. So we are proud to welcome Hillbilly Bread as our new sponsor! I have learned to love the Hillbilly Bread vest that I am now required to wear publicly, despite my preternatural loathing of the color yellow. We recommend you eat 4 loaves a day!

Phillip Morris in SPAAAAACE!

80's training film from Phillip Morris.

Originally posted here: http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_dwp23e00

Ladies! Face your household duties with a smile!

Patsy Kelly in "There Goes My Heart".

Uploaded by mrdantefontana666

Japanese Clothing Ad - YeYe

1970s Advertising Dolls

Before Google AdSense

Motorized window at Modern Mechanix.

Tough guys prefer friendly fags

Lee Marvin during a break in M Squad.

Uploaded by mrdantefontana666

The Klutzy Call-Girl

The klutzy Call-Girl via Farbror Sid's entry Hanging on the Telephone… 15.

Gumball Cards

My jaw hurts just looking at these wonders.
and everything else too presents this assortment of memories.

Ghost Signs.

The History of Advertising Trust has a nifty collection of ghost signs -- hand-painted billboards on the sides of buildings, mainly located in the U.K., and most of which are slowly fading into yesteryear.

Up There

An interesting little mini-doc about the fading art of hand painted advertising. Found at Unique Daily.

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

"You sure are popular since you put on that curvy weight"

Vintage Ads brings us another Wate-On ad. (via Martin Klasch)

Update: This image was originally scanned and posted by Gilligan at Retrospace. Check it out at his wonderful Tired of being skinny? -post!

Fiesta Dress

"Gosh, Mother,Just imagine! My first imported dress and it only costs $5.98. Isn't that simply super........."

The clever, miniature sombrero is the key to the deal.



Gone and Forgotten has the details.