What you'll find here:

This blog is a collection of vintage advertisements, posted Monday through Friday. All ads are scans from magazines in my collection (or those of my friends), so I claim no copyright over them. Remember, these ads are from bygone eras: don't get upset if you see something you don't like, nor excited if you see something you do.

If you particularly like an ad and want a hi-res copy for yourself, email or message me and I can send you one.

Friday, January 30, 2015

VW Beetle

Playboy Sept. 1966
VW is just adorable.  I don't know why, but these ads always get me.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

h.i.s Nonconformity

Playboy Sept. 1966
h.i.s was apparently way before of it's time.  Wearing nice clothes as a statement against mainstream nonconformity.  "I've been wearing slacks after it was cool, man..."

Friday, January 9, 2015

Contac Cold Medecine

Playboy Oct. 1968
No idea who Gordon is, but I've got a cold so I decided this Contac ad was topical.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Zenith Stereos, Midcentury Modern

Playboy Nov. 67
Please click to see this bigger.  I'm digging on the fantastic mid-century modern style of those speakers.  Not sure how well it really disperses sound, though.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Happy New Year from HAI Karate

Playboy Nov. 1967
Funny how some themes resurface.  This ad for cologne and aftershave features a guy whose wife mercilessly assaults him with affection when she smells him.  Sounds a bit like those Axe commercials a few years back, doesn't it?