See Vintage Mad Men–Era Ads From 1969
Last night’s season premiere of Mad Men jumped forward to 1969. New York — founded just under a year earlier, in April 1968 — was the hot new title, and its pages were home to significant national ad campaigns as well as a lot of local ones. Some were classics; others … well, let’s just say they are period pieces.
The dossier-style Dewar’s Profile series, then just getting under way, was a huge hit, and stuck around well into the 1990s. It usually featured an up...
The dossier-style Dewar’s Profile series, then just getting under way, was a huge hit, and stuck around well into the 1990s. It usually featured an up-and-coming artist, musician, or other creative person; this time out, the young star was the future Lenny Briscoe, then on Broadway in Promises, Promises.
A wordless classic. Frankly, it could show up in the next issue of New York and wouldn’t look out-of-place.
It’s probably fair to say that nobody will ever again advertise flights to Africa by putting a white guy in a leopard-print loincloth next to a chimp.
...It’s probably fair to say that nobody will ever again advertise flights to Africa by putting a white guy in a leopard-print loincloth next to a chimp.
The typewriter company was known for its chicly designed products; this gorgeous portrait of Pearl Bailey was one in a series of ads that also include...
The typewriter company was known for its chicly designed products; this gorgeous portrait of Pearl Bailey was one in a series of ads that also included Duke Ellington.
That is a very, very large car.
The Marlboro Man remains an icon of American marketing, as does the classic red pack. But here’s something odd: The 100-mm. Marlboro cigarette was cal...
The Marlboro Man remains an icon of American marketing, as does the classic red pack. But here’s something odd: The 100-mm. Marlboro cigarette was called … the Longhorn? Not at all phallic, no.
A little awkward prefeminism for you. Also awkward: The implication that Ms. Alexander was a lot less desirable than her counterpart.
A classy crystal curio from Steuben commemorated the Apollo 8 mission, which had spent the previous Christmas week slingshotting around the back of th...
A classy crystal curio from Steuben commemorated the Apollo 8 mission, which had spent the previous Christmas week slingshotting around the back of the moon.
A real broiled steak sounds nearly unimaginable in coach these days. For entirely different reasons, so do â€a place to keep fragile wig boxes†and “a ...
A real broiled steak sounds nearly unimaginable in coach these days. For entirely different reasons, so do â€a place to keep fragile wig boxes†and “a special compartment to hang furs.â€
Apparently, Estee was the scent to wear if you were a stewardess on a commercial space flight to Jupiter, or an extra on the set of Barbarella.
“These kids, with the hair and the clothes. I don’t know anymore, Edna, I really don’t.â€
A charmer, drawn by Seymour Chwast — then (and still) one of the most respected graphic designers around.
Volvo was shamelessly ripping off the classic Volkwagen campaign created by Doyle Dane Bernbach (“Think Smallâ€) in these years, and here offered a win...
Volvo was shamelessly ripping off the classic Volkwagen campaign created by Doyle Dane Bernbach (“Think Smallâ€) in these years, and here offered a wink to its creators, by stuffing an actual VW into an actual Volvo.
A roll-on tan? Yes: “In medium bronze, deep bronze, and deep deep bronze.â€
A legendary slogan, and a darkly brilliant piece of marketing: It linked an old perception (that smoking was unladylike) to prefeminist thinking, and ...
A legendary slogan, and a darkly brilliant piece of marketing: It linked an old perception (that smoking was unladylike) to prefeminist thinking, and suggested to young women that picking up a cigarette habit was a way of sticking it to the Man.