All posts tagged vintage ads

Retro Halloween Ads: Dubble Bubble Gum, 1953

Retro Halloween Ads: Hunt’s Catsup, 1967

Retro Halloween Ads: Budweiser, 1960

Retro Halloween Ads: Coca-Cola, 1926

Retro Halloween Ads: Baby Ruth/Butterfinger, 1956

A perfect Halloween ad. Period. No… exclamation point! FUN FACT: In the 1920′s, parent brand Curtiss Candy Company dropped Baby Ruths and Butterfingers out of airplanes across the country to increase popularity. (Source: Wikipedia)

Retro Halloween Ads: Milky Way, 1954

Ahhh, simpler times. When Halloween candy came in boxes and you could get away with horrible headlines.

Retro Halloween Ads: Old Gold Cigarettes, 1950

As brands like Camel and Lucky Strike began using doctor endorsements in their ads,  Old Gold decided to go a different route. Their main message was “Always a Treat Instead of a Treatment”. The premise was that they offered a better cigarette that was mellower and easier on the throat, and no medical claim by [...]

Retro Halloween Ads: Edison Phonograph, 1901

You may wonder what phonographs and Halloween have to do with one another. But back in 1901, it was actually the perfect pairing. The turn of the century marked a new approach to Halloween in America that had not existed before. People would use Halloween as an opportunity to have community gatherings and parties, diluting [...]

Retro Halloween Ads: Texaco, 1951

How do you connect jack-o-lanterns with anti-freeze? Ear muffs, naturally.

Retro Ad of the Week: Albany Life, 1983

Life insurance is boring. It’s a serious topic, but it’s also important. And insurance companies have struggled for years with ways to grab our attention. While some brands have taken a warm, lighthearted approach to advertising to humanize their brand – take MetLife’s famous Peanuts campaign as an example – other brands have taken a [...]