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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Baby Freak out, Pug Nose Prom Queen, Drudgery-Dodgers and other odd ads from 1940

Advertising from the mid 20th century is one of my favorite topics. It is so easy to take them out of context. Sometimes a little Photoshop is necessary and sometimes they don't need any help at all.
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 I love the baby justified in her freak out at the spooky girl crossed with a phone - clearly a product from the Isle of Dr. Moreau.
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1940 odd advertising
 This buick could be yours in 25 words or less! I like the sample sentences in the yellow box below.
1940 odd advertising
 The rules clearly state: Fancy entries will not count extra, so no carving your bar of soap into a 1940 Buick to impress the judges.
1940 odd advertising
 Her date must have been heavy to do that to her nose! Actually it's that other brand of tissue, you know the ones they use to sand down wood?

1940 odd advertising
1940 odd advertising
 Since when did Pug Nose become a term of endearment? Sounds like the kind of complement that will end the night early, or I could be wrong, it could lead to wedded bliss like in the ad I doctored below:
1940 odd advertising
 This ad is the untouched original, but I am sure you could tell.
1940 odd advertising
This topic was featured in a recent Patch article and contained one more ad:




2 comments:

  1. I would not purchase a 1940 Nash and not even my first car, a 1951 Ford Coupe. The only car that intrigues me is a 1936 Cord. Otherwise, today's cars are the best built yet. Years ago, a heater was an option, that is not the case today.

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  2. Thanks for commenting Lorenzo. Looks like you came here via the Patch article I just published : http://brookfield.patch.com/groups/the-urban-archeologist/p/the-urban-archeologist-would-you-buy-a-nash-if-you-had-the-cash
    I will post the images from that article shortly.

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