A Journey into the Past through vintage magazine ads
Come stroll with me on a journey into the past using vintage magazine ads to bring back memories of your youth.
Old advertising from magazines reminds people of their youth and silly jingles that went along with the products. A simpler time and happy memories of using the products advertised.
Some collectors like to have the old ads to help enhance a collection of items and to help validate the dates that the products were in use. They can even show differences in company logos and slogans used to promote the products.
Crest Toothpaste
A magazine ad from 1958
Look Mom...No cavities! was a popular slogan for Crest Toothpaste back in the 1950's. Norman Rockwell illustrated this ad for Crest in 1958.
Rockwell illustrated a number of advertisements for Crest using All-American looking kids showing Mom the latest report from the dentist.
Barbie and Ken TV Commercial
Walt Disney Movies
Peter Pan
Remember going to the movies on Saturday afternoons? In 1953 Walt Disney released the cartoon version of Peter Pan which was distributed to the theaters by RKO Radio pictures.
The production companies advertised their latest movies heavily in magazines upon their release date. Some were illustrations, some photographs, and some a combination of both.
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Santa Fe Railroad and other Memories
Riding the rails to the west and other memories
Did your family take a vacation on a train to the west? Chances are you traveled on the Santa Fe Railroad and saw the Land of the Pueblos in New Mexico.
This ad and many more railroad ads can be found relatively easy if you do a search for vintage railroad ads.
Find your Mom's favorite shampoo by searching for vintage shampoo ads.
Remember a fun time at the soda shop by looking for vintage soda ads.
How about the car Dad drove the family around in? Or your first car? Vintage ads can be found for just about any car ever made.
Whatever you would like your memory to be you can find a large assortment of old magazine ads by doing a quick search with the topic and the words vintage magazine ad with it.
Vintage Ads in Magazines About Appliances
What did Mom serve...
in her coffee cups?
Could it have been Maxwell House coffee? It was good to the last drop or so the advertising said.
Although, this magazine ad from 1949 says that "Everyone knows the sign of good coffee". The sign being an empty coffee cup.
I love the old Maxwell House coffee ads. They usually had a neat Americana scene to enhance the theme of the advertisement. The ad on the right was illustrated by Stan Ekman showing ladies gathering on a porch to share a cup of coffee together.
Books about Advertising Memorabilia
The Male Mystique: Men's Magazine Ads of the 1960s and '70s
Amazon Price: (as of 12/10/2009) 
Antique & Contemporary Advertising Memorabilia (Antique and Contemporary Advertising Memorabilia)
Amazon Price: $23.96 (as of 12/10/2009)
Beer Advertising Memorabilia
Amazon Price: $27.50 (as of 12/10/2009)
Advertising Thermometers: Identification & Value Guide
Amazon Price: (as of 12/10/2009)
Collectible Soda Pop Memorabilia: Identification & Value Guide
Amazon Price: $21.33 (as of 12/10/2009)
1966 Car Commercial
Advertising in Magazines Suggested What Cereal To Eat
Like Kelloggs Cornflakes.
An Advertisement for Kellogg's Cornflakes Giclee Print
18 in. x 24 in.
Buy at AllPosters.com
Advertisements also told us about treats we could find in our cereal.
Pirates in Cereal Advertisement Giclee Print
32 in. x 24 in.
Buy at AllPosters.com
A few lenses written about Magazine Advertising
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Santa Claus in Advertising
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Through out the decades Santa Claus has been used by many companies to advertise their products. This lens will introduce you to some vintage advertising using illustrations of the Jolly Old Elf. Santa has helped sell everything from Coca-Cola to g...
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Hollywood Celebrities in Vintage Advertising
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During the Golden Age of Hollywood the movie stars were under contract with a particular movie studio and were required to do all sorts of things to help promote the studio and the films they starred in. The top 5 studios during this era were MGM, P...
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Quaker State Vintage Advertising
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Collecting gas and oil memorabilia has become a huge market in the last couple of decades. One rather difficult company to find items for is the old Quaker State advertising. I find that remarkable since the company has been around for about 150 year...
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Decorating a 1950's Style Living Room
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If you love the retro look, and you want to create a living room with period furniture straight from the 1950's you will find this lens helpful in your search. I'll show you actual advertisements from the 1950's era for furniture that w...
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Collecting Santa Fe Railroad Memorabilia
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Collecting Santa Fe Railroad memorabilia can be a fun hobby to get into. First let's find out a little history of the railway system. Originally chartered in 1859 as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the state of Kansas. The first tr...
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- spunkyduckling spunkyduckling Nov 24, 2009 @ 5:40 pm
- I am a collector of a lot of stuff, magazines too. Never occured to me to collect old ads. Thanks for inspiring.
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- mbgphoto mbgphoto Oct 27, 2009 @ 7:13 am
- Love the old ads! This is a very interesting lens! 5* and blessed.
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Jul 21, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
- Back Again Bev & Blessed By Brenda!
(You have me thinking about that box of old magazines I have floating around here...)
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- happynutritionist happynutritionist Jun 19, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
- Oh don't you just love looking through old magazines? I was reading old letters from the 1920's yesterday when the house was quiet and it's almost like you are transported back in time! I've lensrolled you into 4 of my lenses, and added to your list of sites, think I should add that feature to my sites sometime soon...thanks for offering it!
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- Suzie-Shine Suzie-Shine Jun 12, 2009 @ 10:01 am
- That's fascinating to see those ads. Super lens.
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