Vintage Transportation Ads of the 1930s

Apparently in the thirties it was completely acceptable to beat the piss out of your mechanic if he used the wrong grease. I suppose that was the advertising tack for the depression - ‘these slobs need their jobs so bad that you can assault them on a whim, no questions asked!’

Vintage Future Advertisements of the 1970s

Galaxy Whiskey? Tremendous. The best part is the half-ass copy:

You’re probably thinking: “I’ve heard whiskey promises before {note: have I?}. Can Galaxy really be better than what I’m drinking now?”

Could be. But then, you’ll never know until you put it to your taste, will you?

Advertisement for Winston cigarettes from Look magazine, 1962: “It’s What’s Up Front that Counts!”

Ah, Mad Men-era dick jokes…

Charlie Allen Chevron Advertisement (via leifpeng)

While wandering through the intricate Footnotes of Mad Men tumblog, I came across a reference to the illustrator Charlie Allen, and, eventually, to a Flickr set of his work. Fascinating stuff here. Even better - he’s blogging away furiously in his late eighties.