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Email forwards - use at your own risk. Most of the forwards I get are urban myths from my aunt saying Starbucks hates the troops or toliet paper causes cancer. Every once in a while, there's a rare gem worth telling other people about. Adam McKay forwarded these to me - 9 Amazing Ads from the 30s. These are real. And they're so awesome, they're worth telling you about.

Which one is your favorite? I like "Eat eat eat and always stay thin. How? with sanitized tape worms!"


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needsitsobad
needsitsobad

YUMMMMMMMMM TAPE WORM ..ITS WHAT FOR DINNER

(posted 1 days ago)

 
needsitsobad
needsitsobad

HO TO BE PASSED AROUND FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND LIKE A WELL SMOKED FAG….GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES

HO TO BE PASSED AROUND FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND LIKE A WELL SMOKED FAG….GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES

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(posted 1 days ago)

 
needsitsobad
needsitsobad

LOL JRGhaddar

(posted 1 days ago)

 
JRGhaddar
JRGhaddar

Nice I’ve seen most of these, but you are missing my favorite…behold!

http://www.eatliver.com/vintage-ads/18.jpg

Makes a different and useful gift!
Ward got one for his wife June!
Not recommended for children as Beaver didn’t enjoy it’s tuna fish flavor.

(posted about 8 days ago)

 
perc
perc

I totally get why Jim Nabors is on the fag ad, but why is Bob Newhart there? Oh no.. not him and Tom Poston. So Tom’s marriage to Suzanne Pleshette was a total cover up? Oh wait! Maybe Bob hooked up with Larry, Darryl or Darryl. ewwwww NO! I always suspected Susanne Pleshette (Emily) and Carol, Bob’s perky secretary, so maybe it was a group thing. Yeah, it ... more >

I totally get why Jim Nabors is on the fag ad, but why is Bob Newhart there? Oh no.. not him and Tom Poston. So Tom’s marriage to Suzanne Pleshette was a total cover up? Oh wait! Maybe Bob hooked up with Larry, Darryl or Darryl. ewwwww NO! I always suspected Susanne Pleshette (Emily) and Carol, Bob’s perky secretary, so maybe it was a group thing. Yeah, it was those two, Bob and the airline pilot, man-child next door neighbor Howard. Ellen’s fake gay wedding and now this. I’m stupified. I need to watch me a Carl Maulden movie.

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(posted about 10 days ago)

 
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Vizreader
Vizreader

Both “Have a fag” and ”...Lard” are parodies from a British adult comic called Viz (www.viz.co.uk)

(posted about 20 days ago)

 
GabrielleBirchak
GabrielleBir...

I STILL use Lysol for feminine hygiene! That’s why MY vagina smalls like Crisp Linens! For those special nights out on the town, I use the All-Purpose Cleaner with 3-in-1 action … Lemon Scent!

(posted about 29 days ago)

 
MaxDad
MaxDad

As has already been said, the Tipalet ad is from the ‘70s. The Schlitz beer ad is from the ‘60s. The Camel cigarette ad is from the ‘50s, as is the Chesterfield ad. The “Lysol for feminine hygiene” ad is real, believe it or not, and it is from the ‘30s. The “Have a Fag” ad is from the UK, and would have made a lot more sense there in the ‘30s than in the U... more >

As has already been said, the Tipalet ad is from the ‘70s. The Schlitz beer ad is from the ‘60s. The Camel cigarette ad is from the ‘50s, as is the Chesterfield ad. The “Lysol for feminine hygiene” ad is real, believe it or not, and it is from the ‘30s. The “Have a Fag” ad is from the UK, and would have made a lot more sense there in the ‘30s than in the US, due to British slang use of the word “fag”. The “santized tape worms” ad is from the era prior to the Pure Food and Drug Act, which means that it probably dates from sometime in the late 19th Century or the very early 20th Century. As was said, the “lard” ad is a parody from a later date. All are funny, but I can’t figure out why someone believed that these all date from the 1930s, as the graphic style of most of the ads is very much unlike the graphic style of that decade.

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(posted about 1 months ago)

 
LordHAlmighty
LordHAlmighty

Isn’t smoking fags illegal in most states? ... not that there’s anything wrong with it, but my… how far we’ve come…

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
phukuhp
phukuhp

THESE ARE GREAT…THANX FOR SHAREING

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
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ajl
ajl

cool

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
remster
remster

Very Funny. I think everyone still easts lard though. Just go to a fast food outlet.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
hroush1
hroush1

The Tipalet ad is from the 60s

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
FrostBites
FrostBites

I love all the blatant misogyny in these ads: “blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere,” “she may be EVERYONE’S pal.” I guess chicks used to be a lot sluttier and more gullible back then.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
vamsilly
vamsilly

The tipalet post is from the 70s

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
Ecrivaine33
Ecrivaine33

Not sure I believe the Lysol douche one. That cannot be real whatsoever.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
tesenior
tesenior

The lard one is a spoof from Viz magazine from about 1992.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
eweezy
eweezy

My mind wandered in the same direction as vijayind. Will our current fads turn out to be as ridiculous to future generations as these are to us?

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
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vandamonium
vandamonium

I love the first one.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
lalmeida
lalmeida

mmmm…lard.. i mean ..donuts…

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
jmans
jmans

this made me laugh

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
CarlSpackler
CarlSpackler

blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere- that’s how my grandma met grandpa

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
Amy4Birds
Amy4Birds

Who could pick just one? Thanks for sharing!

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
NoelleD
NoelleD

The lard promotion is hard to pass up.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
easilydissolved
easilydissolved

Hmmm…I think Sen. Larry Craig got in trouble for looking for fags.

He was looking for a cigarette ina non-smoking area, right?

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
Noun
Noun

What a glorious time to live! When women poured Lysol in their vaginas as men blew cigarette smoke into their eager faces. When your doctor would light up as he told you to “go eat some tapeworms and lard”.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
ZYBLMNL
ZYBLMNL

Now I’m craving deep fried beer batter fish sprinkled with lemon juice and a smoke.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
twonicus
twonicus

i love that santa is a cherterfields man…and i try and have as many fags a day as i can because they’re right, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, can’t waste my chances now…

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
comedygold
comedygold

I am happy… because I eat lard.

(posted about 1 months ago)

 
vijayind
vijayind

Now thats some food for thought …..

Can guess, what people in 2080 will think of today’s ads ??

(posted about 1 months ago)