In honor of Memorial Day. Dell 1st edition 1958. Publication copyright 1955. Click on images to see them larger. In January 1945 t...

Think of this post as a continuation of Valentine's Day. This is a letter from an old scrapbook my friend Bert gave me. It dates from...

This vintage Coca-Cola magazine ad is from a 1940 Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus Magazine and Daily Review . I find it fascinat...

This ad starts off by referencing the work their planes did in helping to build the Alcan Highway (the road that connects the lower 48 to Al...

Another vintage World War II ad from the November 1943 National Geographic . This one, for Pullman Sleeper train cars, sells you a soap oper...

Look at Private Peterson. Look at Private Peterson milk Lulu. Milk Lulu, milk. Private Peterson loves Lulu. Lulu loves Private Peterson. And...

It was easy for a manufacturer of airplanes to run an ad during World War II. They were obviously part of the war effort. This ad is from th...

Is this ad corporate propaganda? I think we can figure out what's going on here without reading the text, but the text does add more col...

Keeping with the theme from yesterday about companies advertising their products during World War II, even if they weren't available to ...

Yesterday I found a November 1943 National Geographic at the flea market. The country was at war and the advertisers were on board. Corpora...

This little book was purchased while on vacation in Oregon many years ago. Found at an antique store where my only other purchase were two o...

If I'm lucky, every other month I get to attend a luncheon with World War II pilots, of which my father is one. There used to be almost ...

This vintage Coca-Cola ad dates from the August 18, 1945 Saturday Evening Pos t back cover. Of course the war in the Pacific was over on...

Let's hear it for the women who came before us who opened the doors even if they were shut again for decades. It was so wonderful to see...