Terry & The Pirates: Cola Dropouts

From my vintage ad collection: Canada Dry ads from the 1950s and 60s which include canoodling characters, cartoons and colorful kids.

Thrills From The Circus

Vintage comic book-like Camel Cigarettes advertisement from the 1940s. Click to read the narrative and view the illustrations full size.

Help Wanted - Male!

A comical 1940's Colgate Toothpaste ad. Click to enlarge.

She Only Loves My Dog!

A comical 1940s Colgate Toothpaste ad. Click to enlarge.

Sis Says She Just Went Out!

A comical 1940s Colgate Toothpaste Ad. Click to enlarge.

11 Happifyin' Moments With Aunt Jemima

Though she's had a major makeover since these racially-insensitive ads of the 1940s, Aunt Jemima was ALWAYS the one in the know and in control of breakfast: From griddle to gridiron and beyond. Full resolution images of each of these ads are available HERE:http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/sets/72157622012135293/

Lil' Abner, Cream Of Wheat & The Chef

A series of eleven 1940s Cream Of Wheat ads featuring a series of Lil" Abner comic strips by Al Capp and a more classic ad featuring an illustration of the iconic Chef character.

Our Most Popular Novelties

A 1950s Johnson & Smith Novelty & Toy catalog... picked up at one of my favorite used bookstores in New Jersey. Pages and pages of the best, most far-out, unrealistic junk from comic book advertisements of that era in one book.

Rocket Rings, Hypno-Coins, Ant Farms & Snakes

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