Barbasol, 1937
About
here at dandy vintage ads, smoking is good for you, every meal is encased in jello, and sex doesn't sell, but racism does.
decades
❥ 1900s ❥ 1910s ❥ 1920s ❥ 1930s ❥ 1940s ❥ 1950s ❥ 1960s ❥ 1970s ❥ 1980s
themes
➻ did anyone actually buy this?
➻ not so much these days
➻ i have a feeling this is gonna take off
➻ celebrities in ads
➻ making women feel inadequate
➻ making men feel inadequate
➻ blatant racism
➻ gay subtext
➻ the other meaning of gay
➻ unrealistic moral standard
➻ what's wrong with being sexy
➻ propaganda
➻ patriotic
➻ groovy
➻ crazy artwork
➻ quack medical claims
➻ cutting edge technology
