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Adventures in advertising and marketing - the contemporary, the historical, and the hysterical. http://deanna.dahlsad.com/
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Man in the Moon: How Mac Tonight Became the Burger King

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He sold a record number of Big Macs. Crowds mobbed him. So why did McDonald's have to retire his satin jacket early?
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One story I did not know!

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The History of Advertising in 60 Seconds - YouTube

The video above provides a 60-second, bird's-eye view of the evolution of the advertising industry, from ad agencies to brand-building to soap operas to bran...

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This is a pretty cleaned up version of where advertising came from (aka, no cleavage). 

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Ah, The Chick’s An Old Battle Ax

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The “new woman” rode bicycles — and she smoked and likely even chewed tobaccie. So it makes sense that folks would advertise tobacco directly to her. In this antique tobacco...
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History in advertising

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The Smell Of Fear (Or Something Stinks In Vintage Film Ad)

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From the Corpus Christi Times , March 29, 1957, comes this frightful ad featuring scary movies boldly warning things such as “Do not judge by anything seen before!” and “Girls!...
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This 1994 Ikea Ad Was TV's First-Ever Ad With a Gay Couple

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Never one to shy away from a scandal, controversy or unorthodox marketing scheme, in 1994, Ikea aired a commercial featuring two men shopping for a dining room table, the first...

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Think Pink: Collecting Vintage Marketing Materials Which Pander To Women | Collectors' Blog

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7 Pieces of “Damn Good” Creative Advice From '60s Ad Man George Lois

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George Lois -"the real-life ad man who emerged in the '60s to create a storied body of branding and magazine work. Lois conjured the "I want my MTV" slogan, invented the Lean Cuisine concept and, as the well-worn story goes, believed in his concepts so fervently that he once threatened to jump off a third-floor window ledge when executives rejected his matzo cracker campaign."


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A Cultural History of Advertising: Soap, Sex & Cigarettes

A video introduction to a cultural history of advertising. A college general education elective.

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An opinionated woman obsessed with objects, entertained by ephemera, intrigued by researching, fascinated by culture & addicted to writing. The wind says my name; doesn't put an @ in front of it, so maybe you don't notice. http://www.kitsch-slapped.com
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