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Adventures in advertising and marketing - the contemporary, the historical, and the hysterical. http://deanna.dahlsad.com/
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The Academy of Mystic Arts Invites You to: BECOME A "Witch!"

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retrogasm:
“ The Academy of Mystic Arts
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I have no idea why they'd use quotes... Is a "Witch!" is different than a plain old witch? Is he use of quotes like airquotes or something?

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I have no idea why they'd use quotes... Is a "Witch!" is different than a plain old witch? Is he use of quotes like airquotes or something?

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12 Unusual Mid-Century Pageant Queens

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In the mid-20th century, businesses began to see the huge commercial possibilities of holding a contest where pretty girls would compete just for the honor of representing their product or main export.
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See also: http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/tag/pageants/


How corny will your campaign seem later?

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The Way To A Man’s Heart Is Through His Stomach & Other Lessons In Vintage Cookbooks

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This is the cover of The Way To His Heart “A Cookbook with a Personality”, 1941; note the figures on the cover. The five female figures on the cover of...
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One cookbook illustrates so many issues: body image, ageing, racism, marketing & consumerism. Oh, and recipes too ;)

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KITSCH-SLAPPED describe itself as

"SPECIALIZING IN BAD TASTE FROM A (FEMINIST) CHICK’S PERSPECTIVE. POP CULTURE, PAST & PRESENT, IN YER KISSER."

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Elizabeth Taylor with purple cowboy hat at Neiman Marcus store, Dallas

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Elizabeth Taylor with purple cowboy hat at Neiman Marcus store, Dallas

Creator: J. Allen Hansley


Part Of: J. Allen Hansley photographsDate: October 1987

Description: Elizabeth Taylor at Neiman Marcus store, North Park, Dallas. Taylor was promoting her fragrance, Passion. Richard Marcus, right.

Physical Description: 1 negative: safety film, color; 35 mm. 

File: ag2006_0009_05_47_taylor_2926_33_opt.jpg             

Rights: Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

For more information, see: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/u?/tex,318

View Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/tex/

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Perfume tour marketing event.

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Whatjamacallits Wednesday: Tigers In Your Tank Edition

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Back when I was a kid and I didn’t understand intellectual property such as sales & marketing slogans; hence, I never understood why Kellogg’s didn’t just come right out and...
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Vintage Political Trick Or Treat

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The Mondale-Ferraro campaign used the Halloween “Trick Or Treat” theme to get some votes in the bag.

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

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Sex Sells… Swans

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A recent study may have found an increase in ads using sex to sell, but using sex to sell has been around a long long time. Perhaps the study didn’t...
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50: Rough Sketches - LA Times Magazine

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"Noel Petter's concept paintings for 1930s consumer packaging sent a clear message to Depression-era shoppers -- forget your troubles, c'mon get happy"

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Filter, Flavor, Color Too With Glamorous Vanity Fair Cigarettes

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Part of the great marketing movement of making things pink to sell them to women…

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A Slip of a Girl: The Panties Or The Box They Came In?

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Get a load of the name on the vintage panty box!

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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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