Vintage advertising -- found in my mother's basement, flea markets and various corners of the Internet -- dusted off and displayed for your viewing pleasure. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

These old ads are kind of hilarious (in a weird way) and tremendously sad. I thought I understood mid-century sexism until I started looking through these ads. Apparently I was just aware of it, I don't think I'll ever understand it. Related plime. picked by easilydistracted 6 months ago

Nice collection of vintage remedy/medicine adverts that give and insight into how stoned everyone must have been back in the day. picked by Doggylives 6 months ago

Tobacco advertising has got to be one of the most morally questionable industries out there.

It seems these advertisers would stop at nothing to exploit every possible resource - all in name of peddle their wares. A few victims of tobacco advertisements include celebrities, doctors, children, the military, Christmas, nostalgia, cartoon characters, and of course everyone’s favorite - sex. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Glaring racism, violence, murder, misogyny and a lot of smoke.

You just don't see advertising like this that much these days. picked by Doggylives 8 months ago

A group in the UK is collecting funds for a high-profile atheism bus advertising campaign. picked by Boomshank 1 year ago

Advertising is one of the most powerful forces shaping our lives. From the day we are born to the day we die, for every waking hour, we are bombarded with exhortations to buy. Advertising is the enabler of the consumer society, keeping factories open and people employed, and giving everyone a reason to get out of bed in the morning so they can work ever harder for more and more things that they d... read full post picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A new company is looking to sell advertising on the Moon using a new technology called Shadow Shaping that can creates images with robots that carve small ridges in the lunar dust over large areas that capture shadows and shape them to form logos, domains names or memorials.

*please don't let this happen* picked by equinox 4 months ago

A vintage World War II plane crashed in the Atlantic near Fire Island Sunday, killing its sole occupant, a seasoned aviator who was practicing for an upcoming air show, officials said. picked by suebe 8 months ago

vintage monkey cartoons from around the web. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

25 Year old Mark Greenlaw from Biddeford ME has ran crazy auctions since the day he started the all famous weirdebay.com but nothing could prepare him for his newest adventure. The 25 year old has decided to offer a permanent advertising spot on the back of his nick to the highest bidder. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The growth in the tattoo culture has also led to the growing incidence of using tattoos in creative ways in advertising. Here are ten ads that all use tattoos in interesting ways to help sell their products. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

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From 1940s Superman to LooneyToons, a whole load of vintage cartoons to enjoy for free. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

We've come a long way since advertising was so offensively sexist. Right? picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Sadly, what you are about to see is real. picked by tvirus 5 months ago

A Largest Advertising Jobs Search Board With Having Career Opportunities In Advertising, Media, Publishing, Ad Agency, Broadcasting, Graphic Designing, Content And Copy Writing At Advertisingcrossing.com. picked by seogenius 2 years ago

In advertising these days, the brass ring goes to those who can measure everything — how many people see a particular advertisement, when they see it, who they are. All of that is easy on the Internet, and getting easier in television and print. picked by sandossu 1 year ago

No, not female full frontal nudity but various examples from around the world of appropriations and misappropriations of the image of George W Bush in adverts. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

It is funny to look back at the things that entertained, enticed and inspired our culture but a few decades ago. Not only is the style out of date, but the thematic choices made and images used leave us to wonder how on earth these advertisements did not, in fact, damage the company's marketing effort. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

AdSense was a wonderful and effective form of advertising. It pleased the publisher, the advertiser, and the user. However cracks are starting to show in AdSense and that could spell trouble. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago