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25 Vintage Ads Featuring Products And Brands From The Past

Two images of vintage ads.
Two images of vintage ads.

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Published April 28, 2025

Published April 28, 2025

Along with everything else, the world of advertising has changed a ton throughout the decades. Advertising is something brands, labels, people, and businesses have done for many years now. The world is covered in advertisements for just about anything and everything, there are not many ad-free spaces left anymore. Ads can be found in magazines, online, on billboards, and on every digital screen people look at. Ads looked different decades ago, though, and so do the products they are advertising.

Back then, there were no digital ads, of course, all ads were seen on paper, in magazines, or up in windows. The ads themselves featured illustrations and images that just scream old-school. Vintage ads can be pointed out pretty quickly. They are all obviously hand-drawn and have a very specific vibe to them. Old ads are quirky, daring, and interesting to see.

It's neat to go back and compare the world of advertising back then to how it is now. Here we have collected 25 ads from many different companies that were probably pretty revolutionary for their time. These ads showcase the lifestyle of the past.

Bill Blass Perfume, 1983

(Source: Reddit)

Lucky Strikes, 1934

(Source: Reddit)

McDonald's, 1977

(Source: Reddit)

Instant Shoe Coloring, 1964

(Source: Reddit)

Electric Banana Stereo, 1972

(Source: Reddit)

Vintage wig ad, 1963

(Source: Reddit)

Small's Chocolate, 1945

(Source: Reddit)

1974 Ford Thunderbird

(Source: Reddit)

Squirrel Brand Butter Chews, 1928

(Source: Reddit)

Clark Gum's Shuffle-Shift Party Kit, 1967

(Source: Reddit)

United Airlines, 1976

(Source: Reddit)

1950s taco ad

(Source: Reddit)

Accent, pure monosodium glutamate, 1952

(Source: Reddit)

1980 Lego ad

(Source: Reddit)

1939 SPCA ad

(Source: Reddit)

Kool-Aid, 1954

(Source: Reddit)

1916 Kellog's ad

(Source: Reddit)

1970s, before they were Totino's pizza rolls

(Source: Reddit)

Dixie Cups, 1969

(Source: Reddit)

The shirt-suit, 1970s

(Source: Reddit)

Don't spread disease… 1950s

(Source: Reddit)

Daihatsu Hijet, 1996

(Source: Reddit)

Hydrox cookies, 1954

(Source: Reddit)

Sears, 1934

(Source: Reddit)

Life Savers, 1958

(Source: Reddit)

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