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26 Old-School Ads For Products You Might Recognize

Two vintage ads.

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Published May 20, 2025

Published May 20, 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. There really are not many ad-free spaces left in society. Ads can be found on screens, billboards, in buses, and just about everywhere else. Ads looked a lot different in the past, and some of them were pretty peculiar.

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. The hand-drawn illustrations, outdated sayings, and interesting gimmicks, amongst other aspects, characterize these vintage ads.

It's neat to go back and compare the world of advertising back then to how it is now. Here we have collected 26 ads from many different companies that were probably pretty revolutionary for their time. These ads showcase the lifestyle of the past.

Pizza Hut, 1976

(Source: Reddit)

Kodak disc camera, 1982

(Source: Reddit)

Skor, 1981

(Source: Reddit)

A 1956 cellophane ad

(Source: Reddit)

Packard Bell, 1986

(Source: Reddit)

American Dairy Association, 1970

(Source: Reddit)

Crest for kids, 1989

(Source: Reddit)

1950 Pillsbury ad

(Source: Reddit)

1953 Corn Flakes

(Source: Reddit)

Ads for inns, 1985

(Source: Reddit)

McDonald's hot apple pie, 1968

(Source: Reddit)

Smucker's Magic Shell, 1983

(Source: Reddit)

Kellog's Crispix, 1983

(Source: Reddit)

Corn Bran, 1979

(Source: Reddit)

Woolworth's 100th anniversary, 1979

(Source: Reddit)

Nabisco cocoanut bars and Jell-O pudding, 1953

(Source: Reddit)

Hair pins, 1947

(Source: Reddit)

Simon, 1978

(Source: Reddit)

Lifesavers, 1957

(Source: Reddit)

White Rock sparkling water, 1946

(Source: Reddit)

RCA Victor color TV, 1960

(Source: Reddit)

Snider's chili sauce, 1944

(Source: Reddit)

Morton salt, 1944

(Source: Reddit)

Dole fruit cocktail, 1956

(Source: Reddit)

Welch's grape juice, 1920s

(Source: Reddit)

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