Retro ads 70s

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Carnation Evaporated Milk & Coffee Magazine Advertisement Ad February 1970 Vintage Retro

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These models were as serious as cancer.

1962 Magazine Advertisement "Hold the future in your hand" Sony USA

70s ad

A look back at the worst men's magazine ads from the '60s and '70s, showcasing outdated marketing tactics.

1972 advertisement for the Weyenberg Massagic shoe. The ad suggests that women will fall to the ground naked as a response to the shoe, while further insisting that this is a woman's place - to be lying at a man's feet. The ad was reprinted in the "No Comment" section of Ms. magazine in December 1974. Weyenberg shoes of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin | 2023-06-04

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Fifty years ago, the way women and mothers were portrayed by the male-dominated media was a bit absurd and a lot sexist. So if you find a certain joy in getting angry at offensive things out of your control, take a look at the next eight vintage advertisements that get so many aspects of women’s lives—especially motherhood—so wrong.