Mad Men

May 13, 2010 21:55



Time Suck of the week!

Duke University Libraries has an online archive with thousands of vintage teevee ads produced by ad agency Benton & Bowles in the 1950's-1980's. The search function is retarded and the iTunes interface is a bit clunky, but prepare to waste a lot of time scratching your childhood nostalgia itch. (I got 8 of 10 correct on the Ad Knowledge quiz!)

Here are suggestive screen grabs from three of the ads. Can you identify the products? (Yes, one of them is G.I. Joe, but can you identify the specific brand of G.I. Joe? And no, it's not Castro Street Clone Joe…)











Found at cartoonbrew.com

vintage ads, teevee

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