Comments | vintage_ads: Contest Entry - Pontiac Silver Streak, 1935

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Contest Entry - Pontiac Silver Streak, 1935

Oct 02, 2011 15:41

Last one, I swear - although I have a few more. I love car adverts.

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1935, cars, gm, contest entry, pontiac, autos, 1930s

Comments 4

Yes ejia_arath03 October 3 2011, 00:20:46 UTC

Oh, now that is cool. Well, maybe not the fact that it makes all women seem like cheapskates, but that it markets it directly to women.

Re: Yes pikkewyntjie October 3 2011, 13:16:35 UTC

I didn't get the impression of cheapskate at all. Budget-conscious, yes. Gender inequity in income was much worse then and if you were a single mother who was not also a wealthy widow, you were definitely screwed!

Re: Yes murakozi October 3 2011, 16:47:11 UTC

"Mummy. Can't I ride inside the car now?"

"No. You'll just get dirt on the seats. Have you any idea how much it costs to have them cleaned?"

Yes pikkewyntjie October 3 2011, 13:09:53 UTC

I like that it's marketed at women and possibly single women or even single mothers. If they're addressing women as "the guardians of the family income," at that time it pretty much presumed that a man was not in the picture.

If you got more ads, keep 'em coming!