6 Jan 2010 10 am eastern

Ad Heaven

You've come a long, way, baby

Gender advertisements of the 1970s are but one category and decade among hundreds available to blow your mind at the Vintage Ad Browser. You can even search by color, which works remarkably well. Artifact-heavy low-res JPGs on the site link to higher-quality versions on third-party sites. All images are shown under fair use.

Filed under: Advertising, Design

10 Responses to “Ad Heaven”

  1. Ad Heaven | Web Developer said on 6 January 2010 at 11:14 am:

    [...] Gender advertisements of the 1970s are but one category and decade among hundreds available to blow your mind at the Vintage Ad Browser. You can even search by color, which works remarkably well. Artifact-heavy low-res JPGs on the site link to higher-quality versions on third-party sites. [...] Read the full article at the source. [...]

  2. Luke Lux said on 6 January 2010 at 12:02 pm:

    It’s a great post, so inspirational.
    Thanks to share it!

  3. Vintage Gender Advertisements of the 1970s A... - Success is Not an Option said on 6 January 2010 at 2:44 pm:

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  4. Pete said on 6 January 2010 at 6:15 pm:

    Excellent!

    Thanks for sharing this; I’m on a bit of an retro ad binge at the moment.

  5. Ford Kopolaski said on 7 January 2010 at 6:30 am:

    i quite like the thin border surrounding your webpage. Good work! Keep up posting wonderful thin borders.

  6. Here Is The Thing said on 7 January 2010 at 10:17 am:

    [...] A bloody gold mine, this site. Found at Zeldman’s place. [...]

  7. Evan Skuthorpe said on 7 January 2010 at 10:45 am:

    Love the old attitudes… blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere. Brilliant.

  8. Josh Stodola said on 7 January 2010 at 5:30 pm:

    Some of these are fantastic, but this one is just ridiculous!

    Come out of the closet with Gay Bob, the world’s first gay doll for everyone!

  9. Web Design Philippines said on 11 January 2010 at 11:49 pm:

    really vintage, what a nice inspiration!

  10. Web design Cheltenham said on 18 January 2010 at 6:04 pm:

    Very cool, thanks for sharing – it’s always good to take a retro look sometimes, especially when you get designers block, it can really help the juices going again, ya can’t beat a touch of old school typography!

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