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Outdated Advertising

Outdated Advertising Sexist, Racist, Creepy, and Just Plain Tasteless Ads from a Pre-PC Era

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Publisher's Synopsis

This outrageous collection of inappropriate ads will have you turning the pages and shaking your head in disbelief.
Outdated Advertising: Memories from a Less-than-PC Era takes a look at print advertising from the mid-1850s through the 1980s with an eye toward ads that were notorious for their sexist, racist, politically-incorrect, or other wildly inappropriate content-or for just plain bad taste. Among the dozens of full-color examples, readers will find:

  • a woman being spanked by her husband for not buying the right coffee
  • the story of a mother having to turn her child over to an orphanage because her late husband didn't keep up his life insurance payments
  • Aunt Jemima declaring "Happy days is here!" because of her new pancake recipe
  • doctors promoting particular brands of cigarettes
  • the Michael Jackson Rainbow Brite portable record player with the copy line, "Gifts to keep children singing."

  • Advertising has changed over the decades-that is a major understatement. Despite the nostalgia of such shows as Mad Men, the outrageous images in Outdated Advertising show readers just how far we've come since then.

    Book information

    ISBN: 9781510723801
    Publisher: Skyhorse
    Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
    Pub date:
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 168
    Weight: 718g
    Height: 255mm
    Width: 205mm
    Spine width: 15mm