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“That’s hot.”

“That’s hot.” — Paris Hilton, forgetting to use her oven mitts again

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This entry was posted in branding, product! and tagged advertising, brand name, branding, brands, cookware, marketing, paris hilton on January 23, 2024 by Clayton Hove.

A fine piece of Gossage.

— a 60s-era Fina petrol ad written by Howard Luck Gossage

“If you’re driving down the road and you see a Fina station and it’s on your side so you don’t have to make a U-turn through traffic and there aren’t six cars waiting and you need gas or something please stop in.”

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged advertising, branding, brands, copywriting, creativity, fina, gossage, headlines, marketing, pink, vintage on November 3, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

Sing us a song, you’re the honky tonk harpsichord man.

1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos

1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos

“Suspiciously similar to the Selmer-Armon in having sliders for the 3 equally dismal sounds.”

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged accordion, ad, ads, advertisement, advertising, branding, brands, cordovox, electronic piano, history, marketing, music, musician, organ, piano, piano man, pizza, seventies, vintage, vintage ads on May 26, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

Always remember to budget some time for creative research.

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This entry was posted in memes and tagged advertising, bass, bass guitar, bass player, branding, brands, design, guitar solo, illustration, marketing, meme, memes, old spice, packaging, user experience, ux on May 12, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

(BONK) I coulda had a V-8!

1960 magazine ad for V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juices

1960 magazine ad for V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juices

The eight vegetables in V-8 are beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach and tomato. And yes, I know tomatoes are botanically fruit.

Here. Have a history timeline of V-8!

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged ads, advertisement, advertising, beverages, branding, brands, campbell soup company, cocktail, drinks, history, juice, juices, marketing, v8, vegetable, vegetable juice, vegetables, vintage, vintage ads on April 19, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

Take off, eh!

Magazine ad for Pratt & Whitney found in the December 1937 issue of Aero Digest

Magazine ad for Pratt & Whitney found in the December 1937 issue of Aero Digest.

Pratt & Whitney, the early years.

Da plane! Da plane!
Da Lockheed Super Electra 14H2

A bit about Trans-Canada Airlines, a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Company.

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged ads, advertisement, advertising, airlines, airplanes, aviation, branding, brands, canada, canadian, engines, history, horse, lockheed, marketing, mountie, tca, vintage ad on April 10, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

“It’s just the flu.”

1905 ad for Horsford's Acid Phosphate — 1905 ad for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Let’s go back to calling influenza “the grippe”.

Did you know acid phosphate was one of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola and essential at soda fountains?

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged acid phosphate, advertisement, advertising, antique, flu, grippe, health, healthcare, influenza, marketing, medicine, soda, soda fountains, sour, tonic, vintage, vintage ads on March 21, 2023 by Clayton Hove.

Alas, I was born too late.

1967 magazine ad for General Mills Bugles, Daisy•s and Whistles... and Canada Dry Ginger Ale sorta. — 1967 magazine ad for General Mills Bugles, Daisy•s and Whistles… and Canada Dry Ginger Ale sorta.

Bugles are still around, but I totally missed out their snack siblings — “Whistles – a cheddar-flavored corn product in the shape of a whistle and taste like grilled cheese on toast, only crunchy; and Daisy*s – a flower-shaped snack that had the flavor of puffed popovers.”

Dang it

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged ad, ads, advertisement, advertising, branding, brands, bugles, canada dry, daisys, food, general mills, ginger ale, history, marketing, snack, snacks, vintage, vintage ad, vintage ads, whistles on November 1, 2022 by Clayton Hove.

It’s not a party until you blow a few fuses.

Guide to Gracious Entertaining (General Electric) 1963

Cover of General Electric’s Guide to Gracious Entertaining, 1963

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This entry was posted in cookbooks and tagged antique, branding, brands, cookbook, cookbooks, cooking, entertaining, ge, general electric, marketing, parties, party, vintage on September 29, 2022 by Clayton Hove.

Beep beep! It’s a ‘Jeep’.

Print ad for the WIllys-Overland 'Jeep' Station Wagon found in the January, 1947 issue of Holiday magazine. — Print ad for the WIllys-Overland ‘Jeep’ Station Wagon found in the January, 1947 issue of Holiday magazine.

The 1946 Willys Jeep station wagon was the first 2-door station wagon.

This was just seven years after the first Jeep prototype (“Quad”) was delivered to the US Army. It was designed in just 75 days.

The History of the Station Wagon

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This entry was posted in vintage ads and tagged advertising, antique, automobiles, autos, branding, brands, cars, history, jeep, magazine ad, marketing, print ad, station wagons, vehicles, vintage, vintage ad, willys, willys-overland on September 14, 2022 by Clayton Hove.

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