The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society saw a consumer boom that led to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. The growth of ...

What do ball bearings have to do with the future? Everything, if you believe these ads from the 1950s. New Departure-brand ball bearings ran a number of print ads to position themselves in the minds ...

Advertisements can tell us a lot about an era. The 1950s were a golden age in advertising, and incorporated catchy slogans, long paragraphs of copy, and idealized representations of an American ...

Aug. 17 -- If women have come a long way from housework to the workplace, television ads depicting women have made the journey with them. Looking back, TV commercials from the 1950s and '60s feature ...

Once again, I found some interesting items while actually looking for something else. It is a constant occupational hazard of which I have fallen into many times. This time I was perusing a May 1957 ...

PEORIA — Mark Johnson is opening up his collection of vintage Caterpillar ads again. As he’s done the past two years, Johnson, who retired in 2009 after 37 years at Caterpillar Inc., will showcase ...

Long before choosing who to date by swiping left or right, singles looking for love had to put themselves out there the old-fashioned way: through personal ads in newspapers and magazines. From lonely ...

Crack open a cold one — it's National Beer Day! You'd think modern women would be free to consume whatever alcoholic beverage they choose without worrying about stereotypes, but alas, it's been a love ...

The acclaimed creative director, who is stepping down as CEO of Accenture Song, discusses some of the top projects from his career. In the U.S., far-reaching advertising trends were established in the ...

The Bad Waitress terrorizes customers. She chain smokes cigarettes as she jots down food orders. She penciled Groucho Marx eyebrows above her drooping eyelids and a beauty mark onto her face where a ...