Showing posts with label 1939. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1939. Show all posts

Thursday, December 30, 2010

New Year's resolution

Things were different in 1939. Back then, a New Year's resolution was to smoke a specific brand of cigarettes, not to quit smoking altogether.


"New Year's", 1939

Think of all those resolutions that would end up in your death!

Happy 2011 from the Mad Ad Men team, and we will see you next year.

Friday, September 3, 2010

The warning signal

More clever and modern gadgets in our retro-future catalogue: the Reverse Warning Signal.

Clearly an invention before its time -back then in 1939, there was someone who thought about the danger of vehicles reversing on unsuspecting pedestrians. Surely such an useful gadget should have been of mandatory use many years ago.

But it wasn't until recently, and many people have been killed or maimed in the meantime.


"Warning signal", 1939
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