Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selection of 1950s ads. The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society ...

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 ...

A new photo series is going viral this month for calling out sexism in 1950s advertising—and in America in general. Featured Video Visual artist and photographer Eli Rezkallah's gallery "In a Parallel ...

In 1959, Volkswagen used two words -- "Think small" -- to advertise its Beetle. That simple print ad by Doyle, Dane, Bernbach of New York sent shock waves throughout the bland, cookie-cutter world of ...

Mid-century cigarette ads did more than sell tobacco. They sold emotional safety through white coats, calm language, and the suggestion that modern medicine had already weighed the risks. For many ...