Back in the day, when a girl wanted to tone up, she hit the machines — but instead of ergonomic, low-impact…
We're really liking Carol Cameron's know-it-all 1930 beauty/fitness/personality/vaseline/golf/everything advice…
"Gene was just a normal married man, till he took a job as a model for – of all things – women's fashions. Then the…
We'd love these 30s ads for the gorgeous artwork alone, but the weird copy makes them truly fascinating.
What, just two bachelors in their pajamas, riding around on an extremely phallic log with faceless centaurs in the…
Yowza. Just saying. The Smoking Gun knows what we like.
One-Eyed Willie! Young Josh Brolin! Truffle shuffle! I smell ice cream! The 25th anniversary DVD edition of The…
This bit of advice is aimed at 1940s moms, but sewing lace on boys' boxers would probably help combat today's saggy…
The best thing about these inflatable bras? You look so sexy and coy blowing them up mid-date whenever they deflate!…
When it comes to this compendium of offensive vintage ads, it's hard to choose the most appalling. But we like how…
Life.com just put up a never-seen before, unpublished Hells Angels gallery. And while the images (from 1965) of the…
That's the message behind this 1954 ad for Trushay hand softener. Annie's hands are so bad, the dog is giving her…
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What do you get when you cross Betty Draper with Lady Gaga? Whatever it is that Hoover Mom over here is wearing,…
Vintage Ads is currently running a "creepy kids in ads" contest, and, well, I'm going to have to vote for Creepy…
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