In The Church Started By A Man Who Had Six Wives, Forgiveness Goes Without Saying

Ugly Doggy shows us this example from the "The Real Men and Women of Madison Avenue and Their Impact on American Culture" exhibit at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library.



(Apparently, The Episcopalian Church counts on Americans not to recall that Henry VIII killed two wives -- even after he broke with Catholicism so that he could get a divorce annulment of the marriage to his first wife. To secure such right to annul, he executed along the way. Forgiveness? My definition must be different... Unless Episcopalians are expecting forgiveness for calculated murders and other crimes; which could be a mighty fine religious selling point for some.)

At that post, Ugly Doggy also writes:

But going back to history, I have always sustained that through advertising you can tell a lot about a country's psychology.

In that sense, the same goes for the history of advertising. When seeing ads from the past, is easy to realize how our habits, manners and values have changed. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worst.

But as with our own pictures, where most of the time we couldn't believe we were wearing that or using that hair style, old advertising becomes the photo album of us as a society.

If you want to see some more old ads, check also these ones and this postings as well as these TV commercials.

Sounds a bit like our trips through sex history, ey?

Found via Tom McMahon.