Neatorama » vintage ads http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bill Gates Wall Street Journal Ad http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/10/bill-gates-wall-street-journal-ad/ http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/10/bill-gates-wall-street-journal-ad/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:45:07 +0000 The Dude http://www.neatorama.com/?p=41858

Thought that vintage Steve Jobs TV appearance was a charming reminder of simpler times? Check out his opposite number Bill Gates, posing with a floppy disk in this Wall Street Journal ad.

An endearing, and remarkably prescient, snapshot of the early days of the partnership between computers and print media.

via Advertising Lab

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Two years ago, writer Mark Rayner held a contest in which he invited people to create vintage ads from the 1940s-1960s. Except that these ads would be from future environments depicted in science fiction. Rayner has now held a new contest with the same theme. You can view the winners at the link.

Link via Nerdcore

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Consumerist has a great list article with 10 ads you’d never see today. In it, you’ll learn how the World Trade Centers could have been saved by asbestos, why you should wrap your children in cellophane and why doctors love Camel cigarettes. Hilarity ensues.

Link

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