18 awful vintage ads from the 20th century that show how far we have progressed
This Palmolive ad from the 1920s makes out that appearance is more important than intelligence for women.
In the 1940s, Camel tried to make out that cigarettes are actually good for you.
This Jello ad from the 1920s shows a small black boy serving a white woman at a "plantation."
A Kellogg's ad from the 1930s encourages women to work hard around the house.
In the 1950s, 7-Up encouraged mothers to give their babies the sugary drink.
The Soda Pop Board Of America had an idea similar to 7-Up's.
Marlboro used babies to sell cigarettes in the 1950s.
Here's another example.
Van Heusen mocked at nonwhite people in the 1950s.
Hoover suggested its cleaning devices were the ideal gift for women in the 1960s.
Baby Soft was not worried about sexualizing children in the 1970s.
Old Gold reduced women to cigarette holders in this ad.
NK Fairbank Co. depicted black children as unclean.
Lysol portrayed women as full of "doubt," "ignorance," and "inhibitions."
Jade East showed a shocking ignorance of the importance of consent in this ad.
Warner’s reduced female body shape to fruit in 1967. It says it will help “girls with too much bottom and too little top.”
In 1969, Tab told women to stay away from sugar ... to please men.
Pear's Soap in the early 1900s described teaching cleanliness as the "white man's burden."
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