Shocking Vintage Ads That Were Actually Printed

Published on July 3, 2022
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Drummond Sweaters

Imagine what the response would be like today if any ad’s copy read: “Men are better than women! Indoors, women are useful…on a mountain they are something of a drag…” and so on. This ad would likely never be able to be run today, and if somehow it did, the backlash would likely put this company out of business in a matter of days.

Drummond Sweaters

Drummond Sweaters

Parker Brothers

Ouija boards have often been associated with the occult, as many used the board game to try to summon the dead. Whether you believe in it or not, it seems like when the Parker Brothers ran this ad for the game in the 1960s, they were trying to move away from the dark association and have people use the game more like a magic 8 ball rather than a conversation with those beyond.

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Parker Brothers

Parker Brothers