Zing! Classic Advertising Photography, Circa 1962
Inspired by the TV show Mad Men, which takes place at an early-1960s ad agency, we recently picked up a stack of old magazines from 1962. Here we present some of the advertisements we found. We scanned and color-corrected the ads to remove the yellowing effects of old paper. The names of the photographers who shot these ad campaigns are lost to history, but their work lives on in our gallery. (14 more images follow.)
Tags: Vintage ads
April 20th, 2009 at 12:36 pm EEDT
for me the interesting thing was not the images but the brands that have fallen by the wayside.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm EEDT
Looks a lot better then today’s digital. Wonder why?
April 20th, 2009 at 6:49 pm EEDT
I was born in 1962 so this is especially interesting to me. It’s also interesting that when I was growing up, a person in their 20′s was so much more mature than today’s 20 somethings.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pm EEDT
The guy in the right hand photo of the Lucky Strike ad is the same guy on the left, only one year later.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 pm EEDT
Love this change of pace for Photo of the Day. Thanks!
April 25th, 2009 at 11:47 pm EEDT
Those pick your own meals look perfectly awful. Especially the spaghetti – yuuuuck.
April 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm EEDT
the ads are wow. very strategic and simple. these worked! i admire them.
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April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 am EEDT
Love the simplicity of these ads. Very inspiring for modern work.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:40 am EEDT
Thanks for sharing these. I thought it interesting to see not only the change in approach to advertising… but the how the brands have changed/disappeared etc.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:09 am EEDT
I’m solo inspired by these! I love old ad photography… So cool.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:23 pm EEDT
I think the classic car ads are my favorite, though the cola/pop ads are always amusing
November 19th, 2009 at 9:11 pm EEDT
Thanks for putting these up. Volkswagen ad is very timeless, I could see them using something similar today.
December 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am EEDT
Thanks! i needed to write a newsletter in the 1962′s and this was perfect!
December 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm EEDT
a “bedside phone” how extravagant!
November 16th, 2011 at 12:10 am EEDT
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