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Flip through the pages of any modern women’s magazine and you’ll find pages of sensual images promoting both classic and new perfumes and colognes. Perfumery has been a popular and profitable trade for several centuries. Designer scents have been, for many years, in high demand. In the late 1300s, the Hungarians produced a perfume that [...]
This 1960s-era ad for a Whirlpool refrigerator offers up something that never really caught on – using fabrics or wood to decorate the doors. Take a look at this 1967 magazine ad, target toward housewives: Like many ’60s ads, this one is text heavy and targets women in the hope they can influence a major [...]
The Edsel’s Poor Timing, Planning and Execution The Edsel was an automobile that has become synonymous with failure. There are many reasons why the car was such a disaster. Simply put, the Edsel failed because of a combination of planning, marketing and production problems. There were internal changes at Ford that resulted in a lack [...]
At Planet Retro, we are surrounded by all things retro. Ooriginal items and collections decorate our offices. Here’s a Hires Root Beer mug made by Villeroy & Boch in 1907. These mugs would have been used at soda fountains that sold Hires Root Beer. Hires Root Beer was created by a pharmacist, Charles Hires of [...]
Born in 1925, the Jolly Green Giant represents The Minnesota Valley Canning Company. That year, the company introduced to a new variety of pea in Europe. These peas were much larger than the ones grown in America, and were very flavorful. The canning company applied for a trademark for the new pea, which was to [...]
Elsie the Cow was first seen in a series of Borden company medical journal print ads in 1936. She was part of a group of cartoon cows that were advertising the purity of Borden’s milk. Commercial ads were also broadcast on the radio. The spots were so popular that Borden singled out Elsie as its [...]
Poppin’ Fresh! The Pillsbury Doughboy is one of the cutest advertising icons ever invented. Born in 1965, he was created by Rudi Perz, of the Leo Burnett Advertising Agency. Mr. Perz had been sitting in his kitchen and thought that it would be really great if a character made of dough popped out of the [...]
“His Master’s Voice,” featuring Nipper, is one of the longest-running advertising images in history. Painted over one hundred years ago, the portrait, along with Nipper, still represents major record companies today.
The Coca-Cola Company played a major role in the modern image of Santa Claus. Whether you know him as Santa, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas or Kris Kringle, the most common image that comes to mind upon hearing his name is that of a white-haired and bearded, jolly old man clothed in a red suit with [...]
