Found in Mom's Basement

Photos from 1989 catalog featuring France's current First Lady, Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni models lingerie in a 1989 edition of the British mail order catalog Next Directory.

Found at Huffington Post.

1969 ad for World Carpets

1966 commercial photo of home decor

1943 ad for balsam-wool insulation

A valiant attempt to sell prunes to kids in 1958

It's okay, Jimmy. We still like you. We just think your mom is a jerk for serving prunes instead of cake and ice cream.

1959 ad for Hawaiian Punch with great illustration and design

1958 ad for saltines and chipped beef

What a mean thing to do to a cracker.

1979 ad for Kanon men's cologne

1966 ad for Pub men's fragrance

Mmmm. Pub. The aroma of spilled beer and stale ashtrays. I feel horny already.

1992 ad for Lady Stetson fragrance

1966 ad for Tigress fragrance

Three liquor ads from the 1960s

From 1966:

Also from 1966:

From 1969:

Ad for 1979 film, The Rose

Ad for 1968 erotic film, Therese and Isabelle

Vintage TV spots featuring Farrah Fawcett

So sad about Farrah Fawcett passing away.

She was in a lot of TV commercials in the 1970s -- quite a few even before she found fame as an actress.

Here are links to some of those commercials:

Noxema shaving cream with Joe Namath

Noxema shaving cream and "great balls of comfort"

Ultra Brite toothpaste

Head & Shoulders shampoo with Penny Marshall

Mercury Cougar automobiles

Lady Schick Speed Styler hair dryer with cameo by Angela Cartwright

Farrah Fawcett sold 12 million copies of her famous swimsuit poster. And started a craze for maillots.

1979 ad for Ronson cigarette lighters

1974 ad for Twist lemon menthol cigarettes

Two 1993 cigarette ads targeting women

Two vintage Kent cigarette ads

From 1958:

From 1974:

1964 Playboy magazine insert: Southern Comfort's Barmate

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Cigarette lighter ads from 1964

Men's fashion ads from the disco era

All three of these ads are from 1979.

Sorry I've been AWOL

My modem died. It took a couple of days to arrange for my favorite geek to remedy the situation, so I couldn't get back online until now.

-- Paula

Happy Father's Day from the Naugahyde monster

Found at Sell! Sell!.

Vintage tobacco ads: Father's Day

These vintage tobacco-related ads and many others can be found at Stanford School of Medicine.