Found in Mom's Basement

Old Hollywood celebs selling cigarettes

Found at Retro Ads & Graphics.

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in ad for Robt. Burns Cigarillos (especially ironic headline given that Bogart died of lung cancer):

Spencer Tracy in ad for Lucky Strikes:

Barbara Stanwyck for Chesterfields:

Ann Southern for Lucky Strikes:

Tyrone Power for Camels:

Bing Crosby for Chesterfields:

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnes for Philip Morris:

Click here to see a collection of vintage brides in cigarette ads.

Vintage Memorial Day postcard

Hollywood gossip magazine covers from the 1950s

Found at Charm and Poise.

Kim Novak on July 1956 cover of Modern Screen:

Natalie Wood on January 1957 cover of Movie Stars:

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood on January 1958 cover of Movie Stars:

Pat Boone on August 1958 cover of Movie Stars:

Debbie Reynolds on December 1958 cover of Silver Screen:

Click here to see a vintage cover of Silver Screen featuring Jackie Kennedy and John John.

Vintage ice cream trucks

Find more vintage ice cream trucks at Dark Roasted Blend.

Click here to find a vintage ad with an unusual serving suggestion for ice cream.

Vintage magazine covers from Norway

Found at Maraid Design.

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Gorgeous vintage ads from Christian Dior

 Click here to find a collection of fashion illustrations from 1974.

Jell-O ads from the 1950s

From 1953:

From 1958:

From 1959:

Absolut Nantucket

Absolut vodka ad from 1995.

Click here to find a few more Absolut ads.

Donna Summer on the March 1978 cover of Rolling Stone magazine

Very sorry to hear that she's passed away. Saw her interviewed on TV a few years ago — she was a lovely lady.

Found at Allposters.

Vintage presidential campaign buttons

Richard Nixon:

Jimmy Carter:

Ronald Reagan:

Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro:

George Bush/Dan Quayle:

Click here to find a collection of political campaign bumper stickers.

Donut Queens of old

Donut Queen from 1948:

Donut Queen from 1951:

Found this one on Pinterest, unattributed. If you know where it's from, please let me know.

Another Donut Queen:

One more Donut Queen from the past:

Click here to find the original Dunkin Donuts location.

1974 ad for Infini fragrance from Caron

Click here to see a collection of vintage fragrance ads.

1973 ad for Intimate fragrance from Revlon

Found at Scented Salamander.

Click here to see a 1996 ad for Calvin Klein fragrance.

Fragrance ad from 1926

Ad for Mon Parfum de Bourjois. Found at Scented Salamander.

Click here to see a controversial fragrance ad from 1974.

Vintage ad for Ray-Ban sunglasses

Click here to see another vintage ad for Ray-Ban sunglasses.

Vintage ad: Cool-Ray sunglasses

Click here to see a 1951 ad for sunglasses.

Watch the cat sing the original Meow Mix jingle

Click here to watch the iconic ad with the singing cat.

Click here to see a 1960 ad for cat food.

Vintage gardenias

1953 movie poster for Gardenia Blue. Found at Scented Salamander.

Vintage ad for Jungle Gardenia from Tuvache. Found at Yesterday's Perfume:

1943 ad for Chanel's gardenia hand soap. Found at HPrints:

Click here to find a collection of beach-themed vintage movie posters.

So-creepy-it's-awesome vintage stuff

Creepy vintage postcard. Found at Design Squish:

Vintage ad with creepy clown (there is no other kind of clown, IMHO):

Creepy twin toddlers selling tobacco. Vintage ad found at Community LiveJournal:

Creepy guy in a jumpsuit. Ad found at Hub Pages:

Creepy kid with a gun in his underwear. Vintage ad found at Always the Sea:

Creepy snack-head woman. Vintage ad found at Roadside Pictures:

Creepy air travel ad. Found at kokosbolla:

Click here to see a vintage ad with a very creepy headline.

Snowy owls figurine in 1990 Danbury Mint ad

Click here to find two more vintage ads for collectible figurines.

Royal Doulton china in a 1979 ad

1979 ad for Royal Doulton's Royal Albert bone china.

Click here to find a 1993 ad campaign for Swid Powell china.

Faux Hummel in a 1971 ad

It certainly looks like a Hummel figurine, but nowhere does the copy say it is one. Caveat emptor.

Click here to find a 1989 ad for another collectible.

Little House on the Prairie's Michael Landon in a 1979 ad for Kodak

Click here to see another TV star in a 1978 ad for Kodak.

Robert Young, a.k.a. Marcus Welby, in a 1979 ad for Sanka coffee

Click here to find a colorful 1987 ad for Colombian coffee.

Onetime Catwoman Lee Meriwether in 1980 ad for Campbell's soup

Click here to find a Campbell's soup ad from 1947.