Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selection of 1950s ads. The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society ...

The best adverts of the 1950s paved the way for today's adverts, and there's plenty to learn from these vintage ads. We've ...

Mid-century cigarette ads did more than sell tobacco. They sold emotional safety through white coats, calm language, and the suggestion that modern medicine had already weighed the risks. For many ...