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11 vintage ads with children we will never, ever see today
It's a good thing we no longer use babies to sell cigarettes, cellophane, sugar and soda.
Milk, it does a body good. So the advertising slogan said in the 1980s. Sugar and smoke, on the other hand? Not so much. Of course, we did not always know that.
In the early 1970s, the Federal Trade Commission began to demand that advertisers back up what they say. You will note that all of these vintage ads date from the 1960s and back. The 1950s especially saw companies get rather cavalier with using little kids in print ads. Well, okay, we stand behind the television one, depending on the channel, obviously.
Let's rewind the clock half a century — and a little further — to see just how far marketing has come.
1. Zippo (1953)
Image: eBay
2. DuPont Health Tan Sun Lamp (1960)
Image: Hubpages
3. 7UP (1955)
Image: The Pocket R.D.
4. Phillip Morris (1956)
Image: Stanford
5. Gillette Safety Razor (1905)
Image: Bored Panda
6. Mattel M-16 Marauder (1967)
Image: fishgame.com
7. DuPont Cellophane (1954)
Image: Daily Mail
8. Trix cereal (1957)
Image: Hubpages
9. Motorola Television (1950)
Image: All That Is Interesting
10. Dextrose (1943)
Image: eBay
11. Marlboro (1950)
Image: Pinterest
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