Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Week 6 EOC: Vintage Advertisements



Crest was introduced in 1955  and was first marked at Fluoristan. Fluoristan is the substance that makes up fluoride used to fluoridate toothpaste and other dental preparations (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Fluoristan). The advertisement for Crest toothpaste is:  

 
















Dermasil is a moisturizer found in Lux dishwashing soap. It temporarily protects and helps relieve chapped or cracked skin and also helps protect from the drying effects of wind and cold weather (http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=24862).  

 
















Teflon is a non stick adhesive added to cooking areas to prevent it from sticking. This is an ad for Teflon non stick spray called slip away: 

Today Teflon coating still exists on pans. The cooking spray however, is not composed of the same ingredients in Teflon, because it was reportedly a cause of cancer [oops]. Now they use it as a hard coating only. 


I really enjoyed looking at vintage ads. It teaches us how advertising has changed and evolved throughout the times. These changes are most likely due to a few reasons such as technology changes. The advertisements during that time used minor visual effects and were mostly in black and white until colored printing and film were created. They also used catchy songs a lot of the time to advertise their product. Catchy sayings also became very popular to memorize a product. This strategy is still used today when advertising.

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