All-American Ads of the 50s

All-American Ads of the 50s

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Second in a series of books featuring advertising by era, All-American Ads of the 50s offers page after page of products that made up the happy-days decade. The start of the cold war spurred a buying frenzy and a craze for new technology that required ad campaigns to match. The nuclear age left its mark all over the advertisements, with a spotlight on planes, rockets, and even mushroom clouds. Shiny, big, beautiful cars abound, styled to keep up with the space age. Editor Jim Heimann, in his essay "From Poodles to Presley, Americans Enter the Atomic Age," explains: "Car designers came up with exaggerated tail fins for automobiles to express this new accelerated speed." Modernist home interiors look slick and shiny with their molded plastic furniture and linoleum floors. While clothing and furniture styles look strangely contemporary--a testament to our current obsession with vintage--some things have definitely changed. A baby sells Marlboro cigarettes! Also included are chapters on movies, food, and travel. --J.P. Cohen

Los Angeles Times, 3/7/02
Leafing through the pair is like walking through a massive design exhibition on the mores of those two decades.

All-American Ads of the 50s

All-American Ads of the 50s,Jim Heimann,Taschen,3822811580,Advertising & Promotion,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Commercial - Advertising,Popular Culture - General

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