Plymouth (1940s)
Of course, one of the main differences between ads from the 1940’s and the ads we’re used to today is the massive amount of text that was once included in advertisements. Nowadays, people could not be bothered to read two lines of text, forget about an entire page worth of it.
Plymouth 1940s
Out Of The Closet Inc (1970s)
Although this “Gay Bob” doll was probably released with the best intentions of attempting to normalize LGBTQ+, it does come off as a bit offensive, or in today’s lexicon, problematic. It was marketed as “the world’s first gay doll for everyone,” which prompts us to ask, what does that even mean?
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Out Of The Closet Inc 1970s