How Savvy Advertising Helped Make Stereo Technology Mainstream
Stereo demonstrations and colorful ads sold customers on the two-channel sound technology when it was introduced 60 years ago
Ads for E-Cigarettes Today Hearken Back to the Banned Tricks of Big Tobacco
A new ‘Joe Camel’-esque phenomenon may be igniting as the new fad takes a 21st-century page out of an old playbook
What the First Radio Commercial Jingle Sounded Like
Wheaties was one of the first companies to recognize the enormous potential of radio as an advertising tool
Probing the Paradoxes of Native Americans in Pop Culture
A new exhibition picks apart the cultural mythologies surrounding the first “Americans”
These Billboards Could Be the First to Feature Immersive Virtual Reality Drawings
Tandem billboards on Sunset Boulevard play host to a fascinating new public art installation
There Never Were 57 Varieties of Heinz Ketchup
The ‘57’ doesn’t actually refer to anything
Three True Things About Sanitary Engineer Thomas Crapper
Thomas Crapper’s actual innovation was entirely tangential to the flush toilet
How the Nauga and its Fictional Friends Helped Make Synthetic Fabric Cuddly
What started out as an advertising ploy turned into a low-key cultural phenomenon
Chemist Hazel Bishop’s Lipstick Wars
Bishop said her advantage in coming up with cosmetics was that, unlike male chemists, she actually used them
From Melting Clocks to Lollipops, Salvador Dalí Left His Mark on the Visual World
The Surrealist artist’s “pure, vertical, mystical love of cash” led him to advertising
From Budweiser to Heineken, Alcohol Brands Are Rampant in Hollywood Films
Over the past two decades, even G-rated films have amped up the booze labels
These Powerful Posters Persuaded Americans It Was Time to Join the Fight
The Smithsonian offers a rare opportunity to see an original iconic Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster, among others, of the World War I era
The Trashy Beginnings of “Don’t Mess With Texas”
A true story of the defining phrase of the Lone Star state
The History and Science Behind Your Terrible Breath
Persistent mouth-stink has been dousing the flames of passion for millennia. Why haven’t we come up with a cure?
Russian Burger King Campaign Isn’t the First to Mix Art and Advertising
There’s a lot of back-and-forth between these worlds
New Exhibit Shows Manspreading Has Been Taking up Subway Space for Decades
Vintage ads show struggles with transit etiquette
How the “Daisy” Ad Changed Everything About Political Advertising
Since the famous television spot ran in 1964, advertising agencies have sold presidential candidates as if they were cars or soap
MAD Magazine’s Iconic Alfred E. Neuman Turns 60 This Year
The impish mascot has had a long, colorful life
American Children Faced Great Dangers in the 1930s, None Greater Than “Little Orphan Annie”
Advertisements for Ovaltine were just part of the problem
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