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vintage ads and brochures Archive
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![Those who have followed this vintage owners series for the last few weeks must have been wondering when Mopar products would be highlighted. Well, the time has finally come; for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tumblr_pxjjli8eZP1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: A Gallery Of Chrysler & Imperial Owners")
Vintage Snapshots: A Gallery Of Chrysler & Imperial Owners
Posted on November 22, 2023 | 23 CommentsThose who have followed this vintage owners series for the last few weeks must have been wondering when Mopar products would be highlighted. Well, the time has finally come; for […] -
![For Volume 4 of this series exploring travel-related ads with automotive themes, we’re firmly in the 1960s, and we’ll travel to the US West Coast and South, as well as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Vol-4-featured-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 4 – San Diego, Italy, Mississippi & Virginia")
Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 4 – San Diego, Italy, Mississippi & Virginia
Posted on November 8, 2023 | 11 CommentsFor Volume 4 of this series exploring travel-related ads with automotive themes, we’re firmly in the 1960s, and we’ll travel to the US West Coast and South, as well as […] -
![(first posted 10/15/2017) I happened to find my way to Plan59.com, and decided to take an extended break at the truck stop there, as it was cold […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Art-chv50diner-Peter-Helck.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: Old Truck Ads by the Old Masters")
CC Vintage: Old Truck Ads by the Old Masters
Posted on October 15, 2023 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/15/2017) I happened to find my way to Plan59.com, and decided to take an extended break at the truck stop there, as it was cold […] -
![While manufacturers have been name-dropping their competition for as long as they have been making advertisements, actually showing a picture of a car from another manufacturer in an ad is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1978-Granada.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars From Other Manufacturers")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars From Other Manufacturers
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 CommentsWhile manufacturers have been name-dropping their competition for as long as they have been making advertisements, actually showing a picture of a car from another manufacturer in an ad is […] -
Vintage Advertising: GM Muscle In 1968 – Choices, Choices, Choices
Posted on September 30, 2023 | 18 Comments -
![It’s time for Volume 3 of this series exploring travel-related ads that feature automotive themes, as well as some of the backstory for each ad. For today’s installment, we’re journeying […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Vol-3-Featured.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 3 – South Africa, Malta, England & Wales")
Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 3 – South Africa, Malta, England & Wales
Posted on September 23, 2023 | 16 CommentsIt’s time for Volume 3 of this series exploring travel-related ads that feature automotive themes, as well as some of the backstory for each ad. For today’s installment, we’re journeying […] -
Vintage Advertising: Choose a Plymouth, or Dodge. Maybe an Imperial? – Avis Rent-A-Car 1970
Posted on September 20, 2023 | 21 Comments -
![We’ve recently covered several taboo subjects that seldom appear in vintage car ads: Smoking and Religion. To me, these topics that are (mostly) off-limits to advertisers are far more interesting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1955-Desoto.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Guns")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Guns
Posted on September 14, 2023 | 21 CommentsWe’ve recently covered several taboo subjects that seldom appear in vintage car ads: Smoking and Religion. To me, these topics that are (mostly) off-limits to advertisers are far more interesting […] -
Vintage Advertising: 1970, Year Of The Great Birds – Who’s Got The Biggest Beak?
Posted on September 11, 2023 | 31 Comments -
![Other than love, nighttime has to be one of the most popular topics of popular music. In the Air Tonight. Nights in White Satin. Sunglasses at Night. We can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1960-Pontiac-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Nighttime")
Vintage Ad Tropes: Nighttime
Posted on September 8, 2023 | 25 CommentsOther than love, nighttime has to be one of the most popular topics of popular music. In the Air Tonight. Nights in White Satin. Sunglasses at Night. We can […] -
![For our second installment of vintage auto-related travel ads, we’ll travel back to the 1950s and visit several places throughout North America – two ads from Canada, one from Bermuda, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/v2-featured-image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 2 – Canada, Bermuda, Las Vegas & Valley Forge")
Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 2 – Canada, Bermuda, Las Vegas & Valley Forge
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 40 CommentsFor our second installment of vintage auto-related travel ads, we’ll travel back to the 1950s and visit several places throughout North America – two ads from Canada, one from Bermuda, […] -
![Churchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1959-Edsel.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 20 CommentsChurchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […] -
![It’s confession time; in my daily driving, I resent the drab gray interior of my mid-90s VW Golf. I also had a chance to board a modern Cadillac SUV recently, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/4687294450_19b3b4f7bb_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Brochures & Ads: The Joy Of Colors – A Small Gallery of Joyful Interiors")
Vintage Brochures & Ads: The Joy Of Colors – A Small Gallery of Joyful Interiors
Posted on September 2, 2023 | 41 CommentsIt’s confession time; in my daily driving, I resent the drab gray interior of my mid-90s VW Golf. I also had a chance to board a modern Cadillac SUV recently, […] -
![While GM can lay claim to inventing the pantheon of automotive brands that Alfred P. Sloan gathered into his eponymous ladder, that didn’t stop other manufacturers from also trying to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/39frd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: 1939 Ford Motor Company – Ford Attempts to Build Their Own Sloanian Ladder with Mercury")
Vintage Ads: 1939 Ford Motor Company – Ford Attempts to Build Their Own Sloanian Ladder with Mercury
Posted on August 31, 2023 | 16 CommentsWhile GM can lay claim to inventing the pantheon of automotive brands that Alfred P. Sloan gathered into his eponymous ladder, that didn’t stop other manufacturers from also trying to […] -
![Vintage travel advertisements are often delectable to admire. Awash in sentimentality and devoid of any hassles involving travel, they conjure up exactly what they’re supposed to – a longing to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Vol-1-Featured-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 1 – New Mexico, Germany & Oregon")
Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 1 – New Mexico, Germany & Oregon
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 17 CommentsVintage travel advertisements are often delectable to admire. Awash in sentimentality and devoid of any hassles involving travel, they conjure up exactly what they’re supposed to – a longing to […]
