Tag: advertisements

LGM Film Club: Part 1

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 22, 2020

There are so many amazing clips of the last century plus of filmed material online and the news sucks so bad these days that I thought it would be a good idea to start having some evening thread examining artifacts of our filmed past. Sometimes I may provide some below the fold analysis and sometimes […]

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A Sunday Sermon, Straight from 1947

By Erik Loomis

On April 22, 2018

1947 wisdom is the best wisdom.

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Daddy, Do You Hate Me?

By Erik Loomis

On June 2, 2017

If you were facing a loathsome Tory such as Theresa May and you had the great leftist filmmaker Ken Loach at your disposal, wouldn’t you use him? This is amazing. The Ken Loach ad is great but h

Sno-Blo

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 15, 2015

There is not a single one of you who couldn’t benefit from seeing this collection of advertisements for cocaine and cocaine accessories from the 1970s.

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A Particularly Terrible Way to Attract a Mate

By Erik Loomis

On August 7, 2015

This ad seems less than effective.

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Unusually Honest Energy Industry Advertising

By Erik Loomis

On June 19, 2015

I do love truth in advertising. From 1962

You Thought You Loved Monsanto Before?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 19, 2015

Monsanto. Everyone’s favorite chemical corporation. This is the first national advertisement ever placed by Monsanto, a 1939 campaign in Fortune. Good times.

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Richmond Has Fallen!

By Erik Loomis

On April 16, 2015

In comments yesterday, heckblazer alerted me to this brilliance of 1865 advertising. That is now one of my favorite advertisements of all time. Can’t wait to use it in a class.

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Guess Who?

By Erik Loomis

On March 9, 2015

I’ve been putting together a lecture for tomorrow’s U.S. Environmental History class on atomic nature and I came across this ad, which I just could not resist sharing with you. Good times.