Old-Time Advertising Art and Retro Product Mascots -- Page 2
Advertising has played a dominant role in popular culture for over a century. Magazine ads, package labels, radio jingles, billboards, broadsides, movie intermission spots, and early television ads all evoke a nostalgic twinge.
Kids lavished as much affection on product mascots like Speedy Alka-Seltzer and Sugar Pops Pete, as they did on their favorite Saturday morning cartoon characters.
Graphics on travel posters became inexpensive works of art, decorating dorm rooms and coffeehouses.
Here in Retro City Boardwalk's Curiosity Shop, we collect rare, hard-to-find samples of the past century's advertisements, and faithfully reproduce them on greeting cards, posters, t-shirts, and more.
Click on any design below to open a larger view, or click the " View merchandise" link to see a full line of products featuring the design.