Some of these ads are clever, others unintentionally hilarious, and a few downright alarming by modern standards. Together, ...

PEORIA — Mark Johnson is opening up his collection of vintage Caterpillar ads again. As he’s done the past two years, Johnson, who retired in 2009 after 37 years at Caterpillar Inc., will showcase ...

In the mid-1950s, Chevrolet began to market its cars using a word that it, as far as we know, came up with all by itself: motoramic. According to Chevrolet, motoramic meant “more than a new car, a new ...

What do ball bearings have to do with the future? Everything, if you believe these ads from the 1950s. New Departure-brand ball bearings ran a number of print ads to position themselves in the minds ...

Advertisements can tell us a lot about an era. The 1950s were a golden age in advertising, and incorporated catchy slogans, long paragraphs of copy, and idealized representations of an American ...

Long before choosing who to date by swiping left or right, singles looking for love had to put themselves out there the old-fashioned way: through personal ads in newspapers and magazines. From lonely ...