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VINTAGE AD FROM THE 1984 BURGER WARS

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Remember this TV commercial showing senior citizen Clara Peller, right, ordering a burger?

Clara and the Beef

Clara Peller | Clara Peller (born August 4, 1902 in Chicago,… | Flickr

Peller was a Russian-born American manicurist and
television personality

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VINTAGE CHRISTMAS AD FROM 1958

1956 Cashbox - Dear Santa Measles song
DON’T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR MASK!

Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway (1958) | Herb Museum
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III
(December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994)

Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer,
bandleader and actor.

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REMEMBER THE COFFEE WOMAN?

The Specialty Revolution - Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World

Category:Virginia Christine - Wikimedia Commons
Virginia Christine (Virginia Christine Ricketts)
(March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996)

Stage, radio, film, television, and voice actress
Christine had along career as a character actress
in film and television, she is
best remembered
as “Mrs. Olson” (or the “Folger’s Coffee Woman”)
in a string of television commercials for the coffee
company during the 1960’s and ‘70s.
  She died at
her Brentwood home of cardiovascular disease.




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WHERE THE ACTION WAS IN THE 1960’s

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AD CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1944

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Smokey Bear is an campaign and advertising icon created by the  
U.S.
Forest Service with artist Albert Staehle (below). In the Wildfire
Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service 
announcement (PSA) campaign in United States history.

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Albert Staehle  (1899 – 1974)

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