I often lament to my kids as we stroll down the cereal aisle how the magic of cereal is gone. Time was every box in the aisle touted prizes and mail-in orders. They were full of sugar and hope and we loved them for it.
This flexi disc was found on the back of the various General Mills Monster cereals back in 1979. We know it's 1979 not only because of their design, but because they are going to the Disco.
Continuing from yesterday's theme, today I bring you more vintage advertising slicks. These templates allowed customers to choose a themed layout for their store's advertising.
Today we look at banners. Those eye-catching headline grabbers that get you to look at the full ad.
I'll be honest, the subject of today's post hasn't seemed to be as big of a hit on the blog as I thought they would be. I think they're pretty neat, but I'm a sucker for vintage advertising. I've posted other examples of these in the past year. This time, it's Halloween ads.
These are from what I now know are known as advertising "slicks" (thanks, FrankO). These were magazines of advertising templates from which potential customers could choose for newspaper ads. Place holders like "Shop Name's" would be replaced with your business details.
These ads date from the early 1970's. I'm going to spread them out this season as I have quite a few and I don't want to bore overwhelm you all at once. Today, we'll focus on witches. Enjoy!
I picked up this "Doorways to Horror" game way back in the 90's. I've been doing this garage saling thing for a long time. I remember seeing the commercial for it in the 80's and really wanting it, but never did get it until I found it for $2 at a sale.
I'm afraid I'll need to stretch my inclusion of not-necessarily-Halloween-related items again today. But hey, aliens are scary, right? And these are supposed to be aliens, I think...or maybe they're just supposed to be our own astronauts, who technically are aliens when they land on other planets. Oh, heck, let's just get on with it.
Not long after I wrote about this bendy witch, I found this one. I've dubbed her "Hagatha".
