Armory and guns, they cause more misery than joy. If there is one wish that a lot of people would have in common, than it would be next to ‘world peace’, ‘burn ALL the guns’. And we can’t blame them..
Why do we actually need guns? Because others have them? Lame excuse! Yet there are a lot of proponents for guns. No, not the scum and criminals, but the hobby-shooters…



For them taking off their guns would be like playing football without a ball. It’s kind of hard to shoot an animal with a catapult isn’t it?
For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve selected some armory/gun ads. Revolvers, shotguns and snipers..
Check it out!

(1905, 1930, 1950)

(1960, 1965, 1980)

The summer is coming..
Many can’t wait until the season begins. BBQ’s, holidays, swimming, tanning, …
But for many the summer isn’t all about fun. They’re realizing that in a couple of months they will have to look fit and in shape, if they want to lay on the beach to rest and tan..



For years now, products and fitness-clubs are advertising to attract people to use their product or service. It comes in all shapes and sizes. We’ve selected some of them for you, beginning in the year 1920 and ending up with a woman in the eigthies, that probably would have beaten us all back then..
Enjoy!

(1920, 1947, 1954)

(1960, 1973, 1982)

When searching the internet after some more “new” material for our Vintage Tuesday, we found some crazy examples of how future used to look like..
Some of the things we’ve found were pretty much it what we have nowadays (f.e. the TV>). But these wouldn’t be interesting to see, would they?



A flying bus, a gigantic computer with horsepower in it and a robot that could type, none of it is too crazy for our gold old Vintage Tuesday…
Enjoy!

(1930, 1946, 1950)

(1953, 1955, 1964)

Throughout the years mankind found better and faster solutions to get from point A to point B. Riding a horse, by boat, by bike, by train, by car, by airplane, … we’ve seen it all!
What will the next step be? By rocket or by teletransporter? Who will tell..



For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve selected 6 vintage ads promoting different ways of transportation. Bicycle – Boat – Train – Bike – Car – Airplane.
You can clearly see not only the way of transport changing, but also the way of promoting it..
Enjoy!

(1869, 1905, 1930)

(1949, 1951, 1960)

War, you often ask yourself: Why are those two parties having a war? Where did it start and where is it going to end. Thousands and millions victims and unnecessary suffering just to conquer a piece of ’strategic’ land or to fight another religion.
Yet mankind is somehow always struggled in a war..



For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve selected some ads relating to the war bonds. War bonds are debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war. They generate capital for the government and make civilians feel involved in their national militaries.
We’ve selected some of the striking ads relating to war bonds in the first and second world war.

(1910, 1915, 1940)

(1942, 1943, 1945)

Animals don’t smoke. So why bothering to link your tobacco-brand with an animal?
I’ve asked myself the question several times and probably it is to differentiate your brand from the others. Camel did it and it worked out just fine for them..



But what if the competitors have exactly the same idea.. For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve selected several vintage print ads where all kind of animals are promoting ‘their’ tobacco brand. From a penguin to a lion and a bird to an elephant.. You name it, Creativecriminals.com has it!

Kool (1930)

Candy; doesn’t matter whether you’re young or old, you keep on loving it. From chocolate to lollipops, from spearmints to fruity loops, mankind just can’t get enough. Everybody has its favourite candy and many even remember the day when as a child you got a sweet when you behave.



Such a simple yet delicious food couldn’t miss in our vintage-gallery. For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve selected old ads from the French chocolate brand ‘Le Gravier’, Kohler, Mr. Freeze, Life Savers & Bubble Yum.
Enjoy!

(1890, 1933, 1943)

(1955, 1971, 1980)

Sex sells.
That’s a fact that many advertisers are aware of and many campaigns are based upon that theme.. Look at Calvin Klein their giant billboards with love making couples.. But there is a difference between an erotical link or a demeaning one..
For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday, we’ve selected some vintage ads with a rather racy tint towards women.



Anyone recognizes this car? It’s a Maserati, one of the most manly Italian car brands. Let’s say that if you own one, you’re ‘the man’. And we think that this beautiful woman (you can tell it because of her hand) definitely wants to go for a ride..



The three following ads are also a good example to piss off feminists.. The first one is for men with a dreary sex life. Try buying your wife an in-sink erator! She’ll be so happy that she’ll want to pamper you, three times a day!
If you are a jealous type and hate it when men are looking at your girlfriend, try to put on some Griffin Microsheen. That’ll prevent guys from staring like they’ve seen a ghost.. NOT!
And the last one goes to Thermodor, a micro wave, hot-food server and a self cleaning oven in one! If you look at the facial expression of the couple and at the text (we’ve indicated it) that says: “… it allows you to tamper with time by giving you freedom to serve, when it’s convenient..”. But honestly, we known that the man only needs five minutes to do his thing..

Vintage Tuesday already posted the vintage edition of beervertising, a post with many ads starting from 1897! But we found other great ads from the big brother of beer..
Stronger and deadlier.. spirits!



Print Ads
Four Roses, an American bourbon published our first print ad. It shows two fishermen, one holding the caught fishes, the other holding the bottle. “Luck like this, deserves whiskey like this“.
The second print ad claims that if girls go out on a bachelor’s pad, they need a bottle of White Horse to have fun. And did anyone recognized the lady on the left? Her name is Maud Solveig Christina Wikström, known from her role as a bond girl in ‘The Octopussy’.
Who would have thought that Woody Allen would be in a commercial? Here he is in a ‘66 print ad for Smirnoff. Come out of your shell Woody!

(1934, 1965, 1966)

‘The Brandy from Napoleon’, that’s how Courvoisier, a brand of cognac based in Jarnac, positions itself. It shows a man giving a bottle to the Emperor. A big bottle for a small man..
The following print ad from Chivas shows two women sitting at a table. The woman on the left says “I knew the honeymoon was over, when he stopped ordering me Chivas Regal”. I wouldn’t want to be married to her!
The last one is the best. It’s for Johnnie Walker, showing us an Egyptian mural with one person holding a packaged bottle Johnnie Walker. “For the man who has everything. Red stands out”

(1970, 1974, 1985)

Once upon a time homosexuality was a taboo. Many said that if you were gay, you were mentally ill. Some people even treated gays like they were psychopaths or pedofiles. Nowadays it isn’t that bad anymore but still there are men or women finding it hard to ‘come out of the closet’ because of reactions of their family and friends.



Luckily those days are practically over now and people take their friend or relative as they are. Rightly, because they aren’t different from the others.
For this weeks’ Vintage Tuesday we’ve found ads specially focussed to homosexuals. Why do we post these? Because you have to admit that some of them are hilarious.
Especially the ones of the seventies! Check it out!

1. Esquire socks (1970)
2. Munsingwear (1960)
3. Jantzen (1955)

4. JC Penny (1975)
5. Ivory Soap (1941)
6. Textron (1947)