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Title: How 1940s whiskey ads predicted the future Post by: Bill, KD0HG on January 23, 2010, 07:36:40 PM From my Ohio Bro-in-Law
This is terrific artwork for those of you with a pair of 250-THs, thanks to Life Magazine, 1948: Picture #2 nailed 21st Century sports bars perfectly. http://www.pcworld.com/article/187546/yesterdays_ads_predicted_todays_tech.html?tk=rss_news Title: Re: How 1940s whiskey ads predicted the future Post by: KE6DF on January 23, 2010, 08:31:59 PM Except in that sports bar, all the guys were wearing suits.
And no women. I don't think I've ever seen anyone wearing a suit in a sports bar. Title: Re: How 1940s whiskey ads predicted the future Post by: Bill, KD0HG on January 23, 2010, 08:53:29 PM For understandable reasons, the distiller mistakenly believed that said bars would be filled with natty proto-Mad Men sipping whiskey, not drunken louts swilling beer.
Title: Re: How 1940s whiskey ads predicted the future Post by: k3zrf on January 23, 2010, 09:52:27 PM For understandable reasons, the distiller mistakenly believed that said bars would be filled with natty proto-Mad Men sipping whiskey, not drunken louts swilling beer. So you mean these guys? Title: Re: How 1940s whiskey ads predicted the future Post by: KL7OF on January 23, 2010, 11:06:24 PM yeah! AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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