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Tag: vintage advertising


Apr
2016

“The Wedding Gift That Keeps on Giving”- Vintage Ads for the Future Bride

categories: 1940s, 1950's, Vintage Advertising, Wedding

Today is my husband and I’s 4 year wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful man on earth, who I know reads my blog when I remind him (Right now as he reads this I can hear him say “I read it without you telling me too”. Okay dear.. lol!). 4 years has gone by so fast and it feels like just yesterday we were walking down the aisle towards each other to begin our life together. Jay is the love of my life and I’m very lucky to have him in my life (See our vintage wedding HERE).

Okay okay! enough with the romance 🙂 Time for my blog post.

Keeping with the Wedding theme, I wanted to share some vintage ads from the 1940s & 1950’s that would have been directed right at the future bride. Keeping in mind that we are talking about a different time here, so the ads will feature mostly domestic items and outdated advertising.

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 

Vintage Ads for the Future Bride -1940s & 1950s

1940s Vintage Ad: First up to ensure you even get married, you need to wash with ‘Woodbury Soap’, like our Toronto bride has done in the ad below.

1945 Woodbury Soap Bridal Kiss Advertisement featuring a bride and her Canadian Soldier.
Source: Etsy

Or maybe Camay is more your kind of soap. “Watch you skin grow lovelier with your first cake of Camay!”

1940s Vintage Camay Ad-1940s Beauty ad featuring an illustration of a 1940s Bride throwing her bouquet to her bridesmaids.

This pre-WWII ad invites young brides or brides-to-be to consider their sheet selection carefully before guests critique their home.

1940s vintage ad for sheets featuring a bride in her wedding dress and 1940s hairstyle.
Source: Etsy

“Shower the bride with PYREX Ware!” 1950s Vintage ad.

1950s vintage ad: Pyrex magazine ad from the 1950s. Shower the bride with Pyrex!
Source: Flickr

Silverware is a MUST purchase for the future brides home in 1949.

1940s Vintage ad: 1949 Community Silverplate Silverware vintage ad featuring a 1940s bride.
Source: Etsy

For the young lady with a dream! 1945 Holmes Edwards Sterling Ad.

1940s Vintage ad: 1945 Holmes Edwards Sterling Ad - 1940s Engaged Bride to Be
Source: Etsy

Set for a lifetime with Melmac! “Lucky Bride and Lucky Bridegroom too”. 1940s vintage ad.

1940s Melmac vintage ad featuring a young bride opening up her wedding present and receiving Melmac dishes.
Source: eBay

Lastly lets not forget about the ads that are about your look for that special day.

The 1950s Wedding Dress is stunning! 1956 Alexandrine ad.

1950s Vintage ad: 1956 Alexandrine ad featuring a bride wearing a 1950s wedding gown.
Source: Flickr

The Ring. “Your Keepsake……forever”.

1950 ad for wedding ring featuring an illustration of a bride and groom in their wedding outfits.
Source: pzrservices.typepad

The Scent-1948 Avon Comestics Ad.

1940s Vintage Ad: 1948 avon cosmetics magazine ad featuring an illustration of a 1940s Bride in her 1940s Wedding dress.
Source: Flickr

The lipstick that stays married to your lips. THINK PINK! 1950s vintage ad.

1950s vintage lipstick ad for pink lipstick featuring a bride in her 1950s wedding dress being carried by her groom.

And our last ad…. the ultimate guide for every future bride in the 1950s….Fuller Brush Presents: ‘What every bride should know’

Ohhhh what do you think it said inside?

1950s vintage ad: 1950’s Fuller Brush advertisement -'What every bride should know'. Ad features a mother talking to her daughter who is in a 1950s wedding dress.
Source: Tumblr

As you can see, it truly was a different time when these ads were created, and I’m very glad personally that these ads and the futures of young ladies today is very different.

Have a wonderful day friends!

FURTHER READING:

Vintage Wedding Dress Shopping: I have created a collection of Vintage Wedding Dresses on Etsy that is perfect for one’s upcoming wedding (updated monthly).

Liz


Feb
2016

The Vintage Advertising of a 100 year old Brand-Pyrex

categories: Vintage Advertising

While at my local kitchen store, I noticed a sticker on a Pyrex measuring cup that said “Celebrating 100 Years in 2015”. Really Pyrex is 100 years old? Wow! I honestly did not realize the brand has been around this long, did you? Happy 100 Years!

vintage pyrex nesting bowls

I love Pyrex and own a couple of vintage pieces as well as many modern pieces (they are just so darn handy). So with that discovery I thought it would be fun to put together a blog post on vintage Pyrex advertising as I never really thought to look them up before, and I honestly really don’t know what they even look like. So this post is just as much for me as it is for you. Enjoy!

Pyrex 100 Years logo

Source: Etsy

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NOTE: If you click on any of the items featured below and they are not available, don’t fret! Hit the search button and see what else is on the websites. There are 1000’s and 1000’s of items being listed daily.

The Vintage Advertising of a 100 year old Brand-Pyrex

The Brief History of Pyrex

(from the Pyrex Website)

The Pyrex® brand story starts with equal parts of American invention and creativity. The heat-tempered glass that is the foundation of the Pyrex brand was created years earlier by Corning Glass scientists charged with developing lantern glass for railroads. They needed to tackle a particular problem—the heat of the lantern flame conspired with the cold air of winter to shatter traditional glass. They needed a glass that could handle changes in temperature.

By 1913, the glass was used in a number of industrial applications. But it found its way into the kitchen when Bessie Littleton, wife of a Corning scientist, asked her husband to bring home some glass to use in place of a broken casserole dish. He gave her the sawed-off bottoms of some battery jars.

A cake was baked, an iconic brand was born and, as they say, the rest was history.

Over the years, Pyrex was used to make a variety of dishes for consumer use, many with beautiful colors and patterns. Today, those vintage Pyrex pieces are widely collected, and indeed, still put to good use.

The Vintage Ads

1918 – Out of the ice box-into the oven. It’s Science!

1910's vintage advertisement from 1918 for Pyrex
Source: eBay

“The Ladies Home Journal” – June 1925. Pyrex is meant to last!

1920s vintage Pyrex Ad from 1925 featuring a mother and daughter passing on Pyrex.
Source: Flickr

“Why not a gift of Pyrex for the Bride?” 1926 Vintage ad.

1920s vintage ad from 1926 for pyrex, a gift for the bride.
Source: fotolibra

1937 vintage ad – $0.50 Pyrex Casserole dish! Where do I buy?

1930s Pyrex Ad for Pyrex Ovenware from 1937.
Source: I Antique Online

1939 Ad-Celebrating their first year of their price reduction. Looks like a fun party.

1930 vintage pyrex ad from 1939 celebrating the 1st anniversary of Pyrex overware
Source: Attic Paper

The ads from the 1940s are pretty colourful and some even make me giggle.

1940s pyrex vintage ad featuring an illustration of a couple in 1940s fashions in a pyrex bowl.
Source: Flickr

Pyrex Advertisement in Country Gentleman, 1948.

1940s vintage ad for Pyrex featuring all the different kinds you can buy for all your kitchen, cooking and baking needs.
Source: Dwell

1946 ad for Pyrex. Talking flower heads and bunny’s know that there is only one Pyrex Oven Ware!

1940s Vintage Pyrex Mixing Bowls Magazine Ad~1946
Source: Flickr

1948-Pyrex is Man-bait.

1940s vintage pyrex advertisement from 1948 . Pyrex is Man-bait!
Source: Trove

The Australian Women’s Weekly-1955 ad. Lots of different kinds of people are represented in this ad.

1950s vintage pyrex ad from The Australian Women's Weekly-1955
Source: Pinterest

What are you cooking for Thanksgiving Dinner? Turkey, Stuffing, Broccoli and more. Whatever your making, put it in a Pyrex (1955 Vintage Ad)!

Vintage 1950s Thanksgiving Cooking Recipes and Vintage Pyrex Ad.
1950s Vintage Thanksgiving Cooking Recipes and Vintage Pyrex Ad.
1950s Vintage Thanksgiving Cooking Recipes and Vintage Pyrex Ad.

Source: Etsy

In this 1958 vintage ad, the children do the cooking.

1950s vintage pyrex advertising from 1958 featuring all the ways that kids can help in the kitchen using Pyrex.

1958 ad. 2 for 1 deal. Honeymoon-House gifts. Very practical. Aren’t the Carafes fantastic!?

1950s vintage Pyrex Ad, 1958 the perfect Honeymoon house gift.
Source: Flickr

And there you have a brief little overview of early Pyrex advertising. If you would like to see more era’s after the 1950s then simply head over to Pinterest and type in ‘Pyrex Ads’ and the year and watch the magic happen (there are so many I simply could not post them all).

Would you like to own your own vintage pyrex? Then you need to check out my collection of vintage pyrex and other fun Kitchen kitsch for sale on my Etsy collection page HERE.

Lastly, it’s Question time: Do you have a love of Pyrex? Do you own a bunch or just admire from afar? Please share.

FURTHER READING:

Liz 🙂