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Gallery of Past Tech (and Other) Advertising

Posted by kdawson on from the masters-of-persuasion dept.

theodp writes "The Vintage Ad Browser takes you back to the days when Google conjured up images of Barney Google (1948). When the hip music player was a Walkman (1982). When Osborne meant state-of-the-art in computing (1982). When Big Picture TV meant 12" (1948). When compact camera referred to a Pocket Instamatic (1972). And when wireless meant getting phone calls 300 feet from the house (1982)."

3 of 55 comments (clear)

  1. Backstory on the Vintage Ad Browser Website by theodp · · Score: 3, Informative

    lifehacker: Vintage Ad Browser Provides Classic, Cheesy Marketing Images

  2. Re:You can't read the ads, just buy them by j_philipp · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm aware that unfortunately not all images have zooms going with them. Just some do, when you see the magnifying glass below them.

  3. Re:You can't read the ads, just buy them by j_philipp · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a search engine, could you tell me what you searched for that didn't yield good hits? Maybe this can be optimized.