7up (1950s)
Here’s another one that absolutely could never run today. Here’s a casual 7Up advertisement showing a baby drinking a soda. Now, we know that a lot has changed since the 50’s but it really is wild to think that they would ever market a soda beverage by using a baby in the ad.
7up (1950s)
Texaco (1943)
This is a really interesting one. Here, Texaco is envisioning a world where children will ask who Hitler was, as at the time he was still very much alive and causing horrific genocide. This ad showed solidarity with the soldiers trying to help defeat Hitler and imagined a time where kids would not know who Hitler was and would have to ask their parents.
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Texaco (1943)