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All-American ads. 60s / ed., Jim Heimann.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cologne : Taschen, 2022Description: 639 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783836588591
  • 3836588595
Other title:
  • 60s
Subject(s):
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 741.6709 A416 Available 33111010873103
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With the consumerist euphoria of the fifties still going strong and the race to the moon at its height, the mood of advertising in the sixties was cheerful, optimistic, and at times, revolutionary . The decade's ads touted perceived progress-such as tang and instant omelets - "just add water"-while striving to reinforce good old American values.

Stars like Sean Connery, Woody Allen, Salvador Dalí, and Sammy Davis Jr. endorsed everything from bourbon to handmade suits in an attempt by Madison Avenue to urge Americans to open their wallets and participate in one giant consumer binge. Social change at the end of the era brought psychedelic swirls and liberated women and minorities to a newly conscious public. Keep an eye out for some of the more surprising and controversial ads-such as Tupperware billing its storage container as a "wifesaver."

From forgotten cars, to cigarettes to food and much more, this colorful collection of print ads explores the wide, wonderful world of 60s Americana.

Includes index.

Text in English, French and German.

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