Many of the ads — which feature things like cellophane-wrapped infants and gun-toting toddlers — seem irresponsible and creepy. These ads of yesteryear have to be embarrassing for some of the ...

Social news site Reddit ran a vintage mining ad showing a happy miner extolling the virtues of lead. ‘I hope the lead I’m mining will be used in your paint’ is the tagline. (Coincidentally ...

It’s hard to imagine it now, but the earliest ads for toys weren’t meant for kids. The target audience was adults. Major toy companies rationale was that grown-ups were the ones spending their ...

And the first two ads to go this route are for the ... kid’s toys were just downright creepy. You can now watch the entire vintage black and white TV commercial above. Most old toys are kind ...