I collect old ads. I know many others do too.
I stumbled across these today. Cadillac often ran different ads in black & white in the newspapers.
I thought some of you might like to see them.
Nice.
Dave,
I too love old ads - black and white or color.
However, I just focused on the 59's and tried to get my grubby little hands (don't read anything into that) on only those 59's - all styles.
I got more than a little carried away and started framing them (silver colored frames) behind glass and double mats - grey and Levis blue jeans - blue, 1" spacing.
They are hung on the walls along both side of the hall in the middle of our house.
Love the daily reminders.
I am particularly fond of a 59 Cadillac ad which was mocked by Mad Magazine at the time - and yes I read Mad Magazine and that picture just stuck with me for lets say a long long time, see pics.
I Don't know of any other Cad ad that shares that unique pairing, could be wrong.
But, it does show how influential Cadillacs were, back in the day, no matter how irreverent the comparison might have been.
Have fun,
Steve B.
Quote from: D.Smith on March 23, 2019, 08:17:05 PM
I collect old ads. I know many others do too.
I stumbled across these today. Cadillac often ran different ads in black & white in the newspapers.
I thought some of you might like to see them.
I collected Cadillac-LaSalle ads for 30 years. I sold the entire collection (some 2000 of them) to a Swiss friend and collector in Hong-Kong. One day he hopes to make a book of the 100 (why not 1000?) best of them. They make up a fantastic history and account of Cadillac styling evolution over 11-12 decades.
I never collected the B&W newspaper ads (hard to store and delicate to manipulate). The late Z. Taylor Vinson made a point of saving these. Preserving them was a major issue. When he passed and I was asked by his family to help catalog all the Cadillac-LaSalle literature items, I photographed all the N/P ads I could find (piled loosely under the bed!). I have *.jpg lists from 1946 to around 1970 ... if anyone is interested.
I did "process" a number of my snapshots but simply don't have time to do them all. I am attaching a few samples.
Here is another sample B&W newspaper ad showing what an "original" ad looks like before I start any processing.
BTW, this one will be is an "easy" conversion when I get around to it.
A few more
Love your Treasure Trove Dave!
I saw my first 67 Eldorado in 1974. I collected Thunderbird ads from National Geographic and I came across the silver and red 67 Fleetwood Eldorado picture ads in NG and became hooked.
Thanks again and please keep publishing.
Best regards,
Matt
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I always considered Cadillac ads of the forties to be among the most beautifully illustrated.
Notice how the artist "stretched" the cars to make them appear longer and lower than they really were.
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I have a bunch of vintage early 50's SF newspaper ads.
Back with more asap :<)
During the 7 year restoration of my '55 CDV, I went to the University of Oregon library in Eugene OR to review microfiche files of the Grants Pass OR "Daily Courier"newspaper from Fall 1954 through Fall 1956. I was looking for Cadillac ads from the local dealer, Menasco Motors, where my car was sold new. I was able to download selected pages and e-mail to myself as PDF's.
Fast forward to last year's SEMA show, I met Jim Owens, an artist displaying his art in the artist's section of the show. He has a technique of gluing newspaper to canvas and then creating an oil painting on the newspaper. I saw his work and thought it was the coolest art I had ever seen. I commissioned him to do a painting of my car on printed dealer ads from where my car was sold new, and from the same year, 1955.
Attached is a sample of the downloaded PDF from the newspaper. It's like a step back in time! It struck me that if you look closely and read a few of the articles, today's news isn't all that different.
I am expecting my commissioned painting sometime in the next 2 weeks.
John Adams
One from 1952.
Full size and a smaller version easier to see on the page.
a few more from 49 and 59
Quote from: D.Smith on March 27, 2019, 08:37:54 AM
One from 1952.
Full size and a smaller version easier to see on the page.
Another great selection! You seem to get better results than me.
It all takes time !
Quote from: 5390john on March 26, 2019, 12:24:33 AM
I believe I have most of the B&W ads in that *.PDF, from newspapers of the time.
I will need to go through all of them to make sure.
Thanks for sharing.
A 1961.
Yann, I get my scans from the Newspapers.com website.
You can download huge sized pages. Yes, you need a subscription. But I think they still offer a 7 day free trial.
After I download the page, I crop the ad, then edit out any ink spots, adjust the brightness and fill in any missing ink.
Yes it takes time but the results have been very good.
The difference between advertising about Cadillac's in the 40's thru 70's and the advertising today is the Cadillac ad's were eloquent and rightly so as the product was as good as was stated. The crap today is mass produced junk that is designed to fail and not be repairable.
Quote from: Bill Young on March 30, 2019, 11:14:31 AM
The difference between advertising about Cadillac's in the 40's thru 70's and the advertising today is the Cadillac ad's were eloquent and rightly so as the product was as good as was stated. The crap today is mass produced junk that is designed to fail and not be repairable.
Not really. Cars became more and more durable and longer lasting following the 1940s-70s period you mentioned with improvements in corrosion protection, transmissions and other major components. Cars were junked/salvaged at a much faster rate in the 1970s and before than they have been in decades since. The average age of cars on the road today is more than twice what it was in 1970 thanks in large part to these quality/durability improvements.
When they do get older and fail they are essentially unrestorable due to mass use of plastics that the plasticisers leach out of making them loose color and brittle and computers that will become unsupportable .
Advertisement from Guy F Johnson Dealer in Binghamton New York.
That's a nice 57 ad Robert!
I cleaned it up for you and resized it to fit here.
Wow that looks much better! :)
Quote from: Bill Young on March 30, 2019, 08:30:28 PM
When they do get older and fail they are essentially unrestorable due to mass use of plastics that the plasticisers leach out of making them loose color and brittle and computers that will become unsupportable .
Again, cars from the 1940s-70s period failed (were junked or salvaged) at a much faster rate on average than those since as newer cars became and are more durable in years/age, potential accumulated mileage, etc. Those older cars were not exactly built to last and typically faced corrosion issues, failure of major components, etc.
Here we go again...
I like the Mad magazine parody ad.
Quote from: cadillacmike68 on March 31, 2019, 09:13:28 PM
Here we go again...
I like the Mad magazine parody ad.
Fun ad facts:
The regular Cadillac ads for 1961 featured the work of some world-famous jewelers.
Here are a couple of examples ... including a "spoof" ad by the father (?) of Mad magazine's Alfred E Newman)!