Howard Johnson wants to know: Was the spotlight on you? Back in the 1960s, the hospitality chain featured 14 employees in a nationwide “Spotlight on You” print campaign. Today, it is seeking the ...

A young lady flipping through The Register in November 1960 might have been swayed by an advertisement for Buffums Department Store, with its drawings of women in “heavenly soft, white-as-snow” hats: ...

Advertising in the 1960s was bold, colorful, text-heavy, and often completely unfiltered by today’s standards. From convincing housewives that a new kitchen appliance would solve all their problems to ...

Another Super Bowl is waiting in the wings with all its advertising so it’s a good time to recall one of the commercial winners of last season’s pro football finale: VW’s pint-sized Darth Vader. But ...

After three years watching AMC’s “Mad Men” formulate the advertising of the early 1960s, at last we can see what the TV ads of that era really looked like. Several dozen genuine mid-1960s ads have ...

Nowadays, General Motors uses Chevy SS (Super Sport) branding only on the Camaro, but things were very different nearly 60 years ago. Back then, no fewer than three models bore Chevrolet SS badges, as ...

Quick - without looking at YouTube - what product was being advertised in the pre-Super Bowl commercial that featured dogs barking and howling out the "Star Wars" theme? Not immediately recognizing ...