10 Strange and Funny Vintage Ads From Thanksgiving Past

If you lived through a Thanksgiving dinner during the 1950s or ’60s, you’re bound to have tried one of these “interesting” Thanksgiving dishes. From booze and cigarettes to mayonnaise candles, these vintage Thanksgiving ads are making us grateful for a modern Thanksgiving.

1. Cranberry “Candles”

This ad for mayonnaise-based cranberry candles promise, “You'll start a whole new holiday tradition...” Yeah, SURE we will (not).


2. Ketchup on Everything!

“Remember those tasty bowls of ketchup soup?” said no one, ever.


3. Duck in a Box

Does anyone actually enjoy fresh food (that’s sarcasm) on Thanksgiving? If you’re sick of fresh, organic ingredients look no further than cheese in a jar, turkey in a bag or some duck in a box – all of these foods are featured in this vintage advertisement.


4. Spam “Birds”

It’s safe to say we can add a third thing to the “what would survive a nuclear holocaust” list – Spam. Spam, like Cher and cockroaches, seems to stand the test of time, probably because they trick people into eating the product with “Spam Birds” like the dish pictured. “Cold or hot,” Spam promises to “hit the spot.”


5. Lighting up on Thanksgiving

Nothing says Thanksgiving like riding in a wheel barrel, holding a pumpkin while smoking a cancer stick. We definitely do NOT miss cigarette ads.

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Candid Photographs of Alain Delon Encountered Some Pigeons in Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1962

Alain Delon (born November 8, 1935) is a French film actor whose striking good looks helped make him one of the principal male stars of the French cinema in the 1960s and ’70s.

During France’s war with Indochina, Delon was posted to Saigon and saw active service, an experience which he later stated was immensely beneficial to him in teaching him discipline and building his character.

In 1956, he returned to France and found work as a porter and waiter in Paris. It was during this period that he was befriended by some aspiring young actors (notably Jean-Claude Brialy), through whom he would get to meet the film director Yves Allegret. It was Allegret who gave Delon his first acting job, a walk-on part in the 1957 film Quand la femme s'en mele. This led Marc Allegret to cast him in the comedy-thriller Sois belle et tais-toi (1958), where he appeared alongside another promising young actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose popularity would rival Delon’s in the following two decades.

The actor’s breakthrough came in 1958 when director Pierre Gaspard-Huit gave him his first leading role, in the historical romance Christine, in which he starred opposite the well-known Austrian actress Romy Schneider. Whilst making this film, the 22 year old actor and Schneider fell in love and soon after became engaged. Naturally, the world’s press made a great deal of the fairytale romance but the engagement ended five years later when Delon fell for another young actress, Nathalie Canovas, whom he married in 1964. The couple had a son, Anthony but divorced in 1968 when the actor began his 15-year long affair with actress Mireille Darc. In 1969, Delon and Romy Schneider appeared together for a second time in Jacques Deray’s classic thriller La Piscine.

Below are some candid photographs of Alain Delon encountered some pigeons in Piazza San Marco, Venice in 1962. The photos were taken by Jack Garofalo.

Italian Classic Beauty: 25 Glamorous Photos of Giovanna Ralli in the 1950d and '60s

Born 1935 in Rome, Italian stage, film and television actress Giovanna Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7. At 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filippo. After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's Variety Lights (1950), Ralli had her first film roles of weight in mid-fifties, often in comedy films.

In 1959, she had a leading role in Roberto Rossellini's General Della Rovere, that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, while in 1960, her performance in Escape by Night, still directed by Rossellini, was awarded with the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964). In mid-sixties she had a brief Hollywood career, starting from Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?. In 1974, she won her second Nastro d'Argento, as best supporting actress, for We All Loved Each Other So Much.

Starting from early eighties, Ralli focused her activities on stage. In 1993, she received a Flaiano Prize for her career. In 2003, she was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic.

At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest, where she received a special award for her career, Ralli announced her retirement from acting.

Take a look at these glamorous photos to see the beauty of young Giovanna Ralli in the 1950s and 1960s.

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50 Color Snaps Capture Street Scenes of Mexico in the Early 1970s

Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometers (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world.

Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. It is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City (CDMX), which is the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, and León.

Due to its rich culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americas and seventh in the world for number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is an ecologically megadiverse country, ranking fifth in the world for its biodiversity and receives a huge number of tourists every year.

These fascinating snaps were taken by lindsaybridge that show street scenes of Mexico in 1971.

Veracruz. Fruit on sale

Veracruz. Tram on waterfront

Beach near Tampico in the Gulf of Mexico

Church in Vera Cruz

Ciudad Juárez. PCC 1509 approaching the border with USA from Mexican side, a river divides

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Vintage Christmas Ads for Avon Cosmetics From the 1960s

“Gift by Avon… A joy to select… A joy to give… A joy to receive!”

These Christmas adverts for Avon cosmetics date from 1963-69. As was common for the time in America, photo shoots were taken using white models and black models separately using the same sets and similar poses.

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Cher and Her Iconic Outfits Through Time

A singer, an actress, a television host, a Hollywood legend and the Goddess of Pop, Cher has adopted and innovated a variety of styles and looks during her six-decade-long career. From the hippie fashion with bell-bottoms and bandanas to racier leather and lace pieces, Cher emerged as a fashion trendsetter, a sex symbol, a cultural phenomenon who fought against the network censors and the “pioneer of the belly beautiful” dubbed by People magazine. “In this era I could hardly take a bad picture,” Cher recalls her ‘70s and ‘80s outfits in an exclusive video for Vogue. “All my clothes were fabulous, and I loved them. I spent pretty much all of my time naked.”

Let’s take a look back at the icon’s fancy costumes through her impressive career:

1965. Sonny and Cher at Hilton Hotel during a press reception, London. Photo by Eric Harlow.

1966. Cher poses for a portrait wearing a fur coat. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.

1968. Sonny Bono, in a Mongolian lamb's wool jacket, and Cher, in a long fur overcoat trimmed with leopard fur, walk arm-in-arm down the sidewalk, New York City. Photo by Jack Robinson.

1968. Sonny Bono and Cher point guns toward the camera as they pose for a portrait. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.

1970. Sonny Bono and Cher pose for a promotional photo for 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' Photo by Martin Mills.

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26 Vintage Photos of Women With Their Cameras in the Past

Before digital popularity and smartphones, here below is a collection of interesting photos from Steve Given that shows women with their vintage cameras in the past.

French photographer and her whole plate tailboard camera, circa 1900s

Lady with a large Kodak folding camera, circa 1910s

A woman in swimsuit holding her Ansco Box camera, circa 1920s

Woman with her Argus A 35mm camera, circa 1930s

Joan Davis, a 20th Century Fox comedy actress, with a Zeiss Ikon folding plate camera on an overkill tripod during November 1939

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