Guardian Christmas Ads from the last century

Mince pies, happy plum puddings and giving cigarettes as presents - the Guardian newspaper today is showing their ads from as early as 1920. Old ads features lots of long copy and illustration - before photography came into common use - in fact, judging by the extravagance and variety of weights and serifs in these ads, copy was the visual artwork. Check them out here.

  1. freddycounsell said: there is definitely something refined and sophisticated surrounding vintage ads… which can be absent in adverts of today.
  2. wsaadm posted this