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Vintage Advertising Symbols

Liptstick, Tea and Popping Pills

(Originally posted on Illustrator Freebies, June 19th 2013)

I love vintage magazines, they’re a wealth of information on everything from popular culture stories to  craft projects, fashion styles, recipes and some highly inappropriate advertisements.

This week I present a set of elements from some of my favourite ads from the 1930’s and 40’s

Ads for everything from lipstick that stays put when you’re smoking and snogging, a love of  aspirin and the poor secretary who was sent back to the filing room because of her halitosis.

Vintage advertising from the 1930's and 40's

File DownloadDownload the free vintage advertising symbols set for Adobe Illustrator


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