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Great ads from 1914: What people were looking at before the lights went out

on Jun 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Staff Writer

Today marks the 100-year anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, a shooting which set off a chain of events that led to the First World War and would ultimately change our society forever.

The advertising of 1914 captures a unique moment in time. Straddling the dying embers of the Edwardian era and the cusp of the epoch-defining events of the the war, the ads from that period offer a fascinating glimpse of forgotten times and, in most cases, forgotten products (although a few brand names are still recognisable today).

We dug deep into the archives to see what people would have Read full story ›

Source: The Drum