Sunday, November 21, 2010

Print Ads of 1950's old is gold


Tibet Toilet Soap and Tibet Tooth Paste. Although not so popular now, Tibet brand products are still available.




Trains don’t wait. This interesting ad is from West End Watch company located at M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi.he ad gives the message that West End watches offer a guaranteed timely arrival for you to catch a train. What is interesting is the man in the advertisement seems to be wearing a West End Watch (note the red wrist strap) and the train is seen departed.






Rustam and Sohrab bicycles. Most of you may be familiar that these bicycle brands are named after the epic Persian characters of Rustam and Sohrab from Shahnama-e-Firdausi. While both Rustam and Sohrab are not in this world anymore, Sohrab bicycle is still in production in Shahdara, Lahore.
Chk the spellings of de-lux




sartaj Sewing Machine and Sartaj Bicycle. Sartaj industries had a very diversified product line in 1959: sewing machines and bicycles. In this ad they are offering their sewing machine for monthly installments of Rupees 10 only. Also note how 4-digit telephone numbers are used as decoration all over the ad

1 comment:

  1. outstanding do you have any other pics of sartaj industry this was my grandfather company

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