The Age of Advertising: Announcing the New 1946 Ford

Not aeronautical, not military, but certainly technological…

Announcing the NEW 1946 Ford!  (For 2017?  Oh, well!)

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This advertisement appeared in The New York Times some time in early to mid-1946.  It was found, at random, while reviewing that newspaper – “to see what I could see” – for news articles and casualty lists* for the Second World War.

As then – in the pre-digital-age – as now; as always; advertisements give a symbolic and indirect glimpse into the technology, communication, and way of thinking of an era. 

Besides, they look interesting.  

More newspaper advertisements from the 1940s (and even earlier?) will appear in future blog posts.

*The “last” official Army casualty list appeared on May 21, and the “final” Navy casualty list was published on June 9.