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Vintage Pure Michigan

November 18, 2009

in Pure Michigan Ads

We know you loved our ads this year – we loved them too. As you probably know, though, those weren’t our first ads – we’ve been advertising on TV, the radio, and in print for years. Take a look at these print ads we dug up:

From 1946:

From 1947:

And from 1957:

We’d love to hear what you think of these – leave a comment and let us know!

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Mike Myher

Love ‘em! Give us some more vintage ads!
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April

I love vintage ads, and vintage Michigan ads are even BETTER!!
Amy

Very nice!! Would love to see more of them.
Cheryl P

Those are the pictures to remember of happy days, where people enjoyed life, and not the everyday hustle and bustle of today’s life-style.
Please continue finding them and sharing. Oh Happy Days!
David Conwill

Update the info and run ‘em again! They’d sure be attention grabbing amongst all the slick, photo-heavy travel advertising you see in most publications. And people love the graphic style, there’s a reason people collect National Geographics from the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, and it isn’t the articles.

-Dave
Tim

Update the adds with some of Richard Thompsons photos and run them again! http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardthompson/