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Daily Archives: May 28, 2010
1985: Would You Buy Gas from a Gorilla?
Chuck’s Conoco used a gorilla named Bubba to sell gas in 1985. Would you buy gas from a gorilla? I’d make a joke about the oil spill here, but it probably wouldn’t be very nice.
Tagged 1980s, 1985, advertising, brewster, brewster agency inc, business, chucks, conoco, Diesel, gas, gorilla, odd, Photos, worthington
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1960: Farmers Talk How About How the Spring Is Going
The Daily Globe asked how spring work was going for farmers in 1960, and got some different answers. Next post at 6 p.m.
Tagged 1960, 1960s, agriculture, chandler, crops, ed voss, Edgerton, farm, gene erlandson, gilbert schuur, henry vander grift, lismore, news, pete swier, Photos, reading, rushmore, spring
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1945: Your Country Is Still At War. Are You?
Your country is still at war, said this Hamm’s Beer ad from 1945 in Luverne. Are you? Next post at 11 a.m.
Tagged 1940s, 1945, a p fitzer, advertising, beer, business, hamms, Luverne, war, world war II
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