Postcard Humor: Stuck In First Gear

An illustrated take on the woes of the 1960s compact car driver.

Pull Up To The Bumper

Some excellent 1970s sticker fun from one of my forever friends...  Thanks, Cathi Krupsky!

Close Cover Before Striking

1950s and 1960s Matchbook cover graphics: Ads with a strip of flint.

Manny, Moe & Jack

1950s tin box for a Pep Boys automotive light bulb kit. A nicely-designed item I stumbled upon about 5 years ago at a flea market.

Happy Motoring: 1965

1965 advertisements for scooters, sparkplugs and sweet machines.

The Dipstick Tells The Story

The military police are after motorists who have not changed their oil in this World War 2-era ad from the 1940s that mirrors nationalist propaganda.

Shades Of Winter

TWA. Mobilgas. Richardson's Candies. Three different illustrations. Three different winter realities of the 1940s.

Whizz-Bang-Vroom!

Four leisure-time motorbike ads extracted from my collection: 1940s - 1960s.

The Battery With Giant Power

1940s auto battery advertising illustration. Click image to enlarge.

A New Rocket

A late 1940s illustration which promised a new era in automotive rocketry.

Autoamerican

Gorgeously illustrated (and photographed) family values of the 1940s and 50s from the pages of Life Magazine. Full resolution images available HERE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/sets/72157621955744289/

Sampler: 1940s & 1950s Advertising Illustration

A charming array of beautifully illustrated magazine advertisements from the storied midcentury, snatched from back issues of Life and The Saturday Evening Post.