Creepy vintage print ads

RetroComedy posted their picks for "15 Creepiest Vintage Ads of All Time." Above are my faves from the bunch. (Thanks, David Steinberg!)

[#1 posted by Anonymous, July 7, 2009 10:54 AM]

Mmmmmmm, fingers...

[#2 posted by Bitgod, July 7, 2009 10:58 AM]

#10 - Bob went to the Harvard Business School of Evil.

#9 - Maybe if more husbands put their wives over a knee, this would be a kinkier world, yeah baby!

#4 - Not on Mondays

[#3 posted by wolfiesma, July 7, 2009 11:16 AM]

Are those for real? AH HA HA HA HA!

[#4 posted by Anonymous, July 7, 2009 11:29 AM]

I made a clock based on one of those:

http://asciimation.co.nz/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=29&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

[#5 posted by grimshaw, July 7, 2009 11:30 AM]

That pig is going to be in my nightmares...we do indeed "eat with pleasure...and without getting tired" WTF?

[#6 posted by Lagged2Death, July 7, 2009 11:43 AM]

That Chase & Sanborn coffee ad (man spanks wife) is all over the internet, but always in the same rather low resolution. I'd sure like to see a higher-res scan.

Because I wonder how much of the expression on the victim's face is real and how much is my imagination reading between the pixels, as it were.

[#7 posted by Rezpect, July 7, 2009 11:56 AM]

Oh yeah, my favorite is the "douche with Lysol disinfectant" ad. What sadistic horrorshow of a doctor thought that up?

[#8 posted by JL Bryan, July 7, 2009 12:02 PM]

Pears' Soap...turning infants into mutant zombies since 1951.

[#9 posted by Anonymous, July 7, 2009 12:57 PM]

LAGGED2DEATH, I looked everywhere for one when making the Spanked Women rotating legs clock but haven't found one yet.

[#10 posted by Anonymous, July 7, 2009 1:03 PM]

@Grimshaw - fatigue refers to boredom or soemthing getting "old" in that ad, not being tired.

[#11 posted by ill lich, July 7, 2009 1:26 PM]

I was hoping this one would show up, so I could finally find out what ad it comes from.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25152449@N06/2459040042/

[#12 posted by Anonymous, July 7, 2009 2:46 PM]

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/30/weirdomatics-collect.html

[#13 posted by nanuq, July 7, 2009 3:10 PM]

"I was hoping this one would show up, so I could finally find out what ad it comes from."

I'm guessing Chef Boyardee from what he's eating.

[#14 posted by Lauren O, July 7, 2009 3:47 PM]

It's not vintage, but I did spot this supremely creepy package in an Austin supermarket the other day.

[#15 posted by NicoNicoNico, July 7, 2009 5:06 PM]

@ #14,

Hey, it'll be vintage someday.

[#16 posted by grimshaw, July 7, 2009 6:30 PM]

@ Anon : "@Grimshaw - fatigue refers to boredom or soemthing getting "old" in that ad, not being tired." - Thanks for the clarification! Still going to be in my nightmares....

[#17 posted by Beanolini, July 8, 2009 1:26 AM]

There's a big collection of images like the pig-sausage one at Suicide Food.

[#18 posted by dr, July 8, 2009 2:19 AM]

Chase & Sanborn seems to have had an old tradition of such ads. In Pendergrast's book Uncommon Grounds there's a 1934 C&S ad with the wife complaining about being black and blue (presumably from being beaten for serving bad coffee), and the man throwing his hot cup of coffee on her. Hard to imagine how this sold the product.

[#19 posted by Neslock, July 8, 2009 3:25 PM]

The one that is going to stick with me is the suggestion that using Lysol as a douche leaves "no greasy aftereffect"...

[#20 posted by eti, July 11, 2009 9:49 AM]

What? The word "creep" is mentioned on BB and nobody brings up the Uncanny Valley? You're slipping, BB!