Indian print advertisements over the years. A thread
Yes, at one point, cigarettes were marketed as cures for asthma and bronchitis
The first computer with Devanagari support
“That’s why I’m a West Indian Air-Indian”
“The service is the best I’ve faced anywhere in the world and the cuisine is simply smashing right down the line”
I’m pretty certain some of the houses that bought this after seeing this ad in 1935 still have it today.
“Cut them out and paste them on your desk or in your bungalow as a constant reminder”
A call for donations to Bangladesh
Alan Ara, Shakuntala and Sholay
The launch of Appu Ghar
Thomas Bata’s will (“…utterly opposed to Soviet principles”)
The original “save the tiger” campaign
Dog Boy, Dig…
I’ll close this thread with this surreal campaign - Armour underwear ran ads in Pitman’s shorthand for a couple of days and then published the translation over the next few days.
All of these pictures are from a Times of India sesquicentennial book that I got as a prize for some quiz back in school many years ago
Couldn’t resist posting this ad by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway on the conveyance of opium
“Hitler called us cripples”
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