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Hostess Twinkie TV Commercial

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: January 13, 2012
Hostess Brand Inc. filed for bankruptcy this week, the second time in almost eight years. Twinkies are one of the most loved and recognized Hostess products. Enjoy this vintage commercial as you eat your Twinkie deep fried or plain. And stock your cupboards with the yellow sponge cake while supplies last!
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Biography of Poppin’ Fresh – The Pillsbury Doughboy

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: December 5, 2011
‘Tis the season for baking, so it’s a perfect time to offer this brief bio on the Pillsbury Doughboy! This 14 oz, 8″ dough creature debuted in a Cresent Roll commercial in 1965. He goes by the name Poppin’ Fresh. The doughboy was originally drawn by Chet Noice, a freelance artist from Minneapolis. The Leo [...]
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1956 Butterball Thanksgiving Turkey Commercial

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: November 18, 2011
Butter makes turkey better! At least according to this 1956 commercial. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Mr. Peanut Planters World’s Fair Bookmark

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: November 14, 2011
I think you’ll go nuts over these Mr. Peanut fun facts! * Antonio Gentile, a 14-year-old schoolboy, created Peanut Man. In 1916 Planters Peanuts held a contest to create a company logo and Gentile won. He was awarded $15 * A commercial artist later added the monocle, spats and top hat * The first ad [...]
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Keep and Enforce Prohibition License Plate

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: June 29, 2011
Here’s a dandy doodle vintage license plate. This is red, white & blue plate with embossed lettering. It was made sometime during the prohibition era, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. This essentially was a traveling billboard. Was this one of the first license plates to promote a message? These days we see so many [...]
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Willi’s Wine Bar Paris Poster by A.M. Cassandre

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: June 26, 2011
On Saturday I purchased this beautiful framed poster at a local thrift store. I paid $10 for it. (This very poster retails for $200 to $300!). It was printed in limited quantities (1000) back in 1983, but the graphic dates back much earlier. It was designed in 1935 by artist A.M. Cassandre (real name Adolphe [...]
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Community Cookbooks & Regional Recipes

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: April 3, 2011
There are thousands of avid cookbook collectors. Are you one of them? One area of cookbook collecting is regional cookbooks; books that come from a particular town or area. It could be the local church where parishioners submit their fave recipes. Or a town that’s celebrating a birthday and asks residents to contribute. Here’s a [...]
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Lucky Charms cereal TV Commercial

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: March 11, 2011
We struck gold with this week’s My Vintage Video. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th. Here’s a vintage commercial for Lucky Charms cereal.
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Campbell’s Kids Soup TV commercial

By MyVintageGeneration | Published: February 18, 2011
Earlier this week I had a touch of the flu. The only thing I felt like eating was a bowl of chicken noodle soup. So, I thought it appropriate to feature Campbell’s Soup kids in this week’s My Vintage Video. Here’s an early commercial for Campbell’s Tomato Soup.
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