Just because there was a war going on didn’t mean that companies abolished their marketing needs. The advertising trade was still booming. Nothing beats and old fashioned dose of patriotism to get your products sold(or sometimes not sold).Lets face it advertising is really a commercial form of propaganda.
Below are some examples of advertisements from the WWII era.
According to this May 1944 National Geographic advertisement, “some things”—presumably love and superior tire quality—”never change.” Nevertheless, this General Tire advertisement encourages readers not to buy the company’s tires during wartime for the sake of rationing rubber.
In this September 1944 National Geographic advertisement, Minneapolis Honeywell Temperature Controls promises homeowners that in the postwar future, they’ll be able to purchase heating and cooling systems that seem straight out of science fiction
Nestle 1943
Phillips Bicycles
Kolynos Toothpaste
Have a coke and a smile
Nestle’s, Propaganda Chocolate Sweets WWII Chocolate Is a Fighting Food, USA
Can’t go without a smoke
Thanksgiving 1942
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