Harkening to a Valentino Past

What about antiquity in ads from the 1960s?  There is a point in advertising when we shift from forward-thinking (or even present-thinking) to thinking backwards.  This Oldsmobile ad from April 11, 1969 is hardly the most prominent example of this, but it’s a start.

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By Lee Wallender

Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.

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