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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

From All of Us to All of You

Inspiration December 20th 2012 by Christopher via Roger Wilkerson | Thanks to Alexandra

Christmas is around the corner and to celebrate this magical Holiday we are featuring a few samples of Christmas related advertisements and images from between 1946 and 1964, courtesy of the collection of Roger Wilkerson.

To me, the hand drawn illustrations and images in mid-century advertisements are the epitomy of style. It shows how talented advertising America were some 50-60 years ago. That fine attention to design and pseudo-realism really grabs me.

So, from all of us, to all of you – Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and Happy New Year! What is Santa Claus bringing you this Christmas?

About the author

Christopher founded Ultra Swank in 2005. Has a crush on mid-century graphic design, defunct airlines, Disneyland and the Century 21 Exposition. Is a collector of easy listening music from the 60s and 70s and a Swedish expat living in Barcelona, Spain. Read more articles by me

Comments for this article

  • http://twitter.com/ChriSobieniak Chris Sobieniak

    I would see my parents in these pictures too well. This was the world they knew best.

  • http://profiles.google.com/armpitstudios Steve Mills

    Today’s ads just don’t seem to say Merry Christmas like those illustrations did. Just look at that restaurant scene (thought it was a bar at first). I love the suburbs depicted in the first one though.