Bunch of pictures from old newspapers

[kmain]

 

[kmain]

 

[celestino]

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

[Uncle Brian]

Very cool thanks for posting them ... I seem to have chosen a Gillette New as my main razor, wonderful old thing and still looks good.

 

[Liberty_2112]

Very cool. I love some of the old ads and clippings. Thanks for sharing.

 

[AlanL]

The article Razor history through ads offers a chronological sequence.

 

[Weaselsrippedmyflesh]

Very cool. It's interesting how product endorsements by sports stars were used back then. Must have been really easy for the athlete: didn't have to talk, didn't even have to look good since it was a drawing anyway. Just agree to let them use your name and cash the check.

 

[kmain]

There's a lot more just search google news archieves then specify dates... I found the ad for gillette SS kit with FISHING LURES to be quiet strange...

 

[kmain]

Few more guys...


In 1959 in the MilWaukee Sentinel Dec 5 this article was posted stating that Gillette had not advertised in newspapers in around a 1/4 of a century... pretty cool if you look at the past ads.. I wonder why they stopped doing it...

In the Montreal Gazette Jul 9 1931 this article was posted, around 1 year before King Gillette died, it makes you wonder if this was a cause of stress that might have lead to death...

This next article was in the Pittsburge Press Jul 23, 1931 also around 1 year before King Gillette died..

 

[kmain]

Pittsburg Post Gazette Jan 7, 1944



St Petersburg Time Apr 4 1943

 

[pipskicks]

I knew they had a very strong hold on the market, but not that strong of a hold!!

I guess it explains the lack of more ads over all this time. I'm assuming if they could go that long without advertising that they probably don't need to have made a ton of ads for a lot of the time ...

 

[pipskicks]

I wonder why they did have such a strong hold until then though. Maybe since the DE beat the SE they had a patent until it expired and Schick entered the market?

I wonder if some people know more details!

 

[Dools]

Thanks.