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Beer In Ads #708: Happy Swallows! No Bitterness

October 4, 2012 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1943. A bit of a play on words, it seems to equate Swallows, the birds, and swallowing beer, with the slogan “Happy Swallows! No bitterness.” A bit of a stretch?

Schlitz-1943-swallows

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History, Schlitz



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