Monday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1953. It’s a fairly typical Fifties-era ad for Schlitz, with the illustration showing a woman in a pink dress seated beneath a tree on a grassy knoll as her beau hands her a glass of Schlitz. One of my first dates with my wife was a picnic on Angel Island, but we looked like nothing like this couple. Oh, and I didn’t bring Schlitz.
Archives for October 21, 2013
Intoxication Nation Infographic
Today’s infographic is a second one from Blowfish, an over-the-counter hangover remedy. This one shows “how we are drinking and dealing with our hangovers,” which includes several data points about who, and what, Americans drink. The data was compiled for Blowfish by a third-party research firm.