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Beer In Ads #1352: Gimme Gold Label

October 23, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Acme Beer, from 1951. This is from a series of billboard ads from the same year I stumbled upon, though I’m sure the originals in color are more spectacular. In this Acme ad for their Gold Label beer, they’re advertising it as a “new lighter, drier beer.” The cartoon faces are amazing, especially that wink.

Acme-gold-label-1951

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



Comments

  1. Beerman49 says

    October 24, 2014 at 10:42 pm

    Jay – is that the Bay Area Acme that died (I’m guessing 60’s) & got resurrected late 80’s/early 90’s? (I’m thinking yes because of Trademark regs)

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