Saturday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1941. This ad features several people driking beer at a picnic with illustration of a magic bottle and pilsner glass in the foreground.
Beer In Ads #2847: The Village Pub
Friday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1948. This ad features a framed illustration of an old village pub, with the pub sign reading “Miller High Life.”
Beer In Ads #2846: Enjoy Life Snacking
Thursday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1942. This ad features another magic bottle of Miller High Life and a full pilsner glass along with a plate of snacks.
Beer In Ads #2845: Enjoy Life Fishing
Wednesday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1941. This ad features a magic bottle of Miller High Life and a full pilsner glass surrounded by fishing gear.
Beer In Ads #2844: Enjoy Life At The Ballpark
Tuesday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1943. This ad from a Milwaukee Brewers’ game program and features a scene on a warm day at the ballpark. Who wouldn’t be thirsty in that situation?
Beer In Ads #2843: This One Time At Band Camp
Monday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1941. This ad features a drum majorette leading a marching band (yes, I’m a former marching band geek) in a parade. Presumably, the parade is in Milwaukee since the tagline at the bottom of the ad is “Welcome to Milwaukee.”
Beer In Ads #2842: Fishermen … Enjoy Life
Sunday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1941. This ad features a fisherman in a boat drinking a Miller High Life. Like yesterday’s hunter, apparently outdoor activities are better with beer, and it’s certainly hard to argue with that. He definitely looks happy.
Beer In Ads #2841: Reach Out For Finer Flavor
Saturday’s ad is for Miller Brewing, from 1940. This ad features a man hunting pheasant, and he’s reaching out to his dog, who’s brought back his kill. Then the tagline reads. “Reach out for Finer Flavor!” I’m not sure that comparing reaching out for a beer is analogous to reaching out for a freshly killed bird, but what do I know?
Beer In Ads #2840: Ice Gave All 48 States A Seashore …
Friday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1948. This post-World War 2 ad features a crowded sea with a fishing board in the foreground and then the text segues into how ice and refrigeration brought the seafood the fishermen were catching into everybody’s homes.
Beer In Ads #2839: Remember The Sunsets … You Could Never Describe?
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1945. This World War 2-era ad features a beautiful view of the Grand Canyon and text extolling how hard it is to describe such vistas, comparing that to trying to describe their beer.
