Thursday’s ad is another 1947 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Michaele Fallon. In this ad, Miss Fallon sits seductively — notice a pattern here? — on a comfy-looking yellow lounge chair with a Rheingold Dry on the table next to her.
Monday’s ad is a 1947 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Michaele Fallon. In the ad, Miss Fallon stands seductively in front of a bunch of red roses, wearing a bright blue hat that matches her eyes. Curiously, there’s no beer anywhere to be seen in the ad.
Monday’s ad is a 1949 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Pat McElroy. In the ad, Miss McElroy is holding the trophy she and her dog have just won. Based on her outfit, I think Miss Rheingold must have been a Green Bay Packers fan.
Monday’s ad is a 1948 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Pat Quinlan. In the ad, Miss Quinlan is on board a boat of some kind, hoisting maritime signal flags spelling out “D-R-Y,” as in Rheingold Extra Dry.
Our 79th Guinness uses the tagline “Opening Time Is Guinness Time.” In this case, the opening refers to the oyster, with a smiling pint of Guinness resting inside. The slogan at the bottom is the common “Guinness is good for you.” My one question, is since when did oysters have eyes?
Friday’s ad is a 1951 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Elise Gammon. In the ad, Miss Gammon is ready for the hunt, surrounded by hound dogs. Did Americans ever do the full British fox hunts? Because old ads sure seem to use the theme a lot.
Thursday’s ad is a 1956 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Millie Merritt. In the ad, Miss Merritt is wearing an exotic red dress sitting in the old barn with her squeeze box accordion, waiting for the performance, as the sign behind her promises, to take place “tonig.”
Wednesday’s ad is a 1948 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Pat Quinlan. In the ad, Miss Quinlan is carrying two baskets with three puppies and kittens in each. With the garden in the background, it almost looks like she’s just come back from picking them.
Tuesday’s ad is a 1958 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Madelyn Darrow. In the ad, Miss Darrow is apparently trying to figure out how many hats she can fit into a three-wheeled precursor to the smart car.
Monday’s ad is a 1951 ad for Rheingold Beer, featuring Miss Rheingold for that year, Elise Gammon. In the ad, Miss Gammon is arriving — or leaving? — a cocktail party and is either taking her mink off or putting on — it could be either, maybe that was the point?
