5.31.2011

THE REAL DEAL OF MAD MEN

randomly taking a few ( may be more ) shots of this New Straights Times newspaper back in 1957. as you all know ( sources from my twitter ), ayah came back home to KL fully loaded and he's ready to work back originally here. he came back with a gift of 7 nostalgic ye-olde' antique newspaper of NST that was printed back in year 07 for the 50 years anniversary of Malaysia. ayah kept it for 4 years and yet, the paper seems to be yellow. 4 years is good enough to call it antique right. going through pages through pages really embarks me, on how the community from the olden days live thru. this is definitely, the real Mad Men in times.

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back then, titles means a lot. plus, the wording is just superb. headlines for any particular story is set told by just the big title. loving the second image, very much indeed.

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smoking was NOT prohibited during the previous years.
"those natural cork tips..... as cool to your lips as the fine tobacco is smooth to your throat"

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not one, not two..... but three (Y)

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NOW SHOWING. back then, R-E-X used to be our GSC and TGV :D

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to own a car at this kind of a time seems to show that you're one wealthy guy out there

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the first ever color film from kodak. step 1, capture the moments.

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step 2, blog it by using a copywriter. epic!

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beauty products. some good old brands do still exist till today.

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spinners are needed wayyyyy back in the 50's. technology was soon to be invented from time to time.

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from one to one advertisements.

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never the less, fashion ads was even concluded.

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an instant ticket to fame

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"dari dulu sampai ke sekarang" *sigh

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looking back at this ( above and all ) really brings back memories, said ayah. from generation to generation, some things are meant to stay and some are meant to be left out. having a hard time putting this post. but manage to :) joy as i was reading this 50's newspaper. there were no models back then. everything was 100% hand made caricatures. i have finally experienced my very own Mad Men. wouldn't it be awesome to work in Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ;) *giggles.