I’ve traced the advertising of a dozen companies throughout the 1920′s. The opportunity to follow their progress, their rise, their innovations in advertising are a wonderful education. But, there is always a certain sadness I feel for them as I come up to October of 1929…. I can see coming what they can’t…. I know [...]
“What’s a ‘Mongol’?” “What’s a ‘Horde’?” I stared and blinked… “You don’t know what a Mongol Horde is? Ghengis Kahn? “Nope. And I don’t think anyone else does either.” Me: Blank Stare, “Seriously?” “Nope”, he said. Well, there went that metaphor out the window. I had been writing to his market and waxing poetic on [...]