Love vintage ads? Get ready to waste HOURS of your life.

[joeekaitis]

books.google.com is in the process of adding scads of magazines, ads and all, including LIFE.

After you enter s search term, say, "norelco cassette", change the "Showing:" dropdown on the first result page to "Full view only". Click on a magazine cover you're there. I used the Page Info tool in Firefox to isolate this image:

And, yes, you can find appliance ads.

 

[alr2903]

Thanks joe, i think i will save this for the weekend, thanks for a great link. alr2903

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thank you, Joe
Tom

 

[bajaespuma]

Yeah, thanks Joe,

Well, my year is now shot to hell.

 

[bajaespuma]

Oh, Joe...

while you're at it, how did you extract the images from the site? I assume it has to do with "the Page Info tool in Firefox to isolate this image", but that might as well be Greek to me. What's Firefox and how do I do it? I already found several neat ads I've never seen before!

 

[joeekaitis]

If you're not using Firefox, download it from getfirefox.com.

Once you find an ad you want to save, zoom all the way in on it. Wait a few seconds for it to sharpen. The maximum size is limited by your monitor, so do this at your monitor's highest resolution setting.

Right-click on the image and select View Page Info. Click the Media button, then highlight the first item on the list below. Use the cursor-down key to find the image, click the Save As. . . button and save the image with the .jpg extension.

Voila! Ready to turn into wallpaper or, if you have a monitor capable of really high resolution, to send to a printer to make a poster.