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7-Up has the youngest customers (1950s) (plus several similar hoax ads) (media.piefed.ca)
submitted 5 days ago by EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
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As far as I am seeing on Snopes and CBS News, this 7-Up ad was a real ad in the 1950's.

NOTE! There is almost the same image circulating that claims to be about giving beer to infants. That is a FAKE ad. It looks virtually identical as this one, but replaces 7-Up with beer. Same baby etc.

There is also a "Soda Pop Board of America" fake ad, with the tagline, "For a Better Start in Life, Start Cola Earlier". It also features a photo of a baby, but looks different from this. That ad is also FAKE -> Hoax Ad

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Their best was Make 7- Up yours.

Especially the t-shirt with Make 7 on the front and UP YOURS on the back.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They knew what they were doing

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They really did! It’s the premise of the entire ad.

“Make seven UP YOURS”
“YEAH SAME TO YOU BUDDY”
“See? It’s catching on already!”

https://youtu.be/_uumprglICc