Ad of the week: Dagger!

by Michael Dietsch on March 12, 2010 · 0 comments

in Rum, Vintage ads

Sorry I missed last week; a combination of real-life duties and a bad cold took me out of commission. But I’m back this week with a look at a vanished rum brand: Dagger. A product of J. Wray and Nephew, Dagger is sadly defunct. I say “sadly” because a fellow member of the Cocktail and Spirits Online Writers Gang managed to dig up a bottle and mixed it into Mai Tais, and it sounds fantastic. Hat tip to you, Tiare. Click over if you want to see what the bottle looked like in color.

Anyway, here’s a collection of Dagger ads from 1930s-era Life magazine. Enjoy!

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Ad of the Week: Labatt’s Beautiful Truck

by Michael Dietsch on February 26, 2010 · 1 comment

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Dig this Art Deco beer-wagon, from a June 1937 issue of Life.

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