23 Vintage Camera Ads That Put Instagram to Shame

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You’ve already seen all the hilarious vintage tech ads the world has to offer, and it’s now time for retro camera ads. From classic brands like Kodak, Leica, and Polaroid, we bring you a mix of visually appealing ads as well as ones that will have you scratching your head because they’re just so weird. Much like a photo, you won’t soon forget them.

In the 1960s, Polaroid launched a campaign called “the 60-second excitement” around its new color pack camera.

And then Nikon came out with a mocking “60-second disappointment” ad bashing the fake “Parloraid” brand. So smooth, Nikon. [Update:As reader Jim Kaplan notes in comments, this image may actually be is actually a Mad Magazine parody and not a real ad that ran on the back cover of the magazine’s June 1967 issue. The photo is credited to Irving Schild, a longtime Mad photographer, and the use of the fake “Parloraid” brand is a hallmark of Mad parodies. We regret the error.]

Let’s remember the good times indeed.

Dick Van Dyke + Kodak = gold.

Anyone else think these “sayings” are a little weird? By giving a little girl a camera for her birthday, what you’re really saying is, “Now you can get pictures of that boy next door you always say you don’t like.” Yikes.