Tiki in silver age advertising ! - General Tiki

BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Tue, Dec 2, 2003 11:41 AM Exactly how prevalent and far-reaching was the influence of Polynesian Pop on the American psyche during the heyday of Tiki? So prevalent that it made it's way into almost every echelon of consumer marketing! Here is a sequence of ads I picked from four seperate issues of "The American Home" magazine, running from 1960 until 1965. Tile flooring, saccharin, garden seeds, even spark plug(??) ads saw the clear influence of Polynesian Pop. The same was reflected in small business, hence the want ads shown here. Wacky, huh? :)

Exactly how prevalent and far-reaching was the influence of Polynesian Pop on the American psyche during the heyday of Tiki? So prevalent that it made it's way into almost every echelon of consumer marketing! Here is a sequence of ads I picked from four seperate issues of "The American Home" magazine, running from 1960 until 1965. Tile flooring, saccharin, garden seeds, even spark plug(??) ads saw the clear influence of Polynesian Pop. The same was reflected in small business, hence the want ads shown here. Wacky, huh? :)

Post #62974 by Basement Kahuna on Tue, Dec 2, 2003 11:41 AM