45 Incredibly Stylish Vintage Travel Print Ads

Travel Essentials

Sifting through hundreds of vintage ads, I’ve found some extremely dubious straplines. One of the most misleading amongst them, however, has got to be: “Beautiful Tan Today, Young Looking Skin Tomorrow”, taken from the Coppertone ad below.

While most choose to simply soak in the rays on arrival at their chosen holiday destination, others prefer to pre-bronze before hitting the beach. For them there’s Spray Tan, a product many consider to be a modern invention. The Spray Tan adverts below were taken from a 1955 issue of Marie Claire.

32. Flight Proven Luggage


Image: Samsonite

33. Beautiful Tan Today, Young Looking Skin Tomorrow


Image: Coppertone

34. Secret Cover Will Beautify Legs


Image: Elizabeth Arden

35. Un Hâle Magnifique


Image: Spray Tan

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Tom Walker

About the author:

Tom is a huge tech and gadget geek with a broad range of interests including travel, art and design. Much of his time is spent blogging on CreativeCloud but he also enjoys writing for other blogs in the design niche.

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