1952: Chase & Sanborn Coffee - Primary Source Tea

Artifacts from the Patriarchy - Chase & Sanborn asked one question: what if stale coffee deserved corporal punishment?

There are vintage ads that make you laugh because the past was ridiculous.

And then there are vintage ads that make you stare into the middle distance and wonder if the entire advertising industry needed a supervised field trip to therapy.

Today’s artifact from the Housewife-Industrial Complex is this 1952 Chase & Sanborn coffee ad, which asks the timeless question: what if stale coffee justified a little light domestic violence?