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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Depression Glass is back in vogue!




















Signs of the times, kiddies. Depression glass was given as a premium during the Great Depression at movie theaters, stores and such. It was a classic loss-leader item to get people into your place, with a something-for-nothing cachet.

McDonald's is re-introducing the concept in the second photo: free Coke glasses as a premium!
They are pretty, stylish, and a sign of our current times.

Drink up!

3 comments:

depression Glass said...

It's funny... I have seen those coke glasses a thousand times and never put 2 and 2 together and realised that they were copying depression glass colors!

Cool.

Coke have a good history of using vintage ads and items in their promotional materials. Just goes to show that depression glass lives on!

Perhaps they put them out to co-incide with this depression we are having at the moment :(

The Aardvark said...

PRE-cisely my point. Maybe not a conscious reason on Coke's part, but certainly to meet the same conditions: bad economic times. Let's give summat away to entice people to part with their pennies!

TheWayfarer said...

Just another empty crucible that needs to be filled with beer...I mean "holiday cheer":)
Thanks for the edjumucation!