Smith-Corona | 1944

Vintage ad for Smith-Corona, 1944

In 1944, in the middle of the Second World War, typewriter maker Smith-Corona had turned its production over to the war effort.

Even so, it kept talking to its customers: in this ad in Seleções, the Brazilian edition of Reader’s Digest, the brand explained the shortage of new machines and promised that everything would return to normal once peace came.

Brand
Smith-Corona
Year
1944
Decade
1940s
Country
Brazil
Medium
Magazine
Themes
Technology
Original publication
Seleções, 1944
Smith-Corona | 1944 · Vintage Ad Museum
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