Category: United States

You Can Help with This Problem

This is the 11th in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. Consider this: Since 1941, including World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, 519,264 Americans were killed in combat. Since 1941, 1,788,400 Americans were … Continue reading You Can Help with This Problem →

Find a Leaking Ship

This is the tenth in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. Many a foundering ship could be rescued by your ideas and energy. A failing business, a scout troop, a church choir, a public … Continue reading Find a Leaking Ship →

The Dumbest Person in the World

This is the ninth in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. How dumb? Very dumb. It's the American who knocks what he's got. Here's what he's got: A country of unbounded beauty. Almost … Continue reading The Dumbest Person in the World →

(General) Doolittle Did a Lot, and So Have Many Others

This is the eighth in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. Who was this skylarking exuberant young eagle who raced across the sky and into the hearts of people everywhere? His name, a … Continue reading (General) Doolittle Did a Lot, and So Have Many Others →

Don’t Quit

This is the seventh in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. Is that what you want to do? Quit? Anybody can do that. Takes no talent. takes no guts. It's exactly what your … Continue reading Don’t Quit →

Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?

This is the fourth in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. There's a major crime committed in America at the rate of one every 3 seconds. A murder every 24 minutes. A robbery … Continue reading Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? →