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| 1960 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for "...the first station wagon that really makes sense". The ad features an overhead view of a Red and White VW Bus with the sun roof open. Through this open portal you can see nine comfortably seated people, and a St. Bernard, taking a trip. The ad text claims the Bus also contains a "sizable amount" of beach neccessaties. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 1959 Holiday |
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View VW Bus 21 |
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| 1961 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the unusual look yet amazing amount of space in this vehicle. The ad has a picture of a Red and White VW Bus parked against a white background. The side doors on this bus are open and the sun roof has been rolled open and the ad headline, giving credit to it's unusual look, tells us that "We also make a funny-looking car". The ad talks about the useful size in both of these vehicles and compares the Bus to a "real bus". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 9, 1961 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 38 |
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| 1962 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad has a photo of a red and white Bus with all of it's doors and lid open so that the interior space is visible. The ad headline asks "What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a station wagon before?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 27, 1962 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 18 |
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| 1962 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that tries to give you some arguments to convince the people who don't like the VW Bus. The ad has a picture of a man in a dark suit, holding his hat in his hands as he sticks his head into the driver's side window to look it over. The ad headline asks you, "Why won't your wife let you buy this wagon?" and the ad repeats some of the often-heard turn-down statements. But the ad also talks about the extra room available and it talks about the "special club" that women VW Bus owners have and it talks about the price tag of $2655. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 18, 1962 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 37 |
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| 1962 |
VW Bus - Black and white 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad has a photo of a VW Bus with a scale drawing of a VW Bug next to it. You can see that the wheelbase is the same and the Bug is only about 9 inches shorter. The ad headline says "The Volkswagen Station Wagon: We don't see it as a long, low car." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
1962 Life magazine |
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$4.50 |
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| 1962 |
VW Bus - Black and white 8" x 11" ad that starts off "Got a lot to carry? Get a box". It then show, in a series of six pictures, how a roomy cardboard box can be assembled as a VW Bus. |
August 24, 1962 Time magazine |
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$4.50 |
View VW Bus 9 |
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| 1963 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad has a photo of a Red & White Bus with the side doors and the top opened to reveal, and allow for, a large brown paper wrapped object that could be anything. The ad headline asks the question "What is it?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 22, 1963 Life magazine |
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| 1963 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a photo of a Red & White VW Bus with a small boat placed into the back with the mast and sail sticking through the open roof. The ad headline has the headline "It carries a boatload". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 17, 1963 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 23 |
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| 1963 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a photo of a Red and White VW Bus parked against a light background with the passenger doors and the overhead door opened. The ad headline asks "Do you have the right kind of wife for it?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 28, 1963 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 33 |
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| 1963 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2 x 13" ad has an overhead photo of an Orange and white Bus parked to the left of a longer wheelbased American-made Station Wagon. The ad headline lets us know that "The Volkswagen is the big one." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
July 12, 1963 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 26 |
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| 1963 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad has a large photo of a man sitting in the driver's seat of his Red & White VW Bus. The ad headline claims that with this vehicle you can "Box yourself in." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
August 30, 1963 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 34 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad shows a VW Bus parked alongside a city bus with the ad headline stating "We learned something from the big boys". |
September 20, 1963 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 4 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad has a photo of a Red and White Bus shown against a black background. The ad headline let's us know that, as hard as it is to believe, "Somebody actually stole one." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
January 24, 1964 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 30 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad with a photo taken of the back end of this vehicle with the back gate open so the inside is somewhat visible. The ad headline claims there is "Plenty of room at the rear of the bus". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 21, 1964 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 24 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad has a large photo of the front of a Red and White Bus. The ad headline does the job of "Introducing the 2 family car." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 25, 1964 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 32 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Black and white 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" ad shows a VW Bus parked in the wilderness with an awning over the side door. It is a morning scene and the man is sitting on the door sill playing with his dog and drinking his coffee while his wife is lying in bed looking out at him and his young son looks out the front door. The ad headline, with tongue in cheek, just says "Rough it". |
April 1964 Field & Stream |
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View VW Bus 14 |
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| 1964 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the fact that the boxy shape of the Volkswagen Station Wagon is the shape that gives you the most room to "pack things in". The ad has a head-on picture of a Red and White VW Bus that nearly fills the page and the headline challenges you to "Box yourself in". The ad text describes some of the space-making features of this vehicle and mentions some other features like the engine in the back and no water needed. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
August 30, 1964 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 42 |
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| 1965 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that uses reverse logic to get you to consider buying a VW Bus. The ad has a picture of a regular street in the suburbs, every house the same floor plan and the same color. Parked at the curb in front of each and every house is the same vehicle, a Red and White VW Bus. The ad text reasons that "If the world looked like this, and you wanted to buy a car that sticks out a little, you probably wouldn't buy a Volkswagen Station Wagon. But in case you haven't noticed, the world doesn't look like this. So if you've wanted to buy a car that sticks out a little, you know just what to do". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 23, 1964 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 41 |
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| 1965 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad has a photo from the front of a Green and white Bus that has it's passenger side door opened by a lady who is looking intently yet apprehensively inside. The ad headline challenges you that "If you can sell her on this, you can sell her on anything." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 5, 1965 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 27 |
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| 1965 |
VW Bus - Black and white 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad shows a man camping out with a tent attached to the side door of his Bus. As the camera peers into all of the accessories that he has stored in his vehicle the headline asks "What's in it for the wife?" |
May 1965 Field & Stream |
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View VW Bus 13 |
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| 1965 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad with a large copy of the VW emblem against a white background. The ad headline warns you to "Be sure to look for this familiar brand on the front of every box.". The ad text gives some numbers that may be of interest such as cubic feet and passengers carried. There is also a picture of the front end of a Red and White VW Bus. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 4, 1965 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 36 |
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| 1965 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad features an overhead shot of three different vehicles: a VW Bus and two conventional station wagons. The ad headline explains "The Volkswagen Station Wagon: Bigger than the biggest, smaller than the smallest.". The ad text discusses the ways that these vehicles are different and how the VW Bus is different in better ways. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
July 16, 1965 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 7 |
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| 1966 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad with the headline "They Laughed". The ad contains pictures of seven different "Inventions" that caused people to laugh. They include the wheel, the telephone, the electric light bulb, the automobile, the steamboat, the airplane and in 1950, the Volkswagen Station Wagon. The ad says of the VW Bus, it's "still a pretty funny sight. And people are still laughing. But the laughter is dying down." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
January 21, 1966 Life magazine |
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| 1966 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" interesting ad shows a photo of a man who has taken an old red VW Bus and converted it into a take-out restaruant with stickers that say "Snacks", "Frank's Soup" and "Chili". The ad headline claims that "Old Volkswagen Station Wagons never die" and the ad text lists the many appliances necessary for running a restaurant that Frank was able to install in his "box". The ad also mentions that the Standard VW Wagon costs only $2,337. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 20, 1966 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 11 |
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| 1966 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad has a small photo of a Red and White Bus and a headline that asks "What do other station wagons have that a Volkswagen doesn't". The ad text then mentions and describes five things that usually require upkeep and worry to answer this question. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. | July 22, 1966 Life magazine |
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| 1967 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that shows a VW Bus driving away from the camera through a heavy snowstorm on an unplowed road in a wooded area. The ad headline claims that a day like this is "A beautiful day to own a Volkswagen Station Wagon". The ad is filled with statistics that tell the story about how on January 24, 1966 an estimated 262,825,033.74 tons of snow fell on the United States and if it wasn't for the VW Bus, the country would have stood still. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 28, 1966 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 16 |
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| 1967 |
VW Bus - Blue and white 9 1/2" x 12" ad has a blueprint style drawing of the body of this vehicle. The ad headline claims that "We started with a simple plan." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 7, 1967 Look magazine |
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| 1967 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad for the economical VW Bus. The ad has a picture of the front end of a Red and white VW Bus with soap suds streaming down the metal and the headline asking the question "Should you pay twice as much to get it washed?". The text explains that the box-like shape of this small-size vehicle is what allows it to hold so much more that larger station wagons and it talks about getting 23 miles-per-gallon as well as having tires last 35,000 miles. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 24, 1967 Life magazine |
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| 1967 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the fact that this is more than a one-dimensional vehicle or, as the ad headline puts it, "It goes a lot further than the A. & P.". The ad has a picture of a VW Bus that has zebra-stripes painted all over the body stopped in a vast plain so that the passengers can view and take photos of a small herd of Zebras that do not seem to mind their intrusion. The ad explains that in Kenya the United Touring Co. has 160 of these painted VW Buses to transport their passengers through "man-sized grass, seas of mud, craggy mountains, clammy jungles and an extinct volcano". The claim is made that the reliability of this bus and the fact that it is air cooled make it a perfect choice for this job. The ad also says that "It gets wild mileage on 50 cent-a-gallon gasoline when it can find it". It ends by saying that, for them, "anything less than a Volkswagen is just beating around the bush". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 23, 1967 Life magazine |
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| 1968 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad shows a red bus completely filled with beans. The ad headline asks the question "How many beans are in the box?" and then answers by saying "About twice as many beans as you'd find in a normal station wagon". |
May 31, 1968 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 8 |
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| 1968 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 12 1/2" ad that says "There's a surprise in every box". The ad photo shows an overhead shot of a red Bus that has the top cut off of three sides and folded over so that the inside space is visible to everyone. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
July 26, 1968 Life magazine |
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View VW Bus 12 |
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| 1969 |
VW Bus - Full color 7 3/4" x 10 1/4" ad for the many things that a VW Bus can be. The ad has a picture of a Yellow and White VW Bus that is parked behind a tent that is set at the edge of a body of water that is creeping closer. There is a man sitting and sleeping in a chair while his fishing rod is propped up in an attempt to mimic fishing. He is, at the moment, unaware of the rising tide so the ad headline warns that "In 5 minutes it had better turn into a station wagon" and the ad text gives an idea, piece by piece, about how fast this camper can be made road-worthy. |
February 1969 Outdoor Life |
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| 1969 |
VW Bus - Full color 10" x 13" ad that shows a red Bus filled with nine band members with their instruments. The ad headline claims that "No other station wagon can carry this tune". |
February 21, 1969 Life magazine |
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| 1969 |
VW Bus "It can manage the whole team" | April 4, 1969 Life magazine |
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| 1969 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a photo of a Red VW Bus stopped at a traffic light next to a station wagon of American manufacturer. The elderly occupants of this car are looking over, and up, at the strange vehicle next to them. The ad headline asks "When they're looking up to you, are they really looking down at you." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 23, 1969 Life magazine |
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| 1970 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 3/4" x 12 1/2" ad has a photo from the front of a Red VW Bus parked next to a red station wagon of another brand. Through the front windshield you can see that the VW Bus is pretty filled up but the other vehicle has golf clubs and other items sticking out of the rear windows and a lot of other things tied to the roof. The ad text claims that "The only thing that looks funnier than a Volkswagen carrying 176 cubic feet of things is someone else's wagon carrying 176 cubic feet of things." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 13, 1970 Life magazine |
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| 1971 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad with a picture at the top of an orange bus and several smaller pictures below with text that helps answer the question "Ever wonder who buys them?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. | June 26, 1970 Life magazine |
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| 1971 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad has a photo of two cars stopped next to each other at a traffic light in a residential section. There is an older couple in a station wagon looking over at the Red VW Bus stopped next to them while the occupants of the Bus stare straight ahead. The ad headline asks the question "When they're looking up to you, are they really looking down at you?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 7, 1971 Life magazine |
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| 1971 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for the VW Bus. This ad is the exact same as the one for the 1970 VW Bus except they have updated and corrected the statistics. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 28, 1971 Life magazine |
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| 1971 |
VW Bus - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad shows a red Bus sitting against a blue background. The ad headline informs you that you "Get this station wagon free with every VW Campmobile". |
June 11, 1971 Life magazine |
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| 1972 |
VW Bus - Black and white 10" x 13" ad shows a rear end view of this vehicle. The engine hood is opened showing the engine and the ad has the headline "More power to the people". |
August 18, 1972 Life magazine |
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| 1982 |
Vanagon Diesel - Full color 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad which shows an orange and white Wanagon parked in front of an assortment of cones, balls, cubes and other geometric shapes. The ad headline mentions "How the Vanagon Diesel works: Accommodating unusual shapes" and the ad talks about the same things that the VW Bus ads have talked about from the beginning: how much stuff you can pack into this vehicle and still be able to drive it away. |
February 22, 1982 Sports Illustrated |
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