Description
Full color 9 1/2″ x 13″ ad for Sparkling Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Club Soda. This ad was a “Special get-acquanited offer!” that is showing the difference in today’s money as opposed to 70-years ago. The banner across the top of the ad states that you could “Save 25 cents on $1.00’s Worth of OPEN HOUSE TREATS *Special Canada Dey Offer!”. Below this are several bottles of Canada Dry bottles in a container with Planter’s Cocktail Peanuts, Sunshine Cheez-It, Ritz Crackers, Pop Corn, Potato Chips, several kinds of Cheese, Underwood Deviled Ham and the list just goes on. The text of this ad claims that “This amazing offer is made to let you know just how much better Canada Dry is than any other ginger ale or club soda. Once you switch to Canada Dry, you’ll stay with it for life. No other ginger ale has the flavor, the sparkle, the purity of Canada Dry – the original pale dry ginger ale. No other club soda has Blend-ability…made possible by the two Canada Dry Water exclusives: ‘Flavor-Balanced Formula’ and ‘Pin-Point Carbonation’. Enjoy Canada Dry today, and save money at the same time”.
Source: September 22, 1952 Life magazine.
