A Touch of China Used to Sell Americans Buicks in 1962
Posted: December 7th, 2013 | 2 Comments »This 1962 advert for the Buick Skylark Convertible opted to go full on with the Chinese theme . I’m afraid I don’t quite why they used such heavy Chinese imagery, including the lantern (well, I would notice the lantern wouldn’t I given recent obsessive behaviour on this blog regarding Chinese lanterns). The text makes no reference to China or anything Chinesey….
And I believe that is the SF Telephone exchange in the background. You’ve previously mentioned here: http://www.chinarhyming.com/2010/08/16/the-san-francisco-chinese-telephone-exchange/
Well spotted – hadn’t noticed that…