In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, kids were used to promote cigarettes, firearms, drugs and much more. Many of the ads — which feature things like cellophane-wrapped infants and gun-toting toddlers — seem irresponsible and creepy.
These ads of yesteryear have to be embarrassing for some of the big name companies that did it; they all had some strange ads with kids.
Girls Who Are a Weird Level of Hungry
Kids With Old Faces
More Infants Drinking Soda
Parenting At Its Finest
Babies With Intelligent Observations About Their Mother’s Cigarette Addiction
Impossibly Annoying-Looking Redheaded Boys Excited To Put Food In Their Shit-Eating Mouths
Murderous Nightmare-Inducing Children
Incredibly Racist Children
Roly-Poly Rosey-Cheeked Rapey-Looking Four-Year-Old Boys Smugly Eating Something Sloppily
These ads of yesteryear have to be embarrassing for some of the big name companies that did it; they all had some strange ads with kids.
Girls Who Are a Weird Level of Hungry
Kids With Old Faces
More Infants Drinking Soda
Parenting At Its Finest
Babies With Intelligent Observations About Their Mother’s Cigarette Addiction
Impossibly Annoying-Looking Redheaded Boys Excited To Put Food In Their Shit-Eating Mouths
Murderous Nightmare-Inducing Children
Incredibly Racist Children
Roly-Poly Rosey-Cheeked Rapey-Looking Four-Year-Old Boys Smugly Eating Something Sloppily
