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Egyptian State Railways luggage service ad, al-Kawakib 1939

Hand your luggage to the State Railways and it travels without you: from your home to the ship at Alexandria when you leave, and back again when you return.

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Shell Oil "This is the City of Tomorrow" ad

The city of tomorrow will end stop-and-go driving by 1960, but Super-Shell is made for today's stop-and-go, and a Shell dealer has it now.

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Bosch spark plugs ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

Most cars that stall mid-road carry the wrong spark plug, and the right one is the Bosch in the blue box with the orange stripe.

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Bil-Bol automobile retailer poster

The motor car is sold as pure speed: a red car with a goggled driver and a windswept nude passenger tears through a starry night trailing flames.

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Chevrolet delivery van ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

A Chevrolet delivery truck costs little to run and does a lot of work, so the trader covers more ground, takes on more jobs and delivers on time.

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Columbia bicycles poster, Pope Manufacturing Co.

A Columbia turns cycling into pure pleasure, and its maker is the benchmark for the whole trade: a smiling rider pedals straight at the viewer under the promise of delight.

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Bosch spark plugs ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

A car that dies mid-journey is usually the fault of the wrong spark plug, so the driver should stop choosing by type and ask for the Bosch box.

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Columbia bicycles poster, Pope Manufacturing Co., 1895

The Columbia is sold as fashionable freedom for women: two riders in billowing white coats sweep forward, while the bicycles under them are drawn as faint outlines.

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Studebaker President car ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

The most luxurious of fast cars, drawn streaking past palms by the sea, and affordable from your income on instalments without touching your capital.

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Cycles Perfecta poster

The bicycle is sold as the rush of riding: a woman leans on the handlebars with her hair streaming in the wind and looks straight at the viewer.

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Chevrolet delivery van ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

A Chevrolet delivery truck costs little to run and does a lot of work, so the trader covers more ground, takes on more jobs and delivers on time.

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Dayton Cycles poster

The Dayton bicycle is the supreme temptation: even an old hermit, kneeling by his cross over a book filled with the word "Tentation", reaches out for it.

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Chevrolet commercial truck ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

A truck is a business tool, so Chevrolet sells it as more output for less cost: heavier loads, longer trips, and customers beyond your own district.

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Duesenberg Model J ad, Vanity Fair

The ad shows the owner, not the car: a woman in a theatre box, and one line saying she drives a Duesenberg is all that needs saying about her.

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Robbialac car enamel paint ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1925

Painting your own car is simpler than it looks: follow the Robbialac leaflet and a scratched body turns smooth and bright for a few piastres.

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Ford ad featuring Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, Life, 1948

Ford hands its selling points to Fred Allen's radio cast, so each claim about the car arrives as a punchline in a voice the reader already knows.

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Chevrolet car ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

Chevrolet is the only cheap car with the features of the big, powerful ones, and the reader is dared to find that list in any other cheap car.

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Jordan Playboy 'Somewhere West of Laramie' ad, 1923

The Playboy was built for a broncho-busting girl west of Laramie, and buying it puts the reader in her wild company instead of a dull, stale hour.

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Overland automobile ad, al-Lataif al-Musawwarah 1928

The new Overland fits every budget, proved by four body styles priced from 175 to 220 pounds, so each reader finds a car he can afford.

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Jordan Playboy 'The Port of Missing Men' ad, 1920

The Playboy is a passage out of dull city winter to the Port of Missing Men, a place of lasting youth, painted as a red car waiting in the snow.

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Nasr tyres Eid greeting ad, Akhir Saah 1962

A Kuwaiti distributor sends Eid al-Fitr greetings to the Emir of Kuwait and President Nasser, so a tyre is sold as the shared pride of Arab industry.

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Shell Oil 'Through the City of Tomorrow Without a Stop' ad

The city of tomorrow will end stop-and-go driving, but today 4 miles in 5 are stop and go, so Super-Shell cuts the cost of the driving you do now.

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Dodge car ad, al-Musawwar 1966

Say car, pause, and the answer is Dodge: the most elegant, durable and comfortable of cars, with a long low sedan to prove the look.

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Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires ad, Collier's, 1911

Two construction features, a base that cannot rim-cut and 10% extra size, cut tire bills in two at the standard price, and the sales curve shows owners have found out.

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Hupmobile car ad, al-Musawwar 1931

Free wheeling is explained through a boy coasting on a bicycle: the new Hupmobile runs on while the engine rests, saving fuel, oil and wear.

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Brewster & Co. of Broome Street carriage makers trade card

A Brewster carriage shown arriving head-on, loaded with a well-dressed party, so the card sells being seen in one rather than the vehicle's parts.

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Mobiloil motor oil ad, al-Musawwar 1941

Mobiloil calms an overheated engine: the car is drawn as a panting, steaming horse, and a smiling oil drop on the roof fans it cool.

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Texaco 'The star that shines all night' ad, Liberty, 1941

The Texaco star is the light that finds a driver on a dark, wet road, because Texaco dealers now serve all night in all 48 states.

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Benjamin automobiles ad, al-Musawwar 1926

Benjamin cars sold on plain facts: a four-cylinder, four-seat Torpedo at a stated 175 Egyptian pounds, with prices and catalogues for every body style sent free on request.

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Packard 'Ask the Man Who Owns One' automobile ad, 1902

Packard refuses to argue price and hands the whole proof job to the people who already own the car: ask the man who owns one.

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Essex motor car ad, al-Musawwar 1926

The Essex ends the old choice between a small cheap car fit only for town and a strong car that costs too much to buy and run.

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Reo the Fifth "My Farewell Car" ad signed R.E. Olds, 1912

After 25 years and 24 models, R. E. Olds signs this car as his limit and his farewell, so buying it means owning the final result of his career.

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Hudson and Essex cars ad, al-Musawwar 1926

Sooner or later every modern man will own a car, so skip the costly lesson most owners learn from a bad first car and start with a good one.

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Fisk Tires "Time to Re-tire" ad, 1917

Fisk claims to set the ceiling on tire value, so paying more buys nothing real, and a bedtime pun carried by giant boys in sleepers makes the name stick.

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Morris motor cars ad, al-Musawwar 1926

Instead of praising the car, Morris invites every doubter to its showroom to judge the full 1926 range in person, backed by price, parts and English engineers.

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Griffiths bicycle poster by Henri Thiriet

A Griffiths bicycle carries youth and spring to meet old age: a young rider leans from her machine to drop a white rose toward a woman of winter.

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التكملة | مسبحة كريم الخضراء

The second part of Careem's Ramadan story follows its green prayer beads into a family's night together, so the brand's colour moves the way the month connects people.

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اعلان شيفروليه أوبترا (هي دي العربية) احمد السقا وياسمين عبد العزيز

Two film stars, playing themselves, pitch ad ideas for the new Optra, and every scene they imagine, wedding, family or action, ends with one verdict: this is the car.

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اختار البرد.. اختار كريم

In summer heat every ride is either hot or cold, and Careem is the cold one: a sweltering street taxi set against a cool car with a Careem captain.

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تابع القصة | مسبحة كريم الخضراء

A green misbaha in Careem's color links people through a Ramadan evening of small kindnesses, so an object, not a logo, carries the brand.

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اعلان سعودي-3 تويوتا هايلكس

The Hilux is shown taking a steep desert climb, and the end line leaves the verdict to people who already know: stronger presence, and people know best.

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النهاية | مسبحة كريم الخضراء

Careem ends its Ramadan serial on a charged scene between a doctor and an older man, under the campaign idea that people are there for each other.

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البداية | مسبحة كريم الخضراء

Careem starts a Ramadan serial on a warm goodbye between a captain and a mother and son, under the idea that people are there for each other.

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سلسلة خير - رمضان كريم

A misbaha moving between hands in Ramadan becomes a story of small kindness, and it ends up hanging in a Careem car.

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هدى عربي .. محمد جلواك اعلان زيوت ماستر

Master Max motor oil is carried by the two performers the title names: Huda Arabi at the wheel of a car and Mohamed Jalwak at a shop front.

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Sequoia Saudi Arabia TVC

A driver reels off a whole day's shopping, a TV, a carpet, china, lamps, books, then mentions the whole family is aboard too: the Sequoia holds all of it.

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8 إعلانات رائعة لشاحنات فورد بيك أب القديمة

Eight spots, one argument: a Ford pickup survives a free fall and climbs cinder-block mountains, yet rivals the small imports on mileage and even carries one.

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عروض نهاية الموسم على السيارات من "بيتك"

The year turning over on a flip clock is the reason to ask now: the bank closes 2016 with offers on new cars, used cars and leasing.

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