The 1960s

After a decade of the hard sell, ad men and women needed to reinvent how they spoke to audiences in the 1960s. They tapped into the growing counter-cultural movement, using irreverence and wit, and as a result, changed advertising forever. Track advertising's evolution, from innovative car campaigns that kicked off the decade to the co-opting of youth, freedom, and anti-establishment as the '60s drew to a close.