1948 Utica Club Beer

$1,000,000 for a glass of any beer is too much, even if you are drinking it ironically, in keeping with your hipster image.

1921 Planters Vineyard Maid Candy Bar

Ad for a candy bar that used to be manufactured by Planters.  It's interesting to see how Mr. Peanut has changed over the years.  The Mr. Peanut mascot was designed by a child who won a contest sponsored by Planters in 1916.

1920 Bizarre and Disturbing ad for Live Electrical Goods

This ad is pretty "shocking", pardon the pun!  Combines animal abuse with unsupervised child.  You have to wonder, did the child put the cat on this electrical battery to be shocked, or did he happen to come across a cat who jumped up there by himself?  Disturbing, either way!

1912 Titanic

Falsely optimistic headline regarding the HMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 (the morning she sank).
From the Odgensburg NY Journal.

1918 NY State Fair

This is an ad for the 1918 New York State Fair, during the last year of World War I.  Note that going to the fair is your patriotic duty!