From the Archives: Sex Sells, Eisenhower Edition

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As the Italians have shown with virtually all of their scooter advertisements, sex sells scooters (or anything else, for that matter).  Here we have a feeble 50's mid-western attempt to pose a leggy blond on a scoot for a promo.  Clearly, they don't get the concept.  It is Wisconsin... I happen to know a large-ish lake nearby.  They surely could have put the scoot near it, and had her in a swimsuit.  I guess there's a reason why the Vespa buried the Cushman in sales!

Via: Wisconsinhistory