Printed Ads

When one first thinks of the Gillette Safety Razor Company, it may be obvious to categorize them as a shaving or grooming company. However, upon closer examination, The Gillette Safety Razor Company really created the mold for the first consumer marketing company and advertising agency.

Gillette worked tirelessly to advertise their razors and products. But they also sold the general public on an idea: that you could shave yourself and own your own razor and stop paying the barber. The most popular and longstanding medium that Gillette advertised in was Print.

Below you will find hundreds of printed ads that have been scanned in and preserved for all time of the wonderful ways in which Gillette changed the world through shaving, disposable safety razor blades, and marketing. Check them out today- and if you have any more you’d like to add to the Razor Archive, please contact us.