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Diamonds in Advertising

Advertising has been essential to establishing the allure and mystique of diamonds. Campaigns to romanticize diamonds subtly altered the public's notion of how a man should court a woman. These magazine advertisements from the 1940s-1980s show how advertisers encouraged men and women alike to purchase and desire diamonds. Click on the ads to enlarge in new windows.



Keepsake Diamond Rings
December, 1941

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Forstner Chain
December 1944

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Keepsake Diamond Rings
December 1949
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De Beers
July, 1949

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De Beers
July, 1957

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Zales Diamonds
November 1981
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Artcarved Rings
December 1949

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De Beers
January 1958

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Artcarved Diamond Rings
August 1982
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