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This year, in honor of International Women's Day, Budweiser revisited three of their adverts from the '50s and '60s that they are not exactly proud of. The outdated ads portrayed objectified women in a subservient role to their husbands. But media and advertising was only a reflection of the world we lived in.

Christmas gun ads are sadly lacking these days, but luckily we found seven vintage trips down advertising's memory lane to help you reminisce.

The lessons Sam Walton learned during those early, successful years of Wal-Mart allowed him to build the most successful retail chain in history. And just like the times that he

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We've rounded up some of the silliest, weirdest, most absurd vintage period ads. They won't make you want to buy tampons, but they will give you a laugh.

Don't let the floral name fool you: these guns are totally bad-ass. While not as cool as a real weapon, you can still do some serious damage. That's why you have to remember that even Daisy Pump Guns aren't toys and should probably not be advertised to children in the back of comic books. Wait.

Camel launched a series of ads with young, attractive, sultry men and women on it with the tagline "pleasure to burn." The advertising company was targeting the consumer into thinking that if they purchased these cigarettes then they, too, can be young, attractive and sultry, and that they, too, can experience pleasure of some sort. But the reality of this is very much the opposite. Smoking cigarettes has been reported to reduce your sexual desire and in fact can make you tired or out of…