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Oil Company Promised To Melt Glaciers Back In 1962

Oil Company Promised To Melt Glaciers Back In 1962

By Laura Northrup December 3, 2009

1962! It was a great year if you like large cars, crinolines, the Kennedys, and strangely prescient oil company ads. Humble Oil, which eventually became part of the company we now know as Exxon, ran this ad in Life magazine, and it’s been making the rounds of the Internet since. [More]

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