The Camera Obscura website, in my recent post, has a link to 1954 LIFE magazine. What struck me, scrolling through the magazine, is how many ads there are. But I remember getting electronics/mechanics magazines as a kid and enjoying the ads as much as the articles. Like, โWow, a calculator that fits on your wrist??โ
https://books.google.com/books?id=S0gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false