It just seems a little mean

Maybe the expression on the woman is a little smug, and the crow looks a little down - "and now, somebody is stepping on my feet. This is a bad day."

In Life 1959, ads have started appearing indicating a economic resurgence in Japan. This ad simply uses Japan as an example of a nation investing in rail, as opposed to the US. (And the message that railroads were not being invested in when the government is subsidizing alternatives like road and air. Whatever, railroads.)

This will be the last we hear of this "Tosh-iba" I'm sure.

The late 1950s and early sixties were also the peak of car-ad paintings. Not only because they were often very good:

but also because  they were often used to make new cars look even bigger than they were in reality.

I mean, it looks like the entire party could arrive in just one Pontiac. There's an 'Imperial' ad below - Chrysler's stab at getting the fat profits Lincolns and Cadillacs of the era could make.I'm guessing is was carefully built by the blind.

That space wasn't entirely an illustrator's illusion, of course. Check out the space between the start of the dashboard and the driver!

This is the 1950s, of course, so stringent enforcement of norms, is, ah, the norm:

Eyes! Judging you, eternally judging!

Orangey Messiah, mix thyself with water

And also, some rather cocktacular ads as well:

"Nearly choking on her own thirst, Joan slammed the Dr. Pepper into her mouth eagerly, it's long wide taste thrusting to the root of her taste buds..."