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JCPenney once advertised a tea kettle that some said resembled Hitler

Rumors that retailer JCPenney once featured a billboard advertising a tea kettle that some viewers claimed looked like Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler circulated online in October 2025. Users on social media platforms such as ( ), ( ) and ( ) posted purported pictures of the billboard, with one of the images blurred to encourage a more abstract view of what many saw as the kettle's resemblance to Hitler giving a Nazi salute.

Marketing

San Francisco

fromABC7 San Francisco

3 weeks ago

Tech company pays for billboard that calls San Francisco neighborhood 'Gotham'

A tech company's billboard labeled SoMa "Gotham," provoking local outrage, official calls for removal, and renewed focus on crime and drug issues in the neighborhood.

East Bay (California)

fromSFGATE

6 months ago

Oakland freeway gun ad that lacked required permit taken down

Billboard advertising a handgun removed due to lack of permit, drawing backlash in gun violence-prone Oakland.

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JCPenney once advertised a tea kettle that some said resembled Hitler

Tech company pays for billboard that calls San Francisco neighborhood 'Gotham'

Oakland freeway gun ad that lacked required permit taken down

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