7 ways 'Mad Men' obsessed over historic details

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Yohana Desta
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7 ways 'Mad Men' obsessed over historic details
Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC

Mad Men will soon be a thing of the past.

The deliciously retro drama series on AMC is in its seventh and final season. Soon, the onscreen antics of Don Draper and company will all be over, as fans stand by for the ultimate episode.

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The show about ad men and women in the 1960s is revered for its taut drama, a slow-burning meditation on life in a bygone era. One of the reasons it's so lauded is because creator Matthew Weiner pays a huge amount of attention to every little onscreen detail. Seriously -- an insane amount of detail.

Every inch of the series replicates the '60s as much as humanly possible. That means Weiner's team analyzes every little thing onscreen, from the types of outfits worn to the dialogue to the size of fruit the characters eat.

Here are just a few of the exacting examples of Mad Men's devotion to historic accuracy.

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