Advertising & Promotion
Marketing to Families,Household Products,Lighting the Home Pre-Lightbulb
United States: 1890s. Illustrated advertising handbill for a chemical compound marketed to families, "Eureka", which claims to prevent the "breaking of chimneys, and makes kerosene oil as safe as a candle". Note that the company seeks sales people of either gender ("Agents Wanted, Men or Women") for what appears to.....
Price: $175.00
Advertising and Promotion, R.H. Macy, Department Store
New York: R. H. Macy & Co., 1890. 32pp. unnumbered. Illustrated cover with a young lad holding a promotional sign while leaning out a window in a brick wall. Foreign offices and manufacturers are printed on the several of the bricks. The inside cover shows a grid with groupings of.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, Automobilia, Popular Culture
Detroit, MI: Evans-Winter-Herb, 1930s. A tri-fold brochure promoting the wonders of modern mohair velvet upholstery for your new Chevrolet. Promotional points include New (no one has had Mohair Velvet upholstery in the past, Beautiful - for centuries people have admired velvet; now there is a new twist, Durability - includes.....
Price: $35.00
medical device, nebulizer, pulmonary disease
Le Grange, IL: O. Q. Holman, c1900. A 5 1/4" x 3' heavy stock card depicting a five chamber device on the front and boasting "Far better than the Pulitzer Air Bag and Catheter in the Treatment of the Ear"... The narrative on revere advises it is for the treatment.....
Price: $75.00
Puzzles in Advertising
Carrollton, Illinois: C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary, c.1900. A delightful puzzle and premium, printed on card and used to advertise C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary. The directions are as follows: "Place a penny (or any other small article) on any star, move it along a straight line to an opposite.....
Price: $110.00
Mechanotherapy, education, promotional materials, physical therapy
[Chicago]: American College of Mechano-Therapy, c.1910s. Photographically illustrated promotional flyer (8" by 5.5") for the American College of Mechano-Therapy, which offered its courses to physicians via correspondence. The recto depicts "prominent graduate" Rev. Robert E. Campbell, and the verso features a grateful letter from another graduate, expounding on the benefits.....
Price: $100.00
Strathmore Parchment, Advertisement and Promotion, Paper and Printing
Mittineague, MA: Mittineague Paper Company, [1906]. An 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" two-sided insert of flyer promoting Two New Colors in the Famous Rhododendron Deckle Edge Covers, Sepia & Chocolate in Antique & Telanian Finishes. It notes Telanian finish is something entirely new for a cover stock. Imagery depicts a......
Price: $150.00
Printed on Tissue Paper, Advertising
Youngstown, OH: c1880s. A 10" x 7" advertisement printed on tissue or very thin laid paper. Promotes large and well assorted stock, best goods made into perfect fitting garments,etc. Asian occupational and mythology themes. Reverse is blank.
Price: $200.00
Interior Design,Woodwork
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson & Son, c.1905. Illustrated trade catalogue for S.C. Johnson & Son brand treatments for hardwood flooring and woodwork, including wax, cleaner, shellac, crack filler, finish, and dye. Includes four pages depicting wood dye samples, with quantities and pricing for all products in the rear. Note how.....
Price: $150.00
Prospect House, Spofford Lake, New Hampshire
Brattleboro: Reformer Press, Brattleboro, c. 1877. The advertisement is for the Prospect House that was located on Spofford Lake in Chesterfield N.H. The sheet has a brief summary of the amenities of the House and the opening date with the intent to generate interest to visit. It is printed on.....
Price: $100.00
Medical education, Education, technical schools, Prospectus, trade schools
Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1920s. Photo-illustrated prospectus advertising the Training School for Clinical Laboratory, Basal Metabolism, Physiotherapy, X-Ray Technicians at the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis. Includes list of staff, general overview of the school's programs, fees and admission requirements, and a 4-pp. list of Graduate and Undergraduates. Also includes.....
Price: $125.00
Inventions,Manufacturing,Industrial Innovation and Growth
New York, New York: C. Henry Hall & Co., 1873. Illustrated circular advertising the Pulsometer, or Magic Pump, a "new and useful invention now being extensively and rapidly introduced for pumping water and other liquids" in mines, factories, railroads, docks, gas yards, and wells. Includes a diagram of the invention.....
Price: $200.00
Social History, Sewing, Gender Roles, Women's History
NY: Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith. [1880]. A 2 1/2" x 4" paper trade card. It depicts an admiring woman and a young sisters, the older keeping the pins from her little sister. An exaggerated pyramid of pins in the background captioned 'Give me the Pyramid Pins They are Just.....
Price: $85.00
Buffalo: c1900. A single-fold pamphlet presented by Father Arent's Plaster Co., Buffalo NY. Front cover with image from photo of Father Arent promoting his Rheumatism Porous Plaster. The inside pages include the identical message and imagery; one is in German, the other in English. A portion of the text reads.....
Price: $50.00
Urban Development, History of New York
Brooklyn, New York: Queensdale Brokerage Corp. 1962. A listing "of choice parcels of vacant land, located in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island" for sale by the Queensdale Brokerage Corp. Includes maps of the areas, with some parcels marked as "sold", as well as a price sheet with lot numbers and.....
Price: $350.00
Remedies,Medicine,Advertising and Promotion,Quackery
Philadelphia: Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, [1880]. 32 pp. wraps. First page titled "A Positive Cure for Consumption" explaining consumption, the origin of consumption, the tubercle, the various stages, the symptoms including cough, wasting away, hemorrhages, night sweats and hectic cheeks, poor appetite and bad digestion and diarrhea and.....
Price: $50.00
Recipe, Cream Soda, Soda Fountain
Scranton, PA: Kiefer, [1878]. A 3 1/4" x 7 3/8" Recipe and Plan to Manufacture The Excelsior Cream Soda. A cut of a young girl upper left followed by a fill in the blank printed recipe. The quantities of sugar, egg whites, water, bicarbonate of soda and tartace (sp) acid.....
Price: $175.00
Marketing, Periodicals, U.S. States, Native American and Indigenous Peoples
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: The Sunshine State Company, 1925. Before Florida was "The Sunshine State", South Dakota claimed the nickname. We offer here Vol. VI, No. 5 of an illustrated periodical dedicated to marketing South Dakota as "The Sunshine State". Opportunities for outdoor recreation are prominently featured, and the publication.....
Price: $150.00
Red Wing Institute , schools & universities, circular, education, advertising
Red Wing, MN: Red Wing Institute, 1876-1877. A single-fold circular for the Red Wind Institute a private school in Red Wing, MN, in the 19th century which "prepares pupils for college, teaching or business. Instruction thorough. Discipline strict but mild. Both sexes received." The school year was 36 weeks, broken.....
Price: $110.00
Engines,Innovation and Industry
New York, New York: Cammeyer & Sayer, c.1876. Illustrated advertisements for the Rider Compression Engine, marketed as an "unrivaled" engine for a wide variety of customers and uses including: households, printing offices, lithographers, locksmiths, sausage makers, railway stations, tanneries, and brick yards. The main selling point seems to be safety.....
Price: $125.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, National Lotteries,Lottery in Mexico, Child Labor
Mexico: Lotería Nacional Para La Beneficencia Pública, 1938. A promotional booklet for the 1938 Lotería Nacional Para La Beneficencia Pública (National Lottery of Mexico), published in English. Features an image of a lottery worker (referred to here as "lottery bell boys") gasping in excitement on the front over while reading.....
Price: $250.00
Pregnancy Tests,Volvelles in Advertising
New York, New York: Roussel Corporation, 1968. An advertising volvelle for "Pro-Duosterone", an oral pregnancy test marketed as effective two weeks earlier than other biologic tests. A course of four tablets per day for three days is taken. If nothing happens, the patient is pregnant; if the patient is not.....
Price: $200.00
Crime, Police Work, Public Notices
Buffalo, New York: Superintendent of Police, 1882. Printed handbill (8.5" by 5.5", verso blank) distributed to the public by the Buffalo Superintendent of Police reporting a safe burglary at the general store of Bates & White in Erie County. Includes a full listing of items stolen, including certificates of deposit.....
Price: $110.00
Feminine Hygiene,The Modern Woman,Marketing to Women
Hollywood, California: Takara Laboratories, c.1940. Advertising booklet for Takara Hygienic Powder, "A Modern Product for the Modern Woman". Includes testimonials and directions for use of the douching product. Also advertises Takara brand suppositories. Note the many photos of glamorous young women, and the packaging of the product, which depicts a......
Price: $150.00