I am actually starting with the old advertisements (ads). Please remember that the advertisements are over 100 years old, so the items might no longer be for sale...
If you would like to transcribe any of the advertisements, please use the Comment link under the image; I’ll put the text up and link back to your Web site too if you like.
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Old Advert: Christmas Gift Charms and Brooches
Order your Christmas Gifts by mail [more...]
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Old Advert: Diamonds on Credit
Loftis Brothers selling diamonds on credit, over 100 years ago. [more...] |
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Cupid with a Whip!
We see a pair of lovers, but they are pulling along behind them a two-wheeled chariot whose driver is a cherub, a putti, a cupid in fact, whose long whip encourages the couple to move onwards. The wheels of the chariot are of [...] [more...] |
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Old Advert: How to Grow Tall
How to Grow Tall Wonderful Discovery made by PROF. K. LEO MINGES [more...]
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Old Advert: For My Lady’s Toilet
An advertisement for Violet (Ve-o-lay) Paris perfumes, soaps, sachets and toilet requisites. A lady in 1900s costume holds a bunch of flowers in her skirt. [more...] |
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Old Advert: Arts and Crafts Furniture
Arts and Crafts furniture [more...]
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Old Advert: Razall Loose Leaf System
An old advertisement for a book-keeping system. A person stands holding a pen on the left, and on the right a man with a monocle sports a moustache. behind them is a desk with folders and an open ledger. [more...] |
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Old Advert: Hotel Chamberlin
HOTEL CHAMBERLIN OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. [more...]
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Old Advert: Oceanic Steamship Company
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY (American and Australian Lines) to Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand Australia and Tahiti [more...]
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Old Advert: The Sun Typewriter
The SUN Typwriter No. 2 [more...]
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Antique typewriter
An old picture of a typewriter, suitable for clip-art; the machine was new when the picture was taken. This is taken from an old ad for a type-writer. [more...] |
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Old Advert: Whitman’s Chocolates
In this old ad, we see a book called “A History of Love” behind an open box of chocolates, and the text reads: [more...] |
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