1800s ads

This 1882 ad made me smile. It's so Victorian.

Have you ever heard the expression: "If we could put that in a bottle and sell it, we could make a fortune"? Well, in 1894 here in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Joseph Biedenharn, owner of a candy company and soda fountain, got the brilliant and novel idea to put his soda fountain Coca-Colas into bottles and distribute them by the case to stores and small towns throughout this region so that folks could buy them already mixed and ready made to take home. (In early days people craving a soft drink…

The other day Don posted a vintage ad for Peck’s Dry Goods and Grocery Store in 1800’s Ansonia. Here is a front and back view of a vintage late 1800s advertisement trade card for Peck’s.

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Advertising Card courtesy of the Brockville Museum, Ontario. Scanned by John Mack.

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Victorian Gaslight Style. C. Late 1800s- Early 1900s

It is one of the most significant and influential styles, that still to this day inspires many artists. In this article we have put together...

These advertisements all come from some mid to late 1800's Peterson's Magazines. I got a stack of them at an auction early in the summer, and they are just priceless! On the off-chance there is an advertising exec. reading this post today, TAKE NOTE - I don't care what you are selling, if your advertisements for products looked like these - I'd be your most faithful customer. These kinds of ads could make hemorrhoid cream sound romantic! {CLICK ON IMAGES TO DOWNLOAD} If