Here is an antique horse drawn carriage ad. The full-page ad, by the Columbus Buggy Co., of Columbus, Ohio, manufacturers of fine buggies, phaetons, surreys and light carriages, makes the following points to consider when purchasing a vehicle: quality, style and beauty, as well as: comfort ease and durability. The Columbus Buggy Co. claimed their…
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Horse Harnesses
Here is a printable antique catalog page of horse harnesses. The page features a variety of ten harnesses, ranging in price from $7.65 for a nickel and imitation rubber trimmed Madison Single Strap Single Harness to $18.05 for a genuine rubber Doctors’ Heavy Single Harness. Most of the harnesses included on the page fit 900…
Horse Wagon Catalog Ad
Here is a full-page vintage horse wagon catalog ad. The ad includes two illustrations, one of a one-horse wagon, the second of a two-horse wagon. “These wagons are heavily ironed and braced, they are made of the best material throughout. The wheels are dipped in boiling oil, have round edge tires, which protect the felloes…
Vintage Gardening Supplies Ads
Here are three vintage gardening supplies ads. The first advertisement is for an Iron Age Double Wheel Hoe. It includes an illustration of an old-fashioned cultivating hoe with double wheels. The hoe, with attachments pictured, was regularly priced at $8.75 but it was being offered at a special price of $7.90. A lower priced version…
Piano Rolls Vintage Catalog Pages
The following two vintage catalog pages feature advertising for piano rolls. Piano rolls were made of paper with perforations of various sizes punched throughout. A special type of player piano was used to play the music from the perforated paper rolls. The first page begins by stating, “Supertone Rolls are mechanically perfect and musically correct….
Vintage Christmas Advertisements
Here are three vintage Christmas advertisements. Each of the vintage magazine ads promotes products to be purchased as Christmas gifts. The first ad is for Appleton’s Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare, issued in 12 artistic volumes, bound in half-morocco with gilt tops, uncut edges, and a gallery of illustrations of famous Shakespearean players reproduced in photogravure. In 1897,…
Vintage Printable Magazine Ads
This digital collage sheet features a variety of five interesting vintage magazine advertisements from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included on the page is an ad for Whiting’s writing paper, a garden seed ad, an advertisement for an artistic homes booklet, a nursing course ad and an ad for hair curlers. I have also…
Vintage Trunk Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalog advertisement for a flat-top, canvas-covered dress trunk. The trunk featured an iron bottom, iron center bands, malleable iron clamps, a strong lock and was paper lined. It was available in a variety of sizes, ranging from 28 to 40 inches. Each size was a different price. The lowest price for…
Vintage Embroidery Book Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a New Embroidery Book that presented unique ideas for Christmas Fancy Work. The book contained 130 illustrated pages, 16 new colored plates, instructions for beginners and the latest designs in doilies and centerpieces. It was available for ten cents from The Brainerd & Armstrong Co. of 146 Union…
Vintage Piano Organ Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for an elaborate organ and beautiful piano that was made by the Cornish & Co. company of Washington, N. J. The organs advertised cost $25.00 and up; the pianos were $155.00 and up. The ad includes an illustration of both the organ and the piano and lovely vintage typography….
Royal Baking Powder Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement, in cream and dark brown colors, for Royal Baking Powder. The ad indicates this was a cream of tartar baking powder and claimed it to be to be absolutely pure. Included in the advertisement is an illustration of a can of the baking powder. I scanned the original image…
Vintage Mitten Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for silk mittens that were made from Florence Knitting Silk. The mittens were manufactured by the Nonotuck Silk Company. Plus a black and white clip art version of the mitten illustration from the ad. scanned the original advertisement from the November 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine.
