Vintage automotive ads can be truly fascinating to sift through. From beautiful artwork and photography to funny, clever (and sometimes outdated) copy, there’s really no shortage of interesting things ...

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What was it like for women 100 years ago? We can learn some of that by looking at ads in the Arizona Daily Star from 1920. In Tucson in 1920, phone numbers had only three digits. A Victrola was the ...

Ned Jordan was a poet with a purpose. He channeled his art into a particularly American dream and in doing so invented automobile advertising. Jordan’s advertising in Vanity Fair from 1918-1922 was so ...

One hundred years ago this morning, Arkansans did not stagger from their beds griping about how much they hated Mondays. April 27, 1920, was a Tuesday. But life was so hard. Chores were all over the ...

The earliest advertisements regarding Sara Sota were rosy enough to persuade a Scottish group of sixty-plus men, women, and their families to sell everything they could not bring, and set off for an ...

An oil on canvas painting Norman Rockwell created for the Elgin Watch Co. to use as an illustration in a 1920s ad campaign sold for $250,000 Thursday afternoon. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions had the ...

Advertising art is very popular today and prices keep rising. Collectors want old examples with good graphics, recognized products and great condition. A small amount of restoration is OK. Anything ...

The coffee mug with a company name and the tote bag featuring a company logo are modern examples of an old form of advertising — the giveaway. In the last half of the 19th century, there were few ...

Some biazarre and unususal advertistments appeared in the Orlando Sentinel back in the 1910s and 1920s. Our archives are available now at Newspapers.com Asking Eric: I got $10K from my dad’s estate.