Advertising from Eclectibles

Los Angeles, California: Palm Springs Health Resort, 1890. Fair. Water staining to upper wrapper, rust staining to gutter from staples. Leaves and lower wrapper loose. Small tape repair to lower wrapper.. Climate is Fate: Sheltered, Sunny, Sanitary, and Scenic" are the words that greet the reader of this illustrated advertising booklet for the Palm Springs Health Resort, run… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F.A. North & Co., 1890. Very good. Tape repairs, toning.. New and Revised Edition of the American Line March, a stately piece for piano by Fred T. Baker that advertises the steamship company of the same name. A splendid reminder of the awe such steamships inspired in the American public in the late nineteenth and early… Read more about this item

Jersey City, New Jersey: Colgate & Co, 1926. Fine to very fine.. One of several illustrated booklets about a cheeky monkey named Zingo, written and illustrated by Hugh Lofting, the creator of the Dr. Doolittle books for children. The tale advertises Colgate's tooth products. Lofting's colorful and distinctive illustration style is the undeniable highlight of the series. 12mo… Read more about this item

18751882. Overall fine. . A group of nine (9) different approximately 4 1/2" x 3" advertising designs promoting Crump's Label Press. A striking array of geometric shapes, color and type faces exemplifying the creative and elaborate design process. One die-cut the remainders rectangular. The reverse is blank on all but one card. That narrative… Read more about this item

Lyon County, KS: Bank of Warsaw, [1885]. General wear. Minor tear at top edge and along letter folds.. A circular advertising the sale of bonds for farmland in Lyon County in Kansas. The circular promoted the desirability of the land by emphasizing how close it was to several important railroads, such as Missouri Pacific R. R. and… Read more about this item

Frederick, MD: Examiner, [1900]. General wear. Damage to corners. . Each advertisement printed on heavy card stock has a chromolithograph illustration on the front and the menu of syrup flavors on the reverse. Both illustrate a woman wearing a Greek style dresses, and one is holding a branch of grapes while the other is holding flowers in… Read more about this item

West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA, [1900]. General wear. Crease folds. Single fold pamphlet advertising a newly built sanitarium called Glencroe, in the small town of West Tisbury located on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The proprietor, Dr. D. A. Cleaveland, of the sanitarium starts by praising the weather, which apparently in winter is only "five degrees colder than Old… Read more about this item

New York , [1875]. A 5 3/4" x 3 1/4" engraved illustrated business card for Brewster & Co. (of Broome St.) Carriage Builders. Fifth Avenue & 14th St. and Broadway & 47th St. New York. The finally detailed engraving depicts five gentlemen and a woman, lap blankets in place trotting along in a fine carriage pulled by four… Read more about this item

[1894]. General wear. Minor scratches. The second photograph is missing the bottom left corner of the matte board. . The first photograph is a black and white image of a Christmas display of various meat and seafood products. The caption "Jorden & Co. Meat Market, 1894" is on the bottom. The photograph shows the interior of the store… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA, [1890]. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day, which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Coast Industries, 1952. The date is inferred by magazine ads found, which date to 1952, in 1954, the company's address changed.. Materials featuring a 'Bathing Beauty' novelty letter opener and the two pieces of advertising materials that go along with it. In the 1950s a company by the name of Coast Industries came up with… Read more about this item

Warren, NH: Warren News Steam Press, 1894. 12 1/2" x 9" with bold letters at the top reading "Santa Claus and I are prepared to show the most Satisfactory Line of Christmas Goods Ever Shown in Town" with a vignette at left of Santa about to descend the chimney while the reindeer look on. Doors open at 7… Read more about this item

Portland: Tucker Printing Company , 1905. The booklet is intended to give an introduction to the Maine Sanatorium in the Greenwood Mountains. 32 pages, paper wrappers with a stapled binding. The Sanatorium was established for the treatment and cure of people with pulmonary diseases, specifically tuberculosis. There is a brief history of the Sanatorium, as well as a description… Read more about this item

1880s. A group of 12 metamorphic advertising trade cards each depicting an unpleasant situation, when the card is opened flat the scene changes to a happily ever after situation,all as a result of using tobacco. Provided an effective means of advertising the technique was used by Wilson & McCallay's, Jackson's Best, Duke of Durham, Railroad Mills Snuff,… Read more about this item

c. 1905. light edge wear. A heavy stock cover agents or salesmens sample book for embossed die-cut scraps. The title references Visiting Cards; the assumption is that applying storied theme scraps to ones visiting card may have been a marketing idea, that didnt take hold. This particular book includes eleven samples from the Bluebeard series of scraps. Each… Read more about this item

light surface wear. A 4 1/2" x 3" engraved advertising trade card depicting a funereal arrangement with "At Rest" atop a sheaf of wheat. Caption at base begins "There is a reaper whose name is Death..." The reverse identifies Le Moult's Natural Flower Preserving Laboratory, New York City and promotes the use of their quality preserved… Read more about this item

c1880s. A 2 7/8" x 1 1/8" with trompe l'oeil corner giving the illusion of the corner being flipped forward. Printed in black and white, as a chalk board. The card reads Arthur A. Waite, Children's Chalk-talker? John 3:16 in the upper right corner. It is for Arthur Waite, who began his career as a mesmerist and medium and… Read more about this item