THE PAPER HISTORY COMPANY

A WORD OR TWO ABOUT EARLY ADVERTISING

EARLY ADVERTISING ITEMS OFFER A WONDERFUL LOOK BACK AT THE WAY LIFE WAS YEARS AGO, A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, AND INTO A TIME WHEN LIFE WAS MUCH MORE SIMPLE THAT IT SEEMS TODAY. THE ALLURE OF EARLY ADVERTISING ITEMS IS VARIED. FOR SOME IT IS A PIECE OF HISTORY, PERHAPS TO ENHANCE A COLLECTION OF EARLY ARTICLES, OR TO ACCOMPANY A TREASURED FAMILY HEIRLOOM. MANY ITEMS ARE ALSO OF GREAT INTEREST TO MUSEUM CURATORS, TO ADD TO THEIR COLLECTIONS OF ITEMS APPEARING IN THE ADS. BUT FOR MANY IT IS THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK THAT APPEARED IN MUCH OF THE EARLY PRINTED AD PIECES THAT IS SO SPECIAL. MANY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS GOT THEIR START ILLUSTRATING ADVERTISING PIECES, INCLUDING SUCH RESPECTED PAINTERS AND ILLUSTRATORS AS MAXFIELD PARRISH, COLES PHILLIPS, J.C LEYENDECKER, JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG, HOWARD PYLE, HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTIE, CHARLES DANA GIBSON, PHILIP GOODWIN, NORMAN ROCKWELL AND MANY OTHERS. WE TRY TO OFFER THE BEST OF BOTH THE SUBJECTS AND THE ILLUSTRATED ADS, SO THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND FOR EVERY TASTE AND LINE OF INTEREST. WE ADD NEW ITEMS TO OUR STORE INVENTORY EVERY MONTH, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK IN ON OUR OFFERINGS OFTEN SO YOU WILL NOT MISS A SINGLE ITEM FROM OUR VAST COLLECTIONS. 

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN OUR STORE CATEGORIES

WE OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF EARLY ADVERTISING ITEMS, INCLUDING ITEMS RELATED TO AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, GAS, OIL, TIRES, RAILROADS, BOATS, SHIPS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH AND BEAUTY, INCLUDING PERFUMES, SOAPS, SHAMPOOS AND TALCUM POWDER, SPORTING ITEMS RELATED TO HUNTING AND FISHING, OUTDOOR SPORTS, TEAM SPORTS AND SPORTING GOODS, TECHNOLOGY ADVERTISING RELATED TO EARLY PHONOGRAPHS, CLOCKS AND TIMEPIECES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STEAM AND ELECTRIC POWER AND APPARATUS, HOUSEHOLD ADVERTISING RELATED TO HOME-MAKING, CLEANING PRODUCTS, FURNISHINGS, APPLIANCES, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, ARCHITECTURAL ADVERTISING RELATED TO FAMOUS STRUCTURES, HOMES, HOTELS AND OTHER BUILDINGS, EVENTS SUCH AS WORLD'S FAIRS AND SPORTING ENDEAVORS, FOOD-RELATED ADVERTISING OF ALL TYPES, INCLUDING BRAND NAMES SUCH AS CREAM OF WHEAT, JELL-O, COCA-COLA AND OTHER SODA BRANDS. WE ALSO OFFER MILITARY AND WARTIME ADVERTISING, REGIONAL ADS RELATED TO SCHOOLS, CAMPS, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, AND FOR THE SALE OF FAMOUS ESTATES AND OTHER PROPERTIES AS WELL AS ADS FOR FAMOUS VACATION DESTINATIONS AMONG MANY OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF EARLY HISTORICAL ARTICLES COVERING A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INVENTIONS, WARS AND POLITICS TO BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE AND ARTICLES ON PERIOD ARCHITECTURE STYLES, HOME DECOR, HOMES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, GARDENING, TRAVEL, SPORTS AND MANY OTHER TOPICS.

WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRES AT ANY TIME ABOUT ITEMS WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING OR ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS AND WE ARE ALWAYS PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT AN ITEM HAS BEEN PURCHASED TO BECOME A PART OF A TREASURED FAMILY HISTORY OR MUSEUM COLLECTION. PLEASE BE SURE TO LET US KNOW.