Victorian ads

Just like today, technology was a driving force in the late 19th century, and due to this fact peoples lives changed as there was an increase in industrialization more than agricultural. This meant...

Victorian-era trade cards are an early form of collectible advertising. Trade cards originated in England in the 1700s, but the advent of lithography in the 1870s made it possible to mass-produce them in color, leading to a golden age in the US from 1876 to the early 1900s when halftone printed newspaper and magazine ads became more economical. Trade cards typically had a picture on one side and an ad on the other.

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

This is a wonderful graphic of an antique advertisement card for Celluloid Starch. This is a perfect decoration for a gift tag! Hope you enjoy!

Download this stock image: Selection of Victorian and Edwardian advertisements - M41WWB from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

Now Macfarlan Smith, part of Johnson Matthey PLC. www.macsmith.com/index.php?page=history Discovered first liquid essence of coffee in 1840.