~ Etiquette; Or, A Guide To The Usages of Society, by Count Alfred D’Orsay, 1843
~ The Guest’s Handy-Book and Guide to Prominent Points of Interest in New York, Complete with Street Directory, Business Landmarks, and Official Time Tables of Express Trains on Leading Railroads Out of New York (Entertaining, Readable, Valuable & Necessary POCKET DIRECTORY for Visitors and Residents); Hotel Publishing and Advertising Co., 1886
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“By its use multitudes of people will be attracted, who will stand and look at it a long while in their desire to make it out. It will Create the Greatest Attention and Curiosity, thus making it a splendid advertisement for those who wish to utilize it.”
~ Advertising and Selling Fortnightly, 1925
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“DISPLAYOLOGIST - One who designs and executes display materials that exhibit goods in a manner that compels attention and causes the beholder to buy”
~ White & Potter: Bills, Circulars & Cards Printed Prompt, Neat and Cheap; ca. 1850
via Baker Library, Harvard Business School
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“Do you wish to do a good smart business and always have money enough to meet your payments, and a trifle to lend a seedy brother, if you know him to be good?”
~ Marietta Register, Marietta Pennsylvania; Saturday, October 10, 1885
via Access Pennsylvania Digital Repository
~ Advertising and its Relation to the Public; by William H. Rankin, 1928
via Library of Congress
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In these days of almost omnipresent advertisements (not to mention product placement, movie tie-in merchandise, “global branding”, and corporate sponsored sports stadiums) it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when the idea of advertising was a new one and people were skeptical of its effectiveness.
~ Ladies’ Home Journal, August 1904
via Harvard University Library
Early concern about unrealistic body ideals in fashion magazines. More proof that some things never change.
![~ Photoplay magazine, July 1926
via the Internet Archive“Advertisements are wise counsellors for housewives - young and old”
“[t]hey’ll help her to become the capable, wise housewife she wants so much to be. They’ll tell her what clothes are best and what prices to pay for them. They’ll tell her about the foods to buy, the electric appliances, the linoleums and draperies. They’ll help her as the advertisements help you.”
- Remember everyone, advertisements are your friends!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc1r2rvMfH1qbl0k8o1_500.jpg)
~ Photoplay magazine, July 1926
via the Internet Archive
“Advertisements are wise counsellors for housewives - young and old”
“[t]hey’ll help her to become the capable, wise housewife she wants so much to be. They’ll tell her what clothes are best and what prices to pay for them. They’ll tell her about the foods to buy, the electric appliances, the linoleums and draperies. They’ll help her as the advertisements help you.”- Remember everyone, advertisements are your friends!
