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- Trade Card for Furniture and Carpet Store, Rudden's Instalment House, 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Furniture and Carpet Store, Rudden's Instalment House, 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Advertising Poster, "Ford- I Bought It Today the R&L Way," circa 1925 - In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. Manufacturers quickly adopted the new poster style to advertise their products. This poster promotes the R&L Time Payment Plan to buy a Ford Model T vehicle. A novel concept, the National Bond & Investment Company probably offered its time payment plan through Ford dealerships.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, "Ford- I Bought It Today the R&L Way," circa 1925
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. Manufacturers quickly adopted the new poster style to advertise their products. This poster promotes the R&L Time Payment Plan to buy a Ford Model T vehicle. A novel concept, the National Bond & Investment Company probably offered its time payment plan through Ford dealerships.
- Universal Credit Company Advertisement, "Watch the Fords Go By," circa 1932 - In 1928, Ford Motor Company set up the Universal Credit Company (UCC) to finance the sale of its cars. Ford sold the company five years later, but UCC remained a primary financer for buyers of Ford vehicles. UCC created this moveable, attention-grabbing advertisement to promote its services. The heads of the hitchhikers turn to "Watch the Fords go by!" when opened.
- circa 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Universal Credit Company Advertisement, "Watch the Fords Go By," circa 1932
In 1928, Ford Motor Company set up the Universal Credit Company (UCC) to finance the sale of its cars. Ford sold the company five years later, but UCC remained a primary financer for buyers of Ford vehicles. UCC created this moveable, attention-grabbing advertisement to promote its services. The heads of the hitchhikers turn to "Watch the Fords go by!" when opened.
- Charga-Plate Stores of Minneapolis Credit Card, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Charga-Plate Stores of Minneapolis Credit Card, circa 1950