Antique Adverts

Ovaltine Child

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:46:33 +0000

Not quite an antique advert but still a great image. Ovaltine were prolific advertisers and I must have about 40 to 50 different examples of original adverts, mostly over 100 years old. I hope you like this one.

Source : Womens Magazine, approx 1930, 7.5 x 10.5 inches, £3.45

Holbrooks Sauce – The Wizard

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:39:42 +0000

I really like this one, yet another that nearly made it into my ‘Keep’ pile. But unfortunatly I’m also a seller, and this one is offered at a surprisingly low price of £7.85. As usual, I’ll let the image do the talking

Source : Illustrated London News, 1905, 10 x 15 inches, £7.85

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:46:49 +0000

These adverts interest me, a snapshot of high class fashion in the late 1890′s. For such early advertisements they display a surprising appreciation for the power of illustration i.e. pictures sell.

Source : The Graphic, 1897, 10.5 x 14.5 inches, £4.55

Source : The Graphic, approx 1898, 10.5 x 14.5 inches, £4.55

Frys Cocoa, with Invalid Carriage

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:45:09 +0000

Every now and then I want to keep an advert for my own private collection, and this is one such example. I’ll let the image do the talking.

Source : The Graphic, 1889, 10.5 x 15 inches, £48.85

Birds Custard

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:55:24 +0000

The older Birds Custard Ads really were works of art. Check this out …

Source : Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1900, 10.5 x 15 inches, £28.45

Beechams Pills – One in the Eye

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:01:17 +0000

What were the advertising gurus at Beechams thinking of when you came up with this ad. I suppose its quite ‘eye’ catching

Source : The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1893, 10×15 inches, £8.85

Victorian Cadbury’s Adverts

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:53:48 +0000

Today I added a bunch of original Victorian adverts to my website www.VictorianAdverts.com Included in this latest batch of new additions were four superb Cadbury advertisements. I must share these with you here

Digitally Enhanced Mellins Infant Food Advert

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:14:47 +0000

Today is an experiment in digitally enhancing an antique Mellin’s Food advert dating from 1904. First the original, and then the enhanced version below.

Source : Illustrated London News, 1904, 5 x 7 inches, £1.45

I admit I prefer the digitally enhanced version and these will soon be available from my antique advert shop soon, ready for instant download.

Thermos Flask in India – A E Gutmann

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:33:06 +0000

Slipping in at just over 100 years old these two adverts are trying to sell us on the benefits of the thermos flask, or thermos jug. Apparently they are a lot more useful than I’d ever imagined. I want one.

I especially liked this use … “The bachelors tea and shaving water always ready”

And the informative letter straight from the Indian front …

Sirs, I enclose herewith two small snapshots taken on the India Frontier, showing your “Thermos” flask in use. I thought they might be of some interest to you. The person holding the flask is a Gurkha soldier. These flasks are a very great boon to us who lead an open air life for nine months out of the twelve, and you deserve the heartfelt thanks of al British officers.

J E Colenso, Lieut, 7th Gurkha Rifles

Source : The Graphic, 1909, 10.5 x 14.5 inches, £2.85

Source : The Graphic, 1910, 10.5 x 14.5, £3.45

Free Desktop Background – Antique Adverts

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:19:50 +0000

I’ve revised the invalid chair desktop backgrounds. I think this is better than the previous one. Presented in three different sizes for your monitor resolution,

1024 x 768

1280 x 800

1600 x 1200