Advertising

This week we look at some of the ads from a February 1941 issue of National Geographic magazine that we have in stock at PFTP Antiques.

Judge was a satirical magazine that initially was published weekly in the United States. The publication ran from 1881 to 1947.

This week we are looking at the March 1949 issue of Movie Story with a grown up Shirley Temple on the cover.

National Lampoon was an adult humor magazine that ran from 1970 to 1998.

We have several film related magazines in our shop at PFTP Antiques, but Movie Story is one of my favorite publications because of the full-page movie advertisements.

Travel tourism is common place today, but it wasn’t a reality for most people in the early 1900’s. At the time, horse and carriage or travel by rail was the common form of transportation.

The Household Magazine was produced monthly by Arthur Capper Publications in Topeka Kansas.This magazine targets the female audience of the time with Ads, articles and recipes all directed at housewives and women who hope to attract men.

By looking at various advertisments, we hope to learn more about the products that people were getting excited about at various points in the last 100+ years.