by Meg | Aug 11, 2017 | Building, Ephemera, Marcia for the Holidays, Old Adverts
As I was sorting through the pictures of Marcia I found at the Maryland Historical Society, one of them caught my eye, mainly because it wasn’t a picture of Marcia. It was a picture of her car, which she called “The Grey Lady”, and along with...
by Meg | Feb 16, 2016 | Ephemera, Magic Wand, Old Adverts
I love looking at the old advertisements in the early Maryland Medical Journals both for their content and for their design. It’s funny how shocking some of them seem now. Ads for cocaine and heroin as well as numerous alcoholic preparations abound! Here are some that...
by Meg | Aug 20, 2015 | Ephemera, Magic Wand, Old Adverts
Looking through the old journals, and I am talking 1800’s and early 1900’s, you find a range of amazing advertisements. Some of them seen completely insane in light of what we know now, and others are just peculiar. Here are a few I found recently. I had to enlarge...
by Meg | Mar 27, 2014 | Archives, Ephemera, Old Adverts
I found a file filled with bills from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and they are gorgeous! Many of them have beautiful engravings on them, which either depict the goods they are offering or the building where they’re located. Some of the buildings are still...
by Meg | Nov 25, 2013 | Ephemera, Old Adverts
We have years of Medical Journals from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Many states, including Maryland, have their own medical journals that are published several times a year. Clearly, there were no guidelines for what could be advertised in these journals, and...
