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A soap advertisement promoting the many uses of the product with including hygienic purposes and cleanliness of the home and personal items. The pointing hands emphasis the companies main purpose for customers using the product in their bath.

Advertisement selling a type of cream that is supposedly good for the nerves. Claims that using the cream will invigorate the nerves and improve overall health.

This advertisement is about Samuel Brothers respectfully invite application for patterns of their new materials for the Present Season. These are forwarded post-free, and is together with the illustrated price-list, it also containing 250 engravings…

This product aims to guarantee customer's satisfaction by making the hair healthier in terms of strength, volume, and overall look. It can prevent baldness and is available for use by adults and children.

The detailed drawing of the product is aesthetically appealing enough to grab the readers attention. There is no real description besides at the bottom which states the best way to order the product and that it is made from the "finest limes in the…

Ladies can choose out of a choice selection of Sealskin Jackets, in all size, from....

This blood purifier called Cuticera Resolvent is the only blood purifier that forever eradicated the virus of inherited and contagious blood poisons. These blood poisons include Bad Blood Scrofulous, inherited and contagious with loss of hair,…

The Provost Oats advertisement in The London Illustrated Times looks like it is saying, eat provost oats and be a manly man! The ad has a picture of a man in a kilt and suit jacket holding a giant bowl of steaming provost oats above his head. We get…

An advertisement for prism binoculars selling the idea that these binoculars are the most powerful binoculars ever manufactured. Also stated that the Aitchison & Co. Ltd are also the only makers of Prismatic Binoculars with a magnification of 25…

An advertisement selling a delicious box of FRY's Prince of Wales chocolates.

An advertisement for Poncelet's Pastilles, a throat lozenge. The ad is simple, featuring an illustration of two men conversing. One is ill with a cough, and the other suggests taking Poncelet's Pastilles, and be cured within twenty-four hours.

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An ad that sells its products by giving the prices of their wares. The specialty of this company is smithing, making fine dinning ware.

Advertisement for the Rental and Sale of Pianos.

This is a medicinal advertisement from 1885 that for a remedy called Pepper’s Quinine Iron Tonic. The ad is in text and calls out the uses of this medicine. This product seems to be pretty universal since it is used for “bodily, mental, nerve,…

Looks like hygiene and being clean was a big thing in the turn of the century. In this advertisement they use mainly women who are all dressed up. The target audience is obviously women and it is more obvious in the description where they use words…

Advertisement for furniture of all descriptions for sale a a moderate cost (being made by machinery).

This product is a relief medicine for colds, coughing. or any problematic lung conditions. There are testimonies provided by consumers who have used to product, which is used to gain credibility of the company. It advocates to be a more safe, more…

A small ad describing this remedy that will restore your grey hair to its natural color.

This advertisement is about Nubian Blacking gives a brilliant polish for a week through wet or dry weather. It applied with sponge attached to the cork. It does not injure the leather nor clothing. It also combines all the requirements for Harness in…

Advertisement for an anti Eczema cream that claims to rid the face of blemishes. It claims to cure blackheads, pimples, spots, rashes, and more.

This advertisement shows kitchen ware that is made of pure nickle. It shows the kind of materials they had access to and maybe what was considered fancy, Now kitchen tools are made of silver or high end materials like silver. It is a pretty basic…

The New Silks and Dresses is advertising the silk is now lower in price than at any period since the French Revolution, 1848. They are doing on sale on the coquette, this is a very pretty jacket that is made in the new Boucle Cloth, trimmed Chantilly…

These gifts are useful and ornamental. The ladie's ivory opera glass is gilt manted with an engraved monogram. The gentlemen's leather-covered field glass has a monogram in piered silver. Mounted in Aluminum, tortoise-shell or Pearl. Negretti and…

A simple advertisement using the image of two infants who appear both healthy and happy as a result of consuming Neave's Food. Below the image is a testimony explaining the benefits of buying the product.

This product is targeted for mother's and children in reducing the pain of children's incoming teeth. It allegedly maintains perfect success, and somehow is very good at prevention of diarrhea.

An advertisement that states that if you take this remedy then it is guaranteed to prevent and cure your sea-sickness, train-sickness or air-sickness. If not cured then you will get your money refunded.

This wine is advocated to be healthy for the body and brain with testimonies given by the most credible physicians of that age. It provides remedy for exhaustion, depression, sleeplessness, and debility to give the customer fast access to getting…

What most people might picture when they think about early 20th century house decor is wooden floors, large center rugs and wooden furniture. From a look at this advertisement, it is safe to say that those assumptions are pretty correct. It looks…

Ad that uses iteration to advertise their services and products. Theirs trade being Carpets, Turkey, and home Furnishing.

The Lux product is not just for laundry but it is also for hair washing, silverware polishing and even for a luxurious bath. The image on the advertisement is a little misleading since it depicts the opposite of what the product is about. The image…