This is a 1914 advertisement for scotch whiskey. It's interesting to compare the different ads for the same item (whiskey). This advertisement is full page, demonstrating the clear wealth of the company, and the imagery features a mean in a top hat…
1 map; 36 x 38 cm.Shows additions, lot numbers, street names, railroads, county roads, swamps, military reserves, section numbers, and names of some landowners."Lines drawn crooked are intended to show incorrect surveys."Depth of navigable waterways…
1 postcard; 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Washington (State College had a variety of small dogs as mascots in its early days. Bull's tenure probably fell between 1908 and 1919, most likely in the mid-to-later part of the 1910-1919 decade.
This is an ad from 1914, for the clothing brand Burberry. This ad specifically stuck out to me, because it is still a high profile brand today. The phrase is "Burberry | Dress for Special Occasion." The ad features a clearly upper class woman, in…
1 map; 18 x 26 cm. Though Burlington (the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Co.) had an extensive national network, close examination of this map points out that the northwest portions of these routes are connections, and not part of the…