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Go to any big city in this great country and you will most likely find an art gallery filled with works of the "Masters" and lesser known artists. |
| I'll bet you didn't know that we are on the brink of loosing forever some of our most prolific and creative art from the recent past. Yes... we're talking about the beautiful art work found in the older "pre-owned" magazines so many of us have discarded as nuisances over the years. No... I'm not talking about the modern day magazines with their slick, ho hum photographs, I'm referring to the early 1900's versions. The technology in those early days precluded the mass use of photographs in the printing process, so guess what... the magazines hired artists to create their covers and embellish their advertisements. |
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If those same artists had applied their talents to canvas... many of their paintings would now be hanging in those same art gallery's in those same big cities mentioned above. |
| We have made it a mission at Nostalgiaville to salvage a portion of this wonderful art before it is all discarded and hauled to the landfills. Because our presentation of the ad art is in a chronological or date order, there's an added bonus to your journey with us. As you page through this section, you will step into history and be swept along like in a time machine. You will see events and products evolve before your very eyes as you progress quickly through time as projected by the ad art. |
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So, come on... grab your mouse and click your way to a fascinating journey through time by choosing a "port of entry" from those listed to follow. Oh... by the way... click on any picture outlined in blue for a screen full of enlargement and delight. |
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| Early publishers focused their most attention on their magazine covers. Like modern day publications, the cover sells. An eye-catching covers increased circulation, the life blood of a magazines existence. The best art by the best artists of the time produced an avalanche of great classic works that adorned early magazine covers. |
MAGAZINE COVERS SELECTIONS
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| Magazine adds from the past provide a view into the very soul of a wide variety of our favorite collectibles. They can even become collectibles themselves and offer colorful wall displays or fill cherished scrap books with the historical gems. Through the ads, your mind can step back in time and follow the exciting evolution of the product of your attentions. The ability to assign a date of origin to an item you have often wondered about age becomes evident from the study of old magazine adds. Following our ad chronology is like reading a book about your collecting passion. |
| SODA | BEER | CAMPBELL'S SOUP | HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS | HISTORICAL GUNS | HISTORICAL BICYCLES |
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| Watching movies is one of our favorite pastimes. We relate to the stars of movies whose names have become almost as common as that of our friends and family We follow the lives of these famous ones with awe and reverence... hoping all the time that twists in their being movies stars will produce the juicy gossip that keeps the tabloids well and prospering. Relive the good old days of movie-past by clicking the Movie Ads link, selecting a year and following its journey into yesterday. |
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