This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for The American Optical Company. The ad attempts to answer questions such as, "Are school teachers’ eyes better than yours?" and "Will glasses alone improve your eyesight?"
The reverse side features advertising for several companies and products. They include: ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Greyhound Bus Travel – Transportation for ALL the Nation. This is a very interesting advertisement. It lists all the major events across the country for Spring of 1948 beginning with the Kentucky Derby Day in Louisville on May 1. The purpose, of course, was to encourage travel by Greyhound!
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Motorola Portable Radios. "The first really new Portable Radios. Exclusive Dial-In-Hand. Easier to read . . . Easier to tune."
The reverse side features advertising for several companies and products. They include: ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The message, "Watch Your Weight." The ad includes six steps to losing and watching your weight.
The reverse side features advertising for The Travelers Insurance Company. The advertisement uses artwork of the American Bittern as an analogy of how t ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Southern Railway Systems. "The Southern Serves the South." The advertisement includes a message from the company president, Ernest E. Norris.
The reverse side features advertising for General Electric Freezers. "General Electric Home Freezers – For quick-freezing – For storing fr ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Elgin Watches. "Only an Elgin has the DuraPower Mainspring. The one you love will be happier with an Elgin."
The reverse side features advertising for the General Electric Disposall. "GE Disposall means good-by to garbage automatically!" ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Trailer Coach Manufactures Association. "Travel Comfortably . . . Economically . . . in a T.C.M.A. approved Trailer Coach."
The reverse side features advertising for The New Greenbriar and Cottages of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. "Welcoming doors are open again at the br ...click for details
This is an advertisement from May, 1948, for Wallace Silversmiths of Wallingford, Connecticut. "It’s ‘Third Dimension Beauty’. . . It’s Sculpture in Silver . . . It’s Wallace Sterling."
The reverse side features advertising for Canadian Pacific – Spans the World. ...click for details
