This item is a small Memo Book given as a complimentary gift by Control Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first inside page states that Control Corporation was formerly General Controls Company. It shows the phone number as Granville 3874 and has a date of May, 1940, on the front cover.

From the few notes written in this book, it appears the owner used it to keep up with a baseball team’s expenses...

This little handy devise is called a Mile-A-Meter. It was a complimentary item given to customers by Hardy’s Enco on N. E. 28th Street in Fort Worth, Texas. This is back in the days when the local gas station did it all – inspections, engine tune up, brake jobs and you could even get your car washed. Hardy’s sweetened the deal by giving Green Stamps.

This card has a laminated surface. The center wheel shows the amount of gasoline used...

This is a very nice postcard featuring the 1974 Cadillac – dark blue in color.

The back side has the Cadillac logo and "Cadillac for 1974" written on it.

The postcard is in very good condition and is unused. There is some minor wear to the corners. The back side has one very small, light stain just right of the center line at the top.

Please include $1.00 for shipping in the U.S. Add an additional $1.30 if you would like the shipment insured...

This is such a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for Bell Telephone Systems. The message, "If only swtichboards grew on trees!" It shows a U. S. Marine setting up a telephone swtichboard n an island "somewhere in the Pacific."

This type of advertising was common during World War II – a way for businesses to advertise and still support the troops!

The reverse side features advertising for many, many Military Institutions and Academies throughout the U. S...

This is such a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. World War II was still raging when this ad was printed. The message if from Sally, a graduating Senior, telling her parents that even though she has always wanted a watch – to wait until later to get her one...

This is such a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for Eastman Kodak Company. World War II was still raging when this ad was published...

This is a 1974 Cadillac Automobile Brochure. This is a brochure that one would pick up at the Cadillac dealer showing all the models available and optional features that could be ordered. This brochure came from Frank Kent Cadillac, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The company name and address is printed on the back cover.

The outer cover is a buff color with a nicely embossed Cadillac logo on the front...

This is a vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for Air Reduction Company, Inc. of New York. "Invisible Aides to the Men in White."

The reverse side features advertising for Ampro Corporation of Chicago – Your Postwar 8mm. Projector, Sandiego City and Country of Southern California, MaicoCompany, Inc. – Maico Hearing Aids, and Heisey’s Crystal.

The page measures 6 7/8" x 10"...

This is a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for the National Dairy Products Corporation...

This is a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, for Greyhound Bus. The end of World War II was still a few months away. The message: "Highways will be Happy ways again – if we keep faith in our fighting men!" Note the German helmet tied to the returning soldier’s backpack...

This is a nice vintage advertisement dated April, 1945, Magnavox Radio Phonograph – The choice of great artists. The illustration shows Stephen Foster on the Cincinnati waterfront. The ad states, "Stephen Foster making his first contact with the melodies that would lead him to write America’s best-loved songs."

The picture is one of a series of incidents in the lives of immortal composers, painted for the Magnavox collection by Walter Richards.

The reverse side features a...

This is a nice vintage advertisement dated May, 1929, for The Prudential Insurance Company of America of Newark, New Jersey. Edward D. Duffield was president at the time of this advertisement. The ad states, "Two widows – the husband of one let his Life Insurance lapse."

The reverse side features advertising for Parke, Davis & Company – The world’s largest makers of pharmaceutical and biological products. The ad gives "Important facts about Tuberculosis."

The page measu...