By Carol Mobley Advertising over the years has not changed much. The main purpose for advertising is to promote a specific product and brand recognition. This has been accomplished in several ways over the years. One way was to use an illustration of the package or bottle in the advertisement. Not everyone could read in late 1800’s and early 1900’s […]
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Finer Craftsmanship Merged With Lighting
By Robert Reed There was a unique time in history when the search for finer craftsmanship merged with the emerging progress of lighting. The...
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American History – July Anniversaries
July 1 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S. (1874) July 4 Independence Day July...
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A New Look at Old Band Books
By Mike Pearce In the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, thousands of brass bands dotted the American landscape. Those ensembles...
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Bottles on Paper! Another Way to Advertise
By Carol Mobley Advertising over the years has not changed much. The main purpose for advertising is to promote a specific product and brand recognition. This has been accomplished in several ways over the years. One way was to use an illustration of the package or bottle in the advertisement. Not everyone could read in late 1800’s and early 1900’s […]
What Is It? July 2024
Send your answers to the What Is It contest, postmarked by July 20, to the Mountain States Collector, P.O. Box 1003, Bailey, CO 80421. At least three winners will be drawn. Winners will receive a year’s subscription to the Mountain States Collector.
Finer Craftsmanship Merged With Lighting
By Robert Reed There was a unique time in history when the search for finer craftsmanship merged with the emerging progress of lighting. The Arts and Crafts period came along just as the electric light came into existence. Eventually the electric light which could provide the glow of 60 candles would be the object of home decor crafted by such […]
American History – July Anniversaries
July 1 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S. (1874) July 4 Independence Day July 8 Liberty Bell tolls to announce Declaration of Independence (1776) July 20 Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong takes historic first steps on the moon (1969) July 26 Congress establishes U.S. Post Office (1775) July 26 75th […]
A New Look at Old Band Books
By Mike Pearce In the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, thousands of brass bands dotted the American landscape. Those ensembles played music assembled in march size folios and band books. As those band books now find their way into auctions from attics and basements, they become attractive collectibles for a select number of band history collectors and performers. By […]
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