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Victorian Ads Showcases Quaint 1893 Selling Tactics
The piece surveys old time advertisements from 1893 in Ladies Home Journal and other pages. It highlights soft selling, product promises like dress reform supports and folding bath tubs, and notes aging brands still known such as Hires Root Beer and Hartz Mountain Bird Seed. It also recalls early photography and wedding customs as cultural context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary van der Steur
Sarah J. Schack
Folding Bath Tub Co
Marshall, Mich
Hires Root Beer
Rogers 1847
Silverplate
Hartz Mountain Bird Seed