Author: Lisa Lorentz

Sunday Ads: Indy’s Industrious, Illustrious Illustrators

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jun 7, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Let’s set the scene… Indianapolis in the 1890s: Due to recent technological advances...

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Sunday Ads: Button It!

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 29, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

 Colonel Mustard… in the Library… with a Button Hook. Wait. What’s a button...

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Sunday Adverts: Keeping Indianapolis Beautiful

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 15, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Let’s Face It Around the early 20th Century, there was a developing beauty industry in...

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Sunday Ads: Raggedy Indy

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 8, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

 A Sweet Little Raggedy Doll and a Sweet Little Raggedy House at 537 N. Tacoma Avenue Raggedy Ann...

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Sunday Ads: Hot Product

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 1, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Advertising postcard recently offered on eBay. The circa 1905 rendering depicts the manufacturing...

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Sunday Ads: Beef Tea for Beefcake

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Feb 22, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

A beefy gentleman. Does anyone else find this 1901 Armour’s Vigoral advertisement a...

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Sunday Ads: Measure of Success

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Feb 15, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Hundred-year-old medicine dosing glass advertising the Joseph T. Stokes Pharmacies, once in...

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Sunday Ads: We’ve Got You Covered

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Feb 8, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Do-It-Yourselfer… Prior to the 1840s, this is how the world worked:  If you wanted to mail...

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Sunday Ads: Loveliest Logo – Dauner Coal

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Feb 1, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

Coal company logo: surfaced recently among a pile of materials in a Carmel, Indiana, antique...

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Sunday Adverts: Bank On It

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jan 18, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

A great little piece of advertising history: House-shaped coin bank form People’s State...

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Sunday Adverts: Haag Drugs

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jan 11, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

  If you’ve lived in Indiana long (and you’re older than 20) you likely have fond...

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Sunday Adverts: The Postcard From Nowhere

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jan 9, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

A “Postcard from Nowhere,” side one: found in Indianapolis Marion County Public...

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Sunday Adverts: Geisendorff… Just Milling Around

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jan 4, 2015 | Sunday Ads |

This postcard, found recently on eBay, was from Geisendorff & Co. woolens factory, a 19th...

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Sunday Adverts: Happy New Year 1915

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Dec 28, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

The more things change, the more they stay the same.” In exploring a local newspaper from...

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Sunday Adverts: Iceman Cometh (with Coal for your Stocking)

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Dec 21, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Coupon book recently for sale on Amazon.com Irvington Ice & Coal Company Icemen and coalmen...

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Sunday Adverts: Long gone Regal Guitar Mfg. STILL has the perfect gift for you!

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Dec 14, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

I wonder what name they finally settled on! Advertisement from early 1901. Probably from a...

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Sunday Adverts: Panacea for a Plethora of Problems

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 30, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Are your eyes (and waist) still bulging from your Thanksgiving feast? Put on a little weight?...

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Sunday Adverts: Thanksgiving Love and Lard

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 23, 2014 | Vintage Vittles |

Vintage Meat Recipe Book, 1946… an Adventure in Fat! There are some history enthusiasts who...

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Sunday Adverts: Black Friday 100 Years Ago

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 16, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Do you think “Black Friday” shopping fervor is a recent invention? Think Again! While...

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Sunday Adverts: What Is It!?

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 9, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Here are your hints: – 100 years ago – Cold and flu season – Epidemics –...

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