Duluth Deep Dive #12: Ads from the Archives
Duluth Evening Herald, June 18, 1909; Sept. 5, 1899; Oct. 31, 1908.
While putting together the Duluth Deep Dives, I often come across ads in the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub that I find amusing, surprising, well-designed or a direct reflection of the historical period. When I see one of these ads, I make a clip and put it aside in a folder. In what seems likely to be a reoccurring topic, this Duluth Deep Dive goes into those files to present 20 somewhat remarkable ads.
All the latest styles, direct from Brainerd …
Duluth Herald, Dec. 21, 1926.
A case in court is never certain, but …
Duluth Evening Herald, June 19, 1907.
Just make a call (as in a visit to Superior Street) and don’t forget the number (506 West) …
Duluth Herald, June 28, 1913.
Still the oldest and most expert …
Duluth Herald, Dec. 8, 1917.
Potentiality …
Duluth Herald, June 16, 1922.
Shirt waist hats, only at Silberstein & Bondy …
Duluth Evening Herald, May 19, 1902.
I would like some further information about the Duluth Log Company in Aitkin …
The Aitkin Age, Feb. 27, 1906.
You can have everything — operatic, dramatic, band concerts, orchestra …
Duluth Evening Herald, Feb. 24, 1907.
A magazine for women, from the Frank A. Munsey Company …
Duluth Evening Herald, Oct. 23, 1906.
I think I know why women were not particularly jolly when around the man that wrote this ad copy …
Duluth Evening Herald, Feb. 10, 1909.
Costs nothing to try …
Duluth Evening Herald, March 10, 1910.
For the thousands of men and women who keenly feel their excessive thinness …
Duluth Herald, June 11, 1919.
For moving across town …
Duluth Evening Herald, May 25, 1904.
Or heading out East …
Duluth Herald, June 28, 1900.
Or going anywhere else in the country …
Left: Duluth Evening Herald, May 27, 1896; Right (California train ad): Duluth Herald, March 15, 1913.
The possible inspiration for the PDD ad format …
Duluth Evening Herald, April 10, 1909.
This month’s Geoguessr looks at the stops along the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad Company in 1896. Its remnants are more clear in some places than others.
PDD Geoguessr: The Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad Company
More information on how to play Geoguessr can be found here.