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Genres of Antique Advertising

There are many genres of collectibles in the antique advertising field. Listed below are many of the popular genres collectors are engaged in, there are of course others that are not included and if you’d like to help add more categories feel free to contact us. Each category below explains a little about what types of items are typically found and what is and isn’t included in the category.

Barbershop

Items related to shaving, hair cutting, and barbershops or salons.

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  • Gillette Tin Flange Sign
  • Blue Gillette Blades Thermometer
  • Pendulum Clock Damaskeene
  • Gillette Porcelain Flange Sign
  • Marlin Razor Blades Display
  • Gillette Razor Display

Black Americana

Items related to advertising with stereotypical African American characters. This category has items that sometimes depict racist or negative stereotypes of African Americans.

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  • Paul Jones and Co Framed Ad
  • Sealy Picture and Displays
  • Segregation Era Restroom Signs

Breweriana

Items related to Beer, Wine, or Liquor. These could be anything from signs, beer bottles, cans, or brewing equipment.

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  • A-1 Beer Framed Print
  • Steinerbru Ale Beer Neon Sign
  • Pabst Blue Ribbon Sign
  • Pabst Blue Ribbon Lighted Canopy
  • A-1 Beer Framed Print

Building

Advertising or items related to paint, insulation, or other building products.

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  • Ojaco Paints Porcelain Flanged Sign
  • Dutch Boy Paints Sign
  • Federal Yacht Paint Sign
  • Dutch Boy Southern Brand Paint Sign
  • Colorado Fence Sign
  • CF & I (Colorado Fuel and Iron) Coal Sign

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Cleaning

This category has items related to soap, cleansers, brushes, and other cleaning products and advertising.

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  • Pot and Pan Scraper
  • Jap Rose Soap Door Push
  • Babbitt's Cleanser Pot and Pan Scraper
  • Gold Dust Framed Paper Poster
  • Sunlight Soap Sign
  • Olo Soap Powder Sign

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Clothing

Items related to advertising clothing brands, articles of clothing, or components (like buttons, elastic, or thread).

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  • Headlights Overalls Sign
  • Little Boy Blue Bluing Display
  • Department Store Red Goose Neon Sign
  • Neon Weather-Bird Shoe Sign
  • Sewing Supplies Drawer
  • Neon Parrot Shoes Sign

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Drug Store

Items related to Pharmacies, not just the medication aspect but other health and hygienic items one might find in a drug store (items you might still find at CVS, even).

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  • Vicks Door Push
  • Dr Daniels' Veterinary Medicines Sign
  • Ex-Lax Thermometer
  • Strange's A-1 Crystal Oil Sign
  • Vaseline Preparations Display
  • Vicks Door Push

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Farming

This category has items related to farming, animal husbandry, or agriculture.

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  • Oliver Farm Implements Single-Sided Porcelain Sign
  • Cletrac Crawler Tractors Single-Sided Porcelain Diecut Sign
  • John Deere Single-Sided Tin Embossed Sign
  • Choice Seeds Display Box
  • Phillips 44 Insecticide Metal Can With Paper Label
  • John Deere Farm Implements Sign

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Food

Items related to food products, grocery stores, and beverages (non-alcoholic)

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  • Wooden Planters Box
  • Coin-Op Peanut Machine
  • I-H Flour Sign
  • King Midas Flour Sign
  • Lance Crackers Display
  • Sunkist Single-Sided Porcelain Sign

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Holidays

Items related to Holidays, primarily Christmas but also others.

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    Manufacturers

    Items and Advertising products for manufacturing companies, many of these items are samples, but some advertise heavy equipment and appliances as well.

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    • Metal Reddy Kilowatt Figurine
    • Westinghouse Round Lighted Sign
    • Fairbanks-Morse Windmills Sign
    • Bond and Olin Flashlights and Display
    • The Kodak Camera Single-Sided Porcelain Sign
    • Radiola Dealer Hanging Sign

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    Misc Advertising

    Items and Advertising that never found a home anywhere else, this is always a fun category to browse.

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    • Vintage Cash Register
    • Fleet Bros Department Store Sign
    • Hargrave Secret Service
    • Welcome Firemen Cloth Banner
    • Toy Gun Collection
    • Rio Rattler Movie Poster

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    Outdoorsman

    Items and Advertising for Hunting, Fishing, Camping and other outdoor / wilderness activities.

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    • Remington Game Load Game Poster
    • Remington Framed Sign
    • Remington Firearms Round Thermometer
    • Western Ammunition Poster
    • Winchester Shotgun Shell Thermometer
    • Winchester Shell Thermometer

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    Soda Fountain

    This category is mainly Coca-Cola, but also other soda brands and soda fountain items.

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    • Cherry Blossoms Soda Sign
    • Hires Root Beer Sign
    • Royal Crown Cola 2-Single-Sided Tin Embossed Signs
    • Coca-Cola Square Clock
    • Refresh Yourself Coca-Cola Sign
    • Coca-Cola Moving Lighted Clock

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    Sports

    Items related to sports, most of these are baseball items, but there are other sports as well that can be found.

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      Sweets

      Items from Candies, Gums, Ice Creams and other sweet treats.

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      • Popsicle Signs
      • Ice Cold Coca-Cola Sign
      • Dazey Ice Cream Straw Holder
      • Coin-Op Gumball Machine
      • Wrigley's Toy Truck
      • Wrigley's Doublemint Sign

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      Telephony

      Items related to Telephones, Telegraphs, and Radios. It encompasses ways to communicate over long distances.

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      • Fada Radio Single-Sided Porcelain Sign
      • Western Union Porcelain Flange Sign
      • RCA TV-Radio Plastic Lighted Sign

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      Tobacciana

      Items related to tobacco, cigarettes, pipes and the advertising and tins from them.

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      • Yellow Model Tobacco Sign
      • Safety First Red Man Door Push
      • Cigars Stained Glass Trade Sign
      • Emblem Cigarettes Sign
      • Piedmont Cigarette Single-Sided Porcelain Sign
      • National Cigar Stand Light Fixture

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      Transportation

      This category includes Petroliana, Automobiliana, Boating, Airplanes and even Bicycles. If you’re looking for oil & gas, or car brand signs this is the place.

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      • Super Chevrolet Service Neon Sign
      • General Motors Reverse Painted Glass Sign
      • Veedol Motor Oil Sign
      • Motor Oil Round Fiber Cans
      • Santa Fe Trailways Bus Depot Sign
      • Linco Marathon Oil Bottle With Painted Lable

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      Western

      Items related to Western themes – Cowboys and Indians and the early west as well as Hollywood style portrayals.

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