Boss Glass Door Oven Ad from 1919.
With modern technology, we are able to promote our local showroom and online store through television commercials, Internet ads, and other means. However, if Goedeker’s had been around in the 1800s or early 1900s, our advertising strategy would be a lot different. Here are a handful of examples of what our ads might have looked like.
This advertisement from 1861 lets you know that William B. Wadman has plenty of ranges, stoves, refrigerators, and other “kitchen furnishing goods” in stock at his store. He is also able to repair any faulty fridges you bring in. Remember the name and place!
Blue Bird promises to relieve you of the “greatest burden of homework” with their Electric Clothes Washer. This ad from 1910 encourages you to ad their washing machine to your Christmas list so that doing the laundry will become “only a source of gladness.”
If you needed any sort of home furnishings in 1832, C.W. Boteler probably had you covered. This ad lists tables, chairs, stoves, mattresses, and more available for sale in his “house furnishing ware” store.
In this 1919 ad, Crane insists that purchasing their bathroom equipment is “the choice of the well-informed.” They were known at this time for providing luxury plumbing fixtures.
Finally, we have this 1918 ad for Restgood mattresses by Wilson & Co. They explain that sleeping allows you to recharge “like an electric battery,” which is an idiom that is still in popular use today.
All ads are courtesy of Vintage Ad Browser. They have hundreds of vintage ads, from the 1800s all the way to the early 2000s – check it out!
