This refreshing reminder of creative and memorable items of the past includes over 1000 color photos of advertising memorabilia-from tin containers and tobacco cutters to gum machines and thermometers. Many famous companies and little-known items are represented with newly revised pricing information throughout. Here American free enterprise is reflected in its advertising.

This volume includes more than 1,400 color photos which were not included in the first volume--for a total of nearly 5,000 images. Information on sizes, types, shapes, manufacturers, and current market values is given, plus a complete Index which simplifies location of any tin described in the book.

An illustrated identification and price guide to nearly 5,000 items such as boxes, clocks, signs, tins, and bottles, which carried antique advertising.

How did the advertisers of the past sell magnetic corsets, carbolic smoke balls or even the first televisions? Which celebrities endorsed products? How did innovations in printing techniques and packaging design play a part in the evolution of advertising? And what can these items tell us about transport, war, politics and even the royal family?'Vintage Advertising: An A to Z' takes a fresh look at historical advertising through a series of thematic and chronological juxtapositions. Richly illustrated from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera at the Bodleian Library, this book features a range of topics from Art to Zeitgeist, showcasing how nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advertisements often capture the spirit of their age and can be rich repositories of information about our past.