Advertising blotters
Creation: 1920-1955Abstract
An advertising blotter is a small sheet of absorbent paper, printed with advertisement and created as a giveaway for promoting the business. The collection consists of advertising blotters from a variety of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware businesses including a tailor, insurance companies, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, stationery stores, and food suppliers.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1955
Extent
14 item(s)
General Physical Description
14 items : blotters ; 6.25 x 11.75 in.
Historical Note
An advertising blotter is a small sheet of absorbent paper, printed with advertisement and created as a giveaway for promoting the business. Blotters became commonplace in the 1850s in the United States and frequently used through the 1950s.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of advertising blotters. The blotters advertise businesses in Wilmington (Delaware), New York, and Philadelphia. A variety of businesses used blotters as an advertising medium: in this collection the businesses include a tailor, insurance companies, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, stationery stores, and food suppliers.
Location
GL Box 2.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Advertising blotters
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
