Trade catalogs and pamphlets

About this collection

    This digital collection contains a selection from Hagley Library's collection of trade catalogs and pamphlets. The materials date from 1783 to 1988 and vary in size. The trade catalogs contain lists, often illustrated, of items sold by an assortment of manufacturers, mostly American. The pamphlets largely consist of promotional materials. They are organized chronologically by publication date.
    Some materials shelved in our trade catalogs and pamphlets collections are part of special collections, like our Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials pamphlets. When possible, these items have been organized in the Hagley Digital Archive within their respective collections. In cases where a significant number of materials from a single source are present, these materials have often been grouped into a sub-collection, as in the case of the John Wanamaker Department Store catalogs.
    A comprehensive view of Hagley's trade catalogs and pamphlets can be found by searching our online catalog.
    Image: Cover of 1977 catalog for Dinky Die Cast Toys. Click here to view. in the collection

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Maxwell did it! : photographing the Atlantic City Boardwalk 1920s-1950s : highlights from the R.C. Maxwell Company collection
"This catalog was produced by the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising Marketing History at Duke University on the occasion of the exhibition 'Maxwell Did it! Photographing the Atlantic City Boardwalk 1920s-1950s' held January 11 through March 26, 2006, in the Special Collections Gallery, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708." -- Cover verso.
New parks for New York
"A proposal for a network of small mid-town parks, prepared by Zion Breen Associates, Site Planners, Landscape Architects, and presented at the Architectural League of New York in 1963"--Title page verso.
Desks
Catalog of desks offered by John Wanamaker. Includes illustrations, description, and dimensions for each model.
Fine Furniture
Catalog of furniture offered by John Wanamaker. Includes image, description, and price for each item.
Furniture of To-day
Catalog of furniture offered by John Wanamaker. Includes image, description, and price for each item.
House Furnishing Goods
Catalog of items available at the John Wanamaker Store. Items are in an alphabetical list. No images or prices.
Housewares for Homemakers (Fall and Winter 1955)
Catalog of housewares offered by John Wanamaker. Includes illustrated image, description, and/or dimensions for each item.
Make it Personal With a Monogram
Catalog of gift items with monograms offered by John Wanamaker. Includes image, description, price, and ordering coupon for each item.
Scent for a Beautiful Christmas
Catalog of perfumes and gift sets offered by John Wanamaker. Includes image, description, and price for each item.
Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Telescopes, Thermometers, Barometers, Photographic Materials
Catalog of items offered for sale by John Wanamaker. Includes price and description for each item and illustrations for some items.
Personalized for You...for Gifts
Catalog of monogrammed gifts available from John Wanamaker. Includes illustration, description, price, and ordering coupon for each item.
Personalized for You...for Gifts
Catalog of monogrammed gifts available from John Wanamaker. Includes illustration, description, price, and ordering coupon for each item.
Taylor's Improved Dustless Sanitary Ash Sifter
Catalog for the Taylor Ash Sifter, offered by John Wanamaker. Includes instructions for use, description, and prices for different models.
REO Motor Trucks : As Reliable as a Chronometer
Trade catalog featuring the REO two-ton, Model J. Includes black and white images of different models and includes specifications.
Beautiful Chrysler New Yorker
Trade catalog of the Chrysler New Yorker, including specifications.
MG Midget : The Great British Sports Car
Trade catalog for the MG Midget sports car, including specifications and detailed photographs of interior. Engine specifications indicate that the catalog is advertising a MG Midget MkIII model manufactured after 1968. Publication No. 2864/C
The Steamer 'Planter' and Her Captor
Article about Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery by capturing a Confederate steamer during the Civil War. Published in Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization Vol. VI, no. 285 (June 14, 1862).

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