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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The Deremer Water Wheel
Includes testimonials.
America’s Town Meeting of the Air
Transcript of “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”, a radio debate program that ran from 1935 to 1956.
The ice trade
"Extremely interesting ephemeron reflecting early American technological and scientific know-how. The American Ice Company, which had introduced their ice into Scotland, published this brochure explaining the ice trade in which America had taken the lead, use of American ice, methods of cutting, planing, etc., and, of course, the newest drinks in which ice might be introduced. The interesting illus. depict ice-marker and plough, saw, hook and plane, American ice cutter, refrigerator and American water cooler. The frontispiece shows a view of ice cutting on an American lake."--bookseller description.

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