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Los Angeles, December 17 1905, page 8, Image 32
This source is a newspaper article entitled ‘Grider and Hamilton’s Hollywood’ advertising the new housing development in Hollywood opening Monday the 25th of December. The source provides the prices of these houses being from $400-$800 and encourages…
Hawai’i by Clipper
This source is a poster made by Pan American World Airlines to advertise Hawai’i as a holiday destination to American customers. The poster shows a Hawaiian woman Hula dancing in traditional clothing, whilst in the background there is a Pan Am…
The Hawaiian Star June 29 1912
This source is a newspaper from Honolulu. The newspaper covers a variety of topics such as sporting results, and local news. The paper also features adverts for many different products such as cars and a carnival. However on page 7 there is a big…
Honolulu Star Bulletin November 24th 1914
This source is a page taken from the Honolulu Star Bulletin featuring a variety of different adverts explaining what you need for Thanksgiving. This is important because Thanksgiving is an American holiday, and a key part of their national culture,…
Edition of San Francisco Call: Number 68, 7th August 1890
Small advertisement within an Edition of the San Francisco Call advertising the monthly meeting of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. Advertisement is made up of around 20 words. The San Francisco Call was a very short-lived newspaper,…
Slave advertised for sale
This is a newspaper advertisement for the auction of a 'Negro' slave for $300 by his master B.G. Lathrop. The significance of the source lies in the fact that it is the first sale of a slave in California despite its declaration as a free state in…
California Fashions of Furs
A two page illustrated printed advertisement for the California fur fashions by Adolph Müller of San Francisco for 1868 and 1869. On the left, the illustration shows two women and a child dressed in various fur garments stood outside Adolph Müller's…
Tags: 19th century, Advert, Advertisement, California, Fashion, Fur, Fur Trade, Illustration, San Francisco, Women
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
The source shows a clipping from a newspaper, the clipping shows that the newspaper served a purpose of advertising to the people of Hawaii. However, whilst this newspaper is printed for the Hawaiian Islands, it is clearly serving a purpose for those…
Hot Springs News, Apr 20, 1892
This newspaper shows the adverts of two different businesses, who’s main product is mining supplies. Both ‘Green Bros’ and H. Giegerich’ both supply products such as clothing, mining materials, food and dry goods. With the large influx of miners from…
Big Bend Gold Mines
This source is an advertisement targeted towards miners, promoting a government subsidised transport links from San Francisco to Victoria and New Westminster. The advert says that there is a ‘splendid Government Wagon Road’ from Yale to Savana Ferry.…