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Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Advertising Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0011
Scope and Contents

Collection contains advertising cards, circulars, etc., for various St. Louis and national businesses.

Dates: 1859-1974

Barbara Anderson St. Louis Broadside Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1059
Scope and Contents The Barbara Anderson St. Louis Broadside Collection contains four broadsides advertising events sponsored by business organizations, employee organizations, and social clubs/common interest groups in the St. Louis area. These events include annual masquerade receptions given by the St. Louis Candy Makers and the Jolly Time Fishing Club; the First Grand Railroad Excursion given by the Mound City Commercial Association; and the Continuous Show and Hop given by the Kittiwinks, an employee group...
Dates: 1904-1904

Belva Manufacturing Company Flyer

 Collection
Identifier: A3307
Scope and Contents

This Belva Manufacturing Company flyer titled “Madame Belva’s Beauty Preparations” includes advertisements for several hair care products including Hair-Rep, over-night pin curl kit, solid brilliantine, fast gloss, and pine oil shampoo.

Dates: ca. 1940s-1950s

Bob Blanchard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3318
Scope and Content

The collection contains a miscellany of items in the possession of Bob Blanchard of the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association in 1994.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1884-1980, no date

Casey Communications, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3310
Scope and Contents The Casey Communications Inc. records are comprised of correspondence, reports, proposals, notes, brochures and advertising, news releases and photographs, newspaper clippings relating to clients, corporate and personal histories, oral history interview transcripts, and historical and biographical research. The records are divided into three series: Biographical Projects, Work Examples, and Clients. The...
Dates: 1887-2020; Majority of material found within 1997-2014

Carol Gates Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3353
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a preservation photocopy of the items as they appeared in frame and the damaged ephemeral items removed from the frame: Muny tickets stubs, Pope's Cafeteria matchbook, flier for the Admiral riverboat, gum wrappers, and a pumpkin seed packet. The items were found in a frame and sustained a lot of damage. Only the Muny stubs and Admiral flier are dated; 29 July 1937 and 1938, respectively.

Dates: 1937-1938

Edwin W. Henderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1827
Scope and Contents

Collection contains receipts, programs, invitations, business cards, and photocopies of newspaper clippings mostly relating to St. Louis.

Dates: 1873-1952

Mac Mizuki Photography Studio Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0374
Scope and Contents This collection contains material created by Henry T. (Mac) Mizuki in the course of operating his independent photography studio, Mac Mizuki - Photography. The bulk of the collection consists of negatives, although some associated prints and documents are also included. Material from each job assignment was stored together in a single job file, usually including detailed information about the date, client, and subject.Mizuki opened his studio around 1953 and remained in business...
Dates: 1953 - 1989

Marcella Magnin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A2927
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of programs for events in St. Louis and advertising material for St. Louis businesses.

Dates: 1901-1941

San-Del Printing Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3123
Scope and Contents The collection consists of advertising and packaging literature printed by the San-Del Printing Company from circa 1917 to 1930. The publications are arranged alphabetically by the name of client/company with the exception of tobacco-related advertisements/packaging which are placed in a single folder. Much of the collection is undated. The publications include packing labels, stickers, product image/sales sheets, brochures of all sizes, large broadsides printed in black and...
Dates: ca. 1917-1930