Expensive and impractical, the earliest typewriters were still a godsend to businesses. These vintage advertisements from Underwood, Remington, Oliver, and others show the evolution of this critical business machine.
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The fridge entered the kitchen 100 years ago, when most Americans still had iceboxes. These vintage Frigidaire ads capture the allure of these stylish new appliances.
In 1888, George Eastman was granted a patent for a dry-plate camera, and for the first time, photography became available to nearly everyone.
Prudential ads from the 1920s used dismal scenes of destitute widows and orphans to sell life insurance.
While you ponder what to get dad for Father’s Day, these vintage advertisements offer a glimpse into traditional gifts of the past.
Check out these late-1920s vintage advertisements from RCA, when their Radiola was all the rage.
Advertisers have used the imposing grandeur of the Lincoln Memorial to sell everything from train trips to tombstones.
How did Bicycle brand playing cards get their name?
Who doesn’t love Cracker Jack? We share brief history of the popular snack.
Beginning in the late 1920s, the Packard Motor Company ran a series of colorful ads in the Post that displayed not only the car but the glamorous life associated with it.
How Allen B. Du Mont made television broadcasting possible.
Long before there was a National Park Service, Americans were traveling to the parks on horseback and in stagecoaches. After the railroads began building spur lines to the parks, they started advertising their park routes to Post readers.
The story behind Wrigley chewing gum.
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Compare early 20th-century menswear ads, and discover why the fashion industry made drastic changes in the 1920s.
From The Wizard of Oz to Love Affair, the Post has featured advertisements from some of the most iconic movies of the last century.
Dictionary disputes and dilemmas can be traced through the vintage dictionary ads that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.