Phonographs
in Other Ads
Phonographs
Promoting Other Consumer Products
This gallery displays advertisements
and paper ephemera where a phonograph is part of the promotion
but is not what's being sold.
FACTOLA: The
earliest example of
a phonograph being part of an advertisement but not with
the intention of selling a phonograph is a June 1, 1878 illustration
in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. In this ad
Brother Jonathan (a symbol of the United States in general,
and an allegorical figure of U.S. capitalism) is promoting
the export of Mrs. Potts' Sad Irons to Russia by bringing
the message to the Czar of their pending delivery by means
of the recently invented Edison tinfoil phonograph.
Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, June 1, 1878.
FOTP Note: The
Philadelphia Mfg. Co. may have been making very good irons
but the "delight and astonishment" of the Czar is
clearly because of Edison's phonograph.
Ad for Dr. Price's
Baking Powder, Omaha Daily Bee, April 30, 1895
"Not all Talk,"
ad for Sapolio Soap, Appleton's magazine, 1908 (PM-0761)
Clothing Store
ad for Magee and Deemer, Lincoln -Aurora-Omaha, May 12,
1913, Lincoln Daily News
Mogul Cigarettes,
Dancing to the Victrola, The Theatre Magazine, August
1915
"Just Like
New!" Photoplay Magazine , October 1917
3-in-One Oil 1918
1920 Advertising
Calendar from Trivers Clothes Milwaukee, WI - Victrola in Background
- 2 1/4" X 5 1/2
Glidden Paints
- The Saturday Evening Post 1920
Johnson's Prepared
Wax - The Ladies' Home Journal, April 1922, p. 129 (Courtesy
University of Michigan) (See
full ad)
Johnson's Prepared
Wax - The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1922, p. 109 (Courtesy
University of Michigan)
Vitrolene Furniture
Polish, The Talking Machine World, February 1923
Congoleum, The
Saturday Evening Post, 1923
American-Standard - First in
heating first in plumbing, The Saturday Evening Post,
September 15, 1951 (PM-2074)
Delsey Toilet Paper,
1954
Circa 1957 postcard
advertising 6-piece furniture set
1957 6-piece furniture
set in catalogue
U.S. Gympsum, 1959
Interior Decoration
A to Z by Betty Pepis 1965
Coppertone, 1968
"I danced
every day -- and there were plenty of 'cut-ins'. Listerine
magazine ad, 1942
Husband has been
ignoring his wife because of bad breath. Dentist recommends
Colgate. Colgate newspaper ad, 1943
Pacific Sheets,
1945 (PM-0898)
Little Lulu's Tips
to add life to records, Life, July 1951
1954 Listerine
magazine ad
Burlington Men's
Socks Ad, 1961 (PM-2042)
"There's a
rhythm to wood as captivating as the cadence of music..."
National Lumber Manufactures Assocation magazine ad, 1961 (PM-2041)
Salem Cigarettes,
1964
Ozite Carpet Tiles
in Rec Room with Retro open horn LP Phonograph, 1968 (PM-2043)
Lanier Business
Products, 1970
Healthknit®
postcard for ordering blazers and "Slim Jims" c.1965
Arrow Shirts, 1970
Levi's Womenswear,
1979
Paper Mate Accu-Point
Roller Pen magazine ad, 1985
Carlton Cigarettes,
Magazine ad, 1999
MasterCard, 2004
Barbizon Chemisette,
1958
Espirt Advertising
Postcard, 1997
Hammacher Schlemmer, 2008
The handcrafted
ceramic was said to be designed to replicate the French horn
and augment sound from the iPod. "The gramophone
projects music using authentic horn acoustics."
His Master's
Scratched Record
Advertisement
for ATOPICA, Novartis Animal Health, September 2013
ON THE RECORD: MusicWell,
May 10, 2013
This email banner was a link
to Kaiser Permanente's internal branded library of images
and messages. The MusicWell featured "tracks" (like
the grooves of a record) to "amplify" their message.
2013 Trader
Joe's Thanksgiving Ad
By selecting one
of the Radio Spots from the drop-down the consumer can hear
3 different Trader Joe ads using the Gramophone "Now
Hear This!" for delivery of the message.
November 2013
on Trader Joe's website
When Steve Wozniak
was seen in the 2015 Cadillac "Dare Greatly" television commercial
he was on a couch listening to a "vinyl" record surrounded by
record albums.
Boden Catalogue,
February 2015
Amazon ad in Time
magazine, November 2015, Vol 186 No. 20
Scotch Magic Tape
Dispenser C-45, 2019
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