How we loved to read those rural highway signs back in the 1940's when "BURMA SHAVE" was a very popular product. With the p...

Edna Kuser's father, former Pennington Mayor and very active Pennington citizen William Patton Howe opened a branch operation on Greenwo...

Here's a blast from the past: A centerfold was published in the Mercer Messenger heralding the annual Hamilton West homecoming game. The...

I have always had a "soft spot" for old advertising, whether for old automobiles or merchants who once set up shop in our local ar...

This page was printed a year before I was born. However, in listening to my Mom and Dad when they were with us, the early 1930's we...

Some of the most beautiful lithographic art work from the Victorian era has passed though my collection during these 50 plus years of collec...

We never thought about the hazards of smoking back in the 30's and 400's (and very probably much earlier). I remember a number of ad...

Remember when you could ride in a sitting up position on your bike, and not have to lean over and DOWN to reach the handle bars? Remember wh...

Earlier this week I received an email from Ms.Norine Longo, Assistant Web Editor for the website www.hamiltonspace.com. Norine had visited m...

Hey, if "Koney" drinks it, it must be good, right? Here's an interesting ad from the "ADVERTISING" folder in the Ham...

"Son, when I was your age, we didn't have them there newfangled I-Pods or whatever they call them things that play MP3 music. We ha...

"Salted in pure creamery butter..." The ethereal aroma eminating from the place we always called "The Nut House" was alm...

I really like these old ads that are specific to a neighborhood. In this case, Maggio's, right in the heart of the Burg! I will be publ...

Thanks to Joe San Fillippo for this and other local graphics. I remember Fischer as being "Fischer's Buttercup Bread." The bak...

Smoking is taboo in today's health-conscious society. Back in World War II, the smoking habit was rampant. The movies regularly showed s...

"Son, when I was your age, we called it "New Blue Sunoco." We drove into a gas station, a uniformed gas station attendant cam...

These two examples of 1950's advertising are treasures. Even though the Glover family wasn't affluent enough to buy clothes for the ...

1954: I was a newly wed. I remember how we used to take these advertising gimmicks as a necessary evil when I worked in the dead end job of ...

FROM THE "ADVERTISING, TRENTON" FOLDER COMES THIS OLD AD FROM THE TRENTON OF LONG AGO. IT WAS THE YEAR THAT AMERICAN CELEBRATED TH...

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I POSTED THIS NOT. HOWEVER, THE LAWN MOWING SEASON IS IN FULL SWING, AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE LUX...