Advertising

This collection contains photographs of Advertising Club of Baltimore events collected by various members. This includes the club’s annual Maypole Dance, Man of the Year award ceremony, and other events from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Scrapbook circa 1882-1883 containing Christmas cards and post cards with current advertisements. Also included are several advertisements for "Howe Machine", early sewing machine, and also for Coat's & Clark thread.

This collection is comprised of seven issues of This Week in Baltimore: The Playboy Magazine published by Bernie Lit. Promoted as the “complete and official after-dark leisure time guide,” this magazine was an events calendar that included advertisements and listings for nightclubs and lounges; restaurants and bars; burlesque and cabaret shows; as well as musical acts, theatres, and motion pictures.

Large collection of material on many aspects of social life, mainly of the early 19th century. Subjects include transport (mail, coaches, steam boats), hotels and inns, social functions, education, and various trades. Material consists of advertisements, tickets, accounts, certificates of stock, and broadsides.