12 Vintage Ephemera Advertising Cards
Today we have a marvelous collection of Ephemera Advertising Cards! The images featured below are beautifully aged black and white graphics. Included are nifty antique advertisements for shoes, coffees, tea, soap, blankets, and even cranberries. We also have interesting ads for a Christmas exhibition and a sale of toys and dolls. All are nice pictures to use in your craft or DIY Projects. They would all be fun for your Junk Journaling projects as well!
Colorful Antique Advertising Cards
This is a gorgeous Antique Card! It appears to be a business card for a Photographer. It has the most amazing colors and gorgeous fonts on it! And the background pattern is really lovely. This one was shared with me years ago, but a sweet reader named Dina.
And here is a second version of that card, where I have removed the text. The pattern is just gorgeous and would be great as the basis for a collage!
Ephemera Advertising Cards
This is a lovely old Coffee Advertisement! There are great graphics on this one, including the Lion and the Floral Branches. That is one stately looking Lion! The King of Coffees slogan surely refers to the Lion since he is the King of the Jungle. Such a great idea! The Typography is fabulous as well!
Here is the latest addition to this collection. This is another one for Coffee. I like the Morning Glory Brand name, so clever!
Isn’t this so fun?! It’s an advertisement for Snow soap. I love the hand with the ruffled sleeve!
This is a wonderful antique advertising trade card for a Tea company from Baltimore. This is actually the back of the card but I just loved the typography on this one!
This is a nifty old Victorian trade card! This old shoe advertisement has such wonderful typography. That looks like a pretty solidly built shoe by the look of the diagram!
Here we have a Beautiful Vintage Soap Ephemera Image! I love the patina on this piece and the Fancy Lettering used on the title. I would have liked to have known the great materials used in the soap!
Vintage Advertising Trade Cards
This amazing advertising card is from the Boston Toy Emporium. It is advertising Dolls, Toys, and Novelties. The ornate typography reminds me of her style!
Love, love, love this!!! This is the back of an antique trade card, and it has the most wonderful Typography on it!! The card was made to advertise a “Grande Christmas Exhibition,” also at a Boston Toy Emporium! I’ve kept it pretty much in its original condition; I think the staining and wear spots are perfectly lovely.
This is a wonderful piece of Antique Ephemera! It’s an old Ad for a New York merchant that sold Cape Cod Cranberries! I think this is such a quaint piece!
I hope you enjoyed this fun curated collection of Ephemera Advertising Cards! You might also like to browse our Best French Labels HERE.
Sara says
This one is AMAZING!! Thanks for the post, and I hope you have a merry Christmas!
Brenda Weaver says
I love it!! It’s beautiful!! Thanks! I’m all done with Christmas crafts for this year, but I’m remembering this for next year.
Merry Christmas!
Paula says
Lovely piece of vintage ephemera! Thank you! The background will be lovely for housing one of my poems!
mommyroo says
I’m from Boston, so I just love it! Thanks for everything this year!
Merry Christmas! Hugs, Kristen
alveen says
Wonderful, love it! Thank you so much for sharing this and all the others that you have posted throughout the year.
Seasons blessings to you and yours.
Tara says
One of the best examples of typography I’ve seen in a while. You get such a sense of fantasy and whimsy from this card! What a wonderful find! Glad to see someone else get excited over these! Thanks so much. Peace and Love.
Ainosofia says
Beautiful <3
Creations by Tee says
Love this! Great for tags,atc’s and lots more! Thank You!
La Table De Nana says
This one is superbly Christmasy:)Thanks!!
Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says
Wow, I can see why you are so excited about this one, Karen! It is wonderful!
Stacey says
This is amazing! I want to use the whole thing AND THEN little bits and pieces because it is just so much fun! Thank you!
charles says
beautiful post xoxo karen
Redfish Artwork by Vickie Fisher says
Oh, I love this one!!! Thanks for sharing.
thelegacylady says
This is one of my favorites ever!! Thanks so much – hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Jacqueline says
Thanks Karen – Happy Christmas to you!