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| Ambler |
Black and white 5" x 11" ad for their Asbestos Waltile wall covering. The ad has a picture of a kitchen of the 1930's with the sun shining in and the kitchen table packed with food ready to eat. The ad headline tells us that "Friends so often gather in the kitchen..." and the text claims that using this fireproof and eventually illegal wallcovering will make it more pleasant. The ad mentions that it was available in the colors of Newport Gray, Pearl Gray, Indian Red, Tuscan Red, Spanish Brown, Buff, Green and Blue-Black. |
March 1930 Better Homes & Gardens |
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$9.00 |
View Walls 2 / A Good Idea |
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| Celotex |
Black and white 7 1/2" x 11 1/2" ad for their Insulating Cane Board Lath. The ad has pictures of two rooms that have been constructed using this product and the ad headline explains that "You protect the beauty of plastered walls with Celotex Lath...and make sure of pleasant even temperatures in every room all year 'round". The ad text mentions that the product comes to you "in units measuring 18 inches by 4 feet" and talks about some of their claims from making the plastering easier to the reduction in your fuel bill that using this product will result in. |
March 1930 Better Homes & Gardens |
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$8.50 |
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| Dramex |
Full color 9" x 12 1/4" ad for their Interior Finish. The headline offers "New Walls for Old Without Replastering" and the text talks about it "colors like paint - resurfaces like plaster". There is a small picture of a feminine hand roving over a wall ripe with cracks and missing chunks and this picture is marked "Before". The picture marked "After" is a larger picture that shows the entire room with furniture and drapes. The tect talks about using it on plaster walls or walls covered by wallboard with equal success and a chart on the right side of the page shows the Eight colors that it was available in. They mention Butter Yellow, Silver Gray, Peach Blossom, Modern Ivory, Azure Blue, Blush Pink, Seafoam Green and Golden Cream. A small picture at the bottom of the ad shows that it was available in a pail or in a box and the claim is made that it "mixes easily with water" and that it "dries in four hours". |
February 1951 Better Homes & Garden |
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$8.00 |
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| Dramex |
Full color 5" x 11" ad for their Interior Wall Repair Compound. The ad has a picture of a couple proudly painting the walls in one of the rooms in their house with the Green Dramex. The ad claims that "new Dramex covers and colors cracks with just one coat - and it costs so little!". The ad shows that it is available in the Shadow Green as well as Autumn Brown, Dusty Rose and Smoke Gray. The ad has a little three frame cartoon that shows how easy it is to apply. It shows a lady using this product and first she has to Mix it up then she has to brush it on and then all that's left is to roller over it. |
May 1954 Woman's Day |
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$8.00 |
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| Mosaic |
Full color 9" x 12" ad for the Tiles they produced for applying to the bathroom walls and floors. The picture shows a bathroom done entirely in gray tile and has a drawing of a lady covering herself up with a shower curtain and saying with certainty that ":They couldn't sell me anything but Mosaic Tile for my bathroom". The text explains how some people will cut corners when choosing materials for the bathroom walls and floors but tile is a material that "takes less care, never wears out". It mentions the many things that will not affect this material and mentions twice that "it doesn't wear out". Although the gray tile is the only one that it shows it does mention that "there's hardly any limit to the color combinations or pattern possibilities...". |
June 1952 House Beautiful |
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$8.00 |
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| Tile |
Full color 9" x 12" ad with Jane Wyatt. The ad has a picture of this glamorous actress leaning on the green Clay Tile that covers the kitchen that she is standing in. The ad headline says that "It's Hollywood...It's Jane Wyatt...It's Genuine Clay Tile". The text talks about the many features of Clay Tile, mentions the Tile "Idea Book" and mentions Jane's new movie My Blue Heaven. It also contains a fairly extenxive list of Participating Companies. |
August 1950 Better Homes & Gardens |
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$8.00 |
View Celeb Female 346 / Tile ad |
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| Trimz |
Full color 10" x 13" ad for their Ready-Pasted Wallpaper with actress Joan Crawford. Joan asks "Guess what I did". Then the ad goes into how easy it is to use. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 19, 1947 Woman's Home Companion |
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$8.50 |
View Celeb Female 19 / Building Walls |
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| Wall-Tex |
Full color 5" x 10 3/4" ad for their Fabric Wall Coverings. The ad has several drawings of rooms done with this product and the text claims that for the Bathroom there are "22 sprightly Wall-Tex designs", for the Living Room and Hallways there are "68 high-style designs and 18 decorator single tones" and for the Kitchens there are "45 lovely Wal-Tex designs". |
April 1951 Good Housekeeping |
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$8.00 |
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