Office Machine Ads

These are just a small portion of the ads that we have for sale. None of these are reproductions, all are original. Most of these are large ads, larger than our scanner bed. Therefore the view shown on the page may not completely show the ad. They are placed in a plastic bag with a cardboard backboard for protection. Please e-mail us with your specific interests.

These ads are arranged in alphabetical order by the manufacturer and then chronologically, earliest ads first.


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PAYPAL
Addressograph
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad shows a smiling lady standing next to her desk which holds many neatly stacked piles of paper. The ad headline describes this as "3 hours' writing by one girl".
April 5, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 5

Apeco
Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad for their Electro-Stat Copier. The ad has a picture of this unit along with samples of some of it's work. The ad headline assures us that the "New Apeco Electro-Stat Copies Everything! Faster...Lower Cost and Dry!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
October 19, 1962
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 20

Apeco
Full color 9" x 12" ad for their Electro-Stat Copy Machine. The ad has a photo of a lady in a pink dress standing in front of a desk model machine that is spitting papers out to her. The ad headline states "Now - right in your own office...Copy Everything Faster, Easier, at Lower Cost than Ever Before!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad may not be visible in the scanned view.
March 8, 1963
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 18

Apeco
Black and white 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" ad with Arnold Palmer for their Super-Stat Copymaker. The ad has a photo of the golfer, with his golf bag standing next to the machine, putting a ball into a glass lying on the floor. The ad headline calls it "the copymaker than never needs a 'mulligan' either...Apeco Super-Stat".
June 1968
National Geographic
1
$4.50
View Palmer / Apeco 1

Burroughs
Three color 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad for the '40s version of the "Calculator". The ad headline claims that "23 Nationally-Known Corporations have bought 31, 089 Burroughs Calculators".
April 12, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office machine 4

Clary
Black and white 8" x 10 3/4" ad for the Clary Adding Machine. The headline calls it "An achievement in Modern Design...".
May 10, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 2

Comptometer
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad with a headline that asks the question "How do you doodle?" There are four samples to choose from with the text explaining that if you choose "D" then you are organized enough to benefit from this company's line of office machines.
January 19, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 8

Comptometer
Black and white 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad for their line of "Adding-Calculating Machines". The ad has a drawing of a family of three wearing an early version of space suits as they appear in the year 7015.
April 12, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 3

IBM
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Electric Typewriter. The ad has a photo of one being used in an office setting. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of this ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
April 23, 1951
Life magazine
0
$4.00
View Office Machine 12

Mimeograph
Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad for their Duplicator and how to use it more effeciently in the wartime years. The ad has a photo of a Girl in the Office holding up some work for examination under tha headline "She also serves". The ad also contains a list of "6 Things a Stenographer can do to use the Memeograph duplicator more efficiently". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
August 17, 1942
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 17

National
Black and white 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" ad shows several ladies working away on bulky office equipment. The ad headline claims that "National Mechanized Accounting speeds industrial record-keeping!"
April 5, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 6

Remington
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" ad shows a smiling lady working on her Remington KMC typewriter. The ad headline explains that this machine is "Setting higher standards of typing performance".
January 19, 1948
Time magazine
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 7

Royal
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Portable Typewriter. The ad has a drawing of a college student, wearing his college letter sweater, working away on his schoolwork. There is a good drawing of the current model and a list of it's Special Features. The ad headline calls this machine "The Natural Leader". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
November 1927
The American Boy
1
$5.00
View Office Machine 16

Royal
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12" ad for their New Magic Margin Royal Portable typewriters. The ad has a drawing of Santa Claus standing behind a lady magician who is showing the 5 models that are available. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
December 4, 1939
Life magazine
1
$4.50
View Office Machine 13

Royal
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12" ad for Royal Portable Typewriters shows a father and son fishing in a row boat in the middle of a small lake. The ad headline explains this is "What a Father owes his son in August" and has a photo of the Portable Typewriter and mentions six features worth discussing. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
July 28, 1941
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 10

Royal
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" wartime ad. The ad has a drawing of a police officer running and yelling "Stop!" at a man in a suit who is trying to repair his faulty typewriter. The ad text talks about how important these office machines are to the war effort and they should be repaired by professionals to make sure they are always working well. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
May 31, 1943
Life magazine
1
$5.00
View Office Machine 15

Royal
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the reliability of the Royal Typewriters. The ad has a storyline with two secretaries talking at the office. The one, who doesn't have a Royal Typewriter, is constantly having to repair hers while the one with a Royal spends her time working as a secretary and not as a mechanic. The ad headline has the girl without a Royal asking the other girl "How can the boss expect a nice girl to do such things!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
April 30, 1945
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 22

Royal
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for their Royal Portable Typewriter. The ad has several photos of the machines in use and one photo where important details are pointed. The ad headline asks "Did you miss these chances?...your child doesn't have to!" and the ad text contains prices for the two most popular models. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad are not visible in the scanned view.
April 29, 1946
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 9

Royal
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their new Royal Portable typewriter. The ad headline calls it "The easiest-writing portable ever built!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of this ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
April 23, 1951
Live magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 11

Smith-Corona
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Office and Portable typewriters. The ad has a photo of cowboy star Gene Autry sitting on the desk of script writer Betty Burbridge as they discuss story lines. The ad headline claims that "Gene Autry's script writer typed her way to the top!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
October 27, 1941
Life magazine
1
$4.50
View Autry 1

Smith-Corona
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12" wartime ad for how much using a quality machine like a Smith-Corona Typewriter makes a day at the office easier to handle. The ad features a photo from behind of a young lady using her flying fingers on a L.C. Smith machine. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
April 30, 1945
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 21

Smith-Corona
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12" ad for their new Typewriter. The ad has a drawing of this model with several tabs showing new features. The ad headline asks the question "Which type are you?" and illustrates how this machine can benefit all types. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
October 21, 1946
Life magazine
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 14

Smith-Corona
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their new Galaxie Typewriter. The ad has a close-up photo of a Galaxie with a red body and several drawings of people using different color portables. The ad headline says "Give the Smith-Corona Galaxie...new in style, speed, spirit!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
May 14, 1960
Saturday Evening Post
1
$4.00
View Office Machine 19

Thermo-Fax
Black and white 8" x 11" ad that asks the question "White copies on a 'Thermo-Fax' Copying Machine?".
August 24, 1962
Time
1
$3.50
View Office Machine 1










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