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Promotional materials

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/gf2017026038

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alex Rice Store Stationery , undated

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

This file contains two pieces of stationery depicting the front of the Alex Rice clothing store in Montgomery, Alabama, with the slogan: "Your money's worth or your money back."

Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Ben Zellers Grocery Account Book, circa 1900

 File — Box 4267.002: [Barcode: 1005680108], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This file contains a small cloth-bound account book belonging to Ben Zellers. The inside front and both back covers feature advertisements for Royal Baking Powder. According to the back cover, "The United States Government Report shows the Royal to be the purest and strongest baking powder in [sic] the market." Most of the book's pages are blank.

Dates: circa 1900
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Mother's Day Advertisement, circa 1934

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This file contains a card with an advertisement for the Fox Company of San Antonio, Texas. On the front is a picture of an elderly couple sitting together. The message on the other side urges readers to order film for a family photograph, and indicates that May 13 is Mother's Day.

Dates: circa 1934
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Popsicle Bag, undated

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

This file contains a two-color printed popsicle bag manufactured by Ewing-Von Allmen Dairy Company, Louisville, Kentucky. The bag depicts a character named "Popsicle Pete" and says, "Save these bags for swell gifts."

Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Psalm 23 Bookmark, undated

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

This file contains a cloth bookmark bearing the text of Psalm 23. The bottom of the bookmark advertises Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home, Oil City, Pennsylvania.

Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Ration Book Holder , circa 1940s

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This file contains an empty ration certificate case issued compliments of The Virginia House Shop, United Furniture Stores, Inc., Bristol, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

Swans Down Cake Flour Advertisement, 1927

 File — Box 4267.002: [Barcode: 1005680108], Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

This file contains one folded four-page advertisement for Swans Down Cake Flour sent out from the Educational Department of Igleheart Brothers, Inc. The ad includes a testimonial letter from a bride who says that Swans Down makes her cakes and pies turn out perfectly, and three pages of recipes for baked goods that can be made with the flour, including quick rusks, quick Sally Lunn, and apple cake, with illustrations of the treats.

Dates: 1927
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance

United Firemen's Insurance Company of Philadelphia Ink Blotter , undated

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This file contains a cardboard ink blotter with a picture of a horse-drawn fire truck and the logo for United Firemen's Insurance Company of Philadelphia. The blotter also lists the name of Robertson Bank's Insurance Agency, Agents, Demopolis, Alabama.

Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on Business and Finance