Archive Record
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HRHS-035 |
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Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Advertising Ephemera Collection |
Scope & Content |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Advertising ephemera are items such as ads, pamphlets, posters, postcards, notices, etc. used for advertisement purposes. Also included in this collection are old receipts from local businesses. SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Advertising Ephemera Collection contains items used by local businesses to advertise their services. COLLECTION INVENTORY: Folder 1: -Allemong, J. W. F, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, Bridgewater, 1880 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Altaffer, John E., stables, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Avis, James L, Dr., Harrisonburg, 1887 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Bears Cut Rate Store, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Elkton (paper fan) (donated by Eleanor Price) -Beery & McFall Milling Company, Harrisonburg, 1895 & 1898 (receipts) -Berry Lumber & Supply Co, Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Bell, J, H., Seedsman & Florist, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Blakemore & Altaffer, Livery, Feed & Sale Stables, Harrisonburg, 1895 (receipt) -Blakemore's Flowers, Harrisonburg, 1948, 1957, (receipts) -Blatt Fur Service, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter) -Bob-A-Rea's Pizza, Bridgewater, VA, c.1990s (menu) (donated by Scott Suter) -Bridgewater College, Bridgewater (calendar cards 1948, 1976) -Bridgewater Creamery & Ice Corporation, 1939 (order form) -Bridgewater Depot Cattle and Wagon Scales, 1892 (receipt) -Bridgewater Manufacturing Company, Wool Blankets, Flannels, Cassimeres, Cassinettes, Yarns, Bridgewater, 1907 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Broadway Feed and Supply, (3 ads) -Broadway Hardwood Mfg. Co., 1913 (receipts & estimate) -Calhoun's Restaurant ( menu) -Carpenter Aerial Water System, Bridgewater, 1900 (receipt) (museum purchase) -Carpenter's Revolving Gate Hinge, manufactured by J. W. Carpenter, Bridgewater, c. late 1880s (ad) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Chapman's Mobil Station, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Christian, A. F. Roofing, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Cline,S. G., Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Goods Mill, 1890s (stationery) -Cline's Furniture, Harrisonburg (business card) -Cline's Music Store, Harrisonburg, (2 book marks) -Coal-Oil Johnny, Harrisonburg (ad) -Coiner Milling Co, Port Republic, 1912, 1913 (receipts) -Coffman Brothers, Dealers in Flour, Bacon & Groceries, Harrisonburg, 1897 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Crown Manufacturing, J. P. Miller, Agent, Broadway, VA, (note pad), c.early 1900s (donated by Scott Suter) -Cunningham, W. H. & Co., Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Harrisonburg, 1918 (receipt) -Daily News, Harrisonburg, 1906 (receipt) -Daniel Harrison House, Dayton (pamphlet) -Davis, D. M., A First Class Livery, Feed and Sales Stable, Elkton, 1917 (receipt) -Dayton Cash Grocery, Dayton, (ad) -Dayton Drug Company, E. B. Funkhouser Proprietor, 1902 (letterhead) -Dayton Farm Supply, (ad on gift bible) -Dechert, W. L. Company, Harrisonburg, 1927 (letter to client) -Dovel & Dovel, Inc., Insurance agents, Harrisonburg (ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford) -Downtown Books, Harrisonburg, VA, c.1990s (postcard) (donated by Scott Suter) -Ed's Park, admission ticket (donated by Scott Suter) -Farmers & Merchants Dairy Co., Inc., Harrisonburg (dairy tag) -Fleming, J. S, Agent for Virginia Organ Co., Dayton, 1880's (receipt) -Fletcher's Pharmacy, Harrisonburg (ad ) -Flippo's Esso Servicecenter, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Flory, E. M., Automobiles and Supplies, 1917 (receipt) -Flory, J. S. & Company, Hay, Grain, Mill Feed, Harrisonburg, 1915 (receipt) (donated by Bill Springston) -Foley, William H., Mt. Crawford, ad for Smith American Organ & Piano Co. (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Frank's Country Store, Mt. Crawford, no date (ad) (donated by Tim Frank) -Friddle's Restaurant, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Free Press (The), Harrisonburg, 1897 (ad) -Friddle's Restaurant, Harrisonburg, c.1930s (ad card) (donated by Scott Suter) -Friddle's Restaurant, reproduction of Delmonico's Restaurant menu (donated by Al Saufley) -Furr Brothers Electrical Dealers, Harrisonburg, 1911 (receipt) -Gassman, J. & Bro., Hardware, 1876 (receipt) -Glick & Company, White Flour, Feed, Cornmeal, Dayton, no date (receipt & stationery) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Good, J. E, Tin and Sheet Metal Worker, Harrisonburg, 1913 (receipt) (donated by Nancy H. Hess) -Gooden Brothers, Contractors and Builders, Elkton, 1919 (receipt) -Gooden Drug Company, Grottoes (calendar card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Goodrich, B. F Tires, Harrisonburg (ad) Folder 2: -Harris, Frank L, Dr., Dentist, Harrisonburg, 1891 (receipt) (donated by Geraldine Spitzer Lewis) -Harrisonburg Bottling Works, Harrisonburg, 1898 (receipt) -Harrisonburg Building & Supply Co., Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Harrisonburg Electric Light Co, Harrisonburg, 1899 (receipt) -Harrisonburg Free Press, Harrisonburg, 1892 (receipt) -Harrisonburg Junk and Hide Co., Harrisonburg, 1916 (cancelled check) (donated by Russell Curro) -Harrisonburg Livestock Market, Inc. (ad card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Harrisonburg Loan & Thrift Corporation, Harrisonburg (ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford) -Harrisonburg Loan & Thrift Corporation, Harrisonburg (calendar card, seed packet, coin holder) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Harrisonburg Mutual Telephone Company, Harrisonburg, 1902 (receipt) -Harrisonburg Rescue Squad, Harrisonburg (1968 calendar card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Harrisonburg Telephone directory cover, Harrisonburg, VA, c.1990s (plastic cover w/ads) (donated by Scott Suter) -Hazlegrove, W. M., Harrisonburg, Grain, Field Seeds, Wool, & Agricultural Implements, 1883 (receipt) -Heatwole Bros. & Co., Well Drilling, Rockingham County, (ad) -Heatwole, P. X. & Son, Fertilizer & Farm Implements, Dayton, 1908 (donated by Nancy Garber) (receipt) -Heatwole TV & Appliance, Harrisonburg, 1978 (receipt) (donated by Pat Richie) -Heritage Family Restaurant, Harrisonburg (ad) -Hess & Miller, Harrisonburg (pamphlet) -Hess S. L. & Sons, Harrisonburg (1977 calendar card) -Hicks, Dr., Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Lungs and Nervous System, Harrisonburg, c. 1900 -Higgs Funeral Home, Harrisonburg (ad with 1942 calendar) -Hillcrest Esso Station, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Hillyard, E. A. & Son, Dealers in General Merchandise, Broadway/Mayland, 1930's (stationery) -Hinkle, John Ray, C. A. Service, Dayton (address booklet) (donated by John Hinkle) -Hinkle's Card Shop, Dayton ( business reply postcards & ink blotters) (donated by John Hinkle) -Hite, W. R & Co., Harrisonburg (calendar cover picture, no date) -Hollander's Clothing House, Harrisonburg, VA (ad card) -Hosaflook & Rhodes, General Merchandise, Linville, 1910, 1913 (receipts) -Houck, J. P, Boots, Shoes, Harnesses & Leather, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Houck, J. P. Tanning Co., Harrisonburg, VA, 1905 (receipt) (donated by Samantha Michael) -Hott, J. Winton, Dry Goods & Notions, Dayton, 1897 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Hughes Pharmacy, Harrisonburg (1941 envelope) Folder 3: -Imperial Ice Cream, 1948 (receipt) -Joseph Neys bags, Harrisonburg (donated by Al Saufley) -Kingsway Bed and Breakfast, Harrisonburg (pamphlet) -Klingstein Company, Wholesalers, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Kyger, W. H., Funeral Supplies, Penn Laird, 1911 (receipt) -Lamb Bros. Saloon, Restaurant, and Billiard Parlors, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Lincoln, J. E., Dr., Lacey Spring, 1901 (receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Lindsey & Sons Funeral Directors (ad cards, closure notices, fan) (donated by Greg Owen) -Lineweaver Motor Company, Harrisonburg (paper fan) (donated by Eleanor Price) -Linville Exchange Company, General Merchandise, Linville, 1896 (receipt) -Loewner Memorials, headstones, est. 1865 (ad card) (donated by Dale MacAllister) -Loewner's Best Ice Cream, Harrisonburg (ad) -Lokers Shoe Shop, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Marsha Hall) -Long, A. D., McNess Dealer, Harrisonburg (postcard) -Long Funeral Home (paper fan) (donated by Greg Owen) Folder 4: -Maple Terrace Stock Farm, Leavell Bros., North River (ad card, no date) -Markey's Gifts, Books, Cards & Picture Framing, Harrisonburg, card booklet, 1956 (donated by Scott Suter) -Marshall & Davis, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Elkton, 1913 & 1914 (receipts) -Marval of Virginia, Turkey Breast Fillets, Dayton, VA, c.1990s (food label) (donated by Scott Suter) -Massanutten Ski season pamphlet, Harrisonburg, 1986 -Miller, Thurston J., Building and Repairing, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Merchants Grocery and Hardware Co., Harrisonburg, 1937 (receipts) -Meyerhoffer, C. D., General Merchandise, Timber Ridge, 1931 (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter) -Minute Service Station Texaco, John H. Swank, Harrisonburg (ad cards) (donated by Scott Suter) -Monger, R. S. & Sons, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Morrison, Hugh, Photographer, Court Square, Harrisonburg, c.early 1900s (envelope) -Morrison, John C., Carriage Builder, Harrisonburg, 1881 (receipt) -Mosby's Mill (menu) (donated by Greg Owen) -National Bank of Harrisonburg, The (ad card, 1953) -Ney, B. & Sons, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Neys, Joseph, Harrisonburg, 1968 (calendar) (donated by Sharon Spangler) -Nicholas Book Co., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter) -Oak Grove Poultry Farm, Bridgewater (ad card) -Ott, Luther H., Druggist and Pharmacist, Harrisonburg, (1895, 1897, 1905 receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Ott, L. H., Drugs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Harrisonburg (paint chart, ad) (donated by Dora Fechtmann) -Pabst School of Music, Harrisonburg (bulletin cover) (donated by Greg Owen) -Pankey, H. C., Hard and Soft Coal, etc., Harrisonburg, 1883 (receipt) -Penn Laird Mills, Full Roller Process Flour, Corn Meal and Feeds, Penn Laird, 1916 (receipt) -People's Music School, Dayton (1896 envelope) -Peoples Chevrolet, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipts) -Pike Cabinet Shop, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) -Pine Ville Garage & Service Co., Penn Laird (stationary) -Price, C. G. & Sons Insurance, receipt (1948, 1951 ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford) -Prickett Stationery Corp., Business Systems & Equipment, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Rhodes and Leary, Manufacturers of the Common Sense Bee Hive, Dayton, 1891 (pamphlet) (donated by Marilyn Brown) -Rhodes, J. B. D. Company, General Merchandise, Linville (1897, 1908, 1909 receipts) -Riddel Lumber Co., Bridgewater, 1936 (receipt) -River Farm, The, Timberville (postcard) -Rockingham Development Corp., Harrisonburg (pamphlet) -Rockingham Fine Arts Association, Hinton (pamphlet) -Rockingham Motor Company, Harrisonburg, 1937 (receipt) -Rockingham National Bank, The, Harrisonburg (ad cards & receipt) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Rockingham Motel, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) (2) -Rockingham Publishing Company, Inc., Harrisonburg, 1947 (receipt) -Rockland Milling Co., Rockingham Co., c. 1910 (receipts) (donated by Pem Liskey) -Roller, John E., Harrisonburg, ad for Sam Purdy, Jr., bay horse for hire, $50 per mare, 1890 -Roudabush, G. W & Co., All Grades of Flour and Feed, Harrisonburg, 1888 (receipt) -Royster-Hess Fertilizers (fan) (donated by John Hinkle) -Ruddle & Swank, Growers and Packers of Fancy Virginia Apples, Singers Glen, letterhead, 1943 (donated by Dale MacAllister) Folder 5: -Sam's Super Market, The Friendly One Stop Food Shop, Harrisonburg (receipt) -Schewel Furniture Co., Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) -Service Press, The, Printing & Office Supplies, 1948 (receipt) -Service Stationers, Inc., Harrisonburg, c.1950s (ruler) (donated by Scott Suter) -Shady Brook Farms, Turkey Breast Cutlets, Rocco Turkeys, Inc., Dayton, VA, c.1990s (food label) (donated by Scott Suter) -Shenandoah River Power Company, McGaheysville, 1930 (receipt) -Shenandoah Transportation, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) -Shenandoah Valley Heritage Museum (envelope) (donated by Scott Suter) -Shenandoah 's Pride Dairy, price cards for milk, etc., 1973, 1974, 1975 (donated by Scott Suter) -Showalter & Thomas, dealers in Agricultural Implements, Bodine Roofing, Harrisonburg, 1884 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Shrum Brothers, Brick Manufacturers, Dayton (1915, 1916 & 1919 receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Sipe, Geo. E., Dealer in General Merchandise, 1895 (3 invoices) (donated by Scott Suter) -Sisler Monumental Works, Harrisonburg, 1945 (receipt) -Smith, Blaine, Inc., Aluminum Siding, Harrisonburg, 1964 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Snell, J. M. & Sons, Dealers in Hay, Corn, Oats, etc., Harrisonburg (1911 & 1914 receipts) (donated by Bill Springston) -Southern Restaurant, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Dale MacAllister) -Spirit of the Valley, 1881, 1900 (receipts) -Spitzer, P. F., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter) -Spring Creek Roller Mills, High Grade Flour and Feed, Bridgewater, 1940s (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter) -Sprinkel, C. A. & Son, Farm Implements, Harrisonburg, 1916 (receipt) -Stonewall Cigar Company, Harrisonburg, 1888 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Sullivan, R. E., Groceries and Queensware, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Sunset Pastry Shoppe, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) -Swank, J. H. General Merchandise, Singers Glen, 1905 (receipt) -Switzer, D. M. & Son, Leading Clothiers in the Valley, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Tabb, G. W. & Son, Dealers in Coal, Cement, Salt, Harrisonburg, 1879 (receipt) -Taliaferro, John W, Jeweler, Harrisonburg (useful hints booklet) (donated by Lois Emswiler) -Taliaferro, John W. & Sons, Harrisonburg, 1956 (Rogers Silver ad) (donated by Scott Suter) -Taylor's Esso Service, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt) -Thomas & Bowman, Agricultural Implements, Garden Seeds, Fertilizers, Standard Sewing Machines, Harrisonburg, 1889 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Thomas, Homes F, Painting & Paperhanging, Dayton (ad card) -Thomas, P. S., Agent for Standard Sewing Machines, Harrisonburg (ad card) -Thompson's Service Station, Harrisonburg, 1949 (receipt) -Town of Dayton, tax bill, 1902 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber) -Town of Harrisonburg, water bill, 1894 (receipt) Folder 6: -Valley Egg Company, Timberville, VA, 1920s (statement) (donated by Scott Suter) -Valley Creamery, Inc., Penn Laird, 1921 (receipt & shipping ticket) -Valley Hardware Co., 1909 (receipt) -Valley National Bank, Harrisonburg, calendar cards, 1970, 1971, 1974 (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Virginia Craftsmen, Harrisonburg (pamphlet) -Virginia Valley Lumber Co., Broadway, 1899 (purchase order) (donated by Steve Pence) -Wampler, J. D. & Sons Grocers, Harrisonburg (receipt) (donated by Tamela Gray) -Wampler's Cash & Carry Food Store, Harrisonburg (letterhead) (donated by Tamela Gray) -Wampler, D. S., Co, Ltd., General Merchandise & Produce, Timberville, 1924 (receipt) -Webster, A. F., Esso Dealer, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipts) -Wenger, C. D., Grower and Shipper of Apples, Harrisonburg, (receipts) (donated by Bill Springston) -Wenger, J. A. & Son, Seed Potatoes and Fancy Poultry, Bridgewater, 1914 (receipt) (donated by Bill Springston) -West Rockingham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1890, 1899 (receipts) (donated by Brenda Black) -Wetsel Seed Co., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Wetsel, D. M. & Son, Harrisonburg, 1915 (receipt) -Weyers Cave Bank, receipt, 1931 (donated by Scott Suter) -Whitesel, H. N & Bro., Harrisonburg, 1889 & 1911 (envelope & receipt) -Whitmer & Hawkins, Hardware, Cutlery, Glass, Paints, Harrisonburg, (1914 ad card) (donated by Leona Kline Barlow) -Whitmore Bros' & Company, Merchants, Broadway, 1921 (receipt) -Will, E. J., Dr.,Veterinary Surgeon, Harrisonburg, 1916 (receipts) (donated by Bill Springston) -Willow Bank Motel, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) -Wilton Hardware Co., Harrisonburg, 1911 (receipt) -Wise, Herman, Boots, Shoes & Dry Goods, Harrisonburg, 1894, 1901 (ad cards & receipts) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Wise Mid-Town Inn (ad cards) (donated by Greg Owen) -Wrenn Brothers, Inc., Eggs, Poultry and Country Produce, Weyers Cave, 1931 (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter) -WSVA postcard (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Y.W.A. of Baptist Church, program with local ads, c. 1964 (donated by Steve Pence) -Yager, T. P, Farm Machinery, Cross Keys, ad (donated by Janet & Earl Downs) -Yancey, Thomas L., District Manager for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Harrisonburg (ad card) -Yancey, Snell & Co., Wholesale Grocers & Tobacco, Wheat, Seed, Hay, Harrisonburg, 1895 (receipt) (donated by Janet Joseph) -Yost, Harlan, Dealer for Fuller Brushes 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick) |
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