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Sunday, January 29, 2017

SALES PEOPLE of the past

   
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a pushy assertive car salesman in an advertisement
"I want to talk automobiles to you"   a 1904 magazine ad:  many of the basics of advertising were developed over 100 years ago,  and they're all still used today.

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an 1851 cartoon about an old sales trick
"Calamitous fire! ... sold off for the sixteenth time"   an 1851 cartoon about an old sales trick
   
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1895 Road Spindle by Frontenac advertising
  the all-new 1895 Frontenac Road Spindle  "... hangs very low.  Is very tasty"
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Moe Howard of the Three Stooges selling comedy vitamins
Moe Howard of the Three Stooges selling comedy vitamins
   
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a Charles Addams cartoon about a clothing store
"Would you care to step in here and see how it looks in the dark?"
a Charles Addams cartoon
   
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a street vendor toy seller 1600s
a toy seller,  1600s?
   
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Hot Chestnuts! an 1871 street vendor
"Hot Chestnuts!"   an 1871 street vendor
   
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a Roy Doty illustration advertising television personality Arthur Godfrey's sales influence
a Roy Doty illustration ...
the sales influence of Columbia Broadcasting
System advertising television personality Arthur Godfrey     see full size
   
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a Gahan Wilson cartoon about illicit sales to tourists
"How much for just the ring?"    a Gahan Wilson cartoon
   
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a J. Bernard Partridge illustration of a joking Arab merchant
a J. Bernard Partridge illustration of a joking merchant
   
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The Right Approach ... The Wrong Approach, a vulgar National Lampoon cartoon
"The Right Approach ... The Wrong Approach"
a vulgar National Lampoon cartoon
   
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1890s retail store interior illustration
wasted space in this 1890s retail store       see full size
   
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an 1895 shoplifting policeman photograph
shoplifting was common in 1895
   
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1904 store security cases photograph
 a 1904 clothing store with display security       see full size
    
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a 1904 clothing store interior
a windowless 1904 clothing store       see full size
    
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1906 advertising slogans
"A cut from a friend or a knife will hurt, but our cut glass will please you ... Kneedeep in Attractiveness"   a 1906 book on in-store advertising suggests placing hand-painted signs, like these slogans above
   
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a 1911 shopping mall interior illustration
a 1911 shopping mall       see full size
   
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A 1913 store window display, Le torrent de Chemises, a river of shirts
a 1913 store window display, "Le torrent de Chemises"
   
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Horace Taylor poster art 1926
a Horace Taylor poster, 1926
   
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a 1938 store demonstration island, illustrated
a 1938 store demonstration island
   
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1940s real estate agent and shack in Toronto
"For Sale"  - an estate in old Toronto       see full size
  
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helicar illustration 1947
do traveling or door-to-door sales people still exist?  This helicar is from 1947
   
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a 1917 sales industry article about "Returned Goods Evil" 
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signage plus display equals product movement in 1950, an illustration with Delsey Tissue
signage plus display equals product movement in 1950
   
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wooden in-store display tables 1953
wooden in-store display tables, 1953
   
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1941 department store decorations, a photograph
1941 department store decorations       see full size
   
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A 1968 carpet salesman with customer, a color photograph
a 1968 carpet salesman knows that mature adults are wise to old sales tricks ...
that's why the 18 to 30 year old customer is so important
   
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Mark Knudson cartoon, Well known American types, National Lampoon magazine 1980
"Well-known American types ... Service representative,  Co-Host,  Marketing Specialist,  Special Guest Star"