Streetcar Advertising in America

Streetcar Advertising in America

Regular price$39.95
/

  • Low stock - 10 items left
  • Inventory on the way

Streetcar Advertising in America




Author:Woodson J. Savage, III
Language:English
Format:Hardcover
Dimensions:6.75" x 9.75"
Photos:Full Color throughout
Publisher:Fonthill Media
ISBN:9781625450401
Item No. 9781625450401



You might be surprised to learn that many of the consumer brands and products we enjoy today exist because of streetcar advertising. The Industrial Revolution of the early 1900’s and a massive consumer audience riding over 50,000 streetcars in nearly 3,000 cities and towns in every state of the union provided a great opportunity for Barron Collier, a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He simply used streetcar advertising to bring these two forces together and created the largest streetcar advertising empire in the world. By age twenty-six, he was a millionaire and at one time had business offices in 70 cities with business interests in more than a thousand cities. Most of these advertising cards have remarkable color graphics; over 250 of them are included in this book for your viewing pleasure. While streetcar advertising is definitely not a major advertising medium today, the advertising community might be surprised to learn that the basic principles of consumer advertising have not changed that much in the last one hundred years. Investors might do well to review this book to see which companies are still producing these popular products and brands as they represent some of the most successful businesses in America today.