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David Moore’s Collection

Film is Fabulous! catalogued the film collection of the late David Moore, a film enthusiast from Norfolk who had a large collection of 16mm films, which reflected his passion for vintage television.

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Mid century Autumn logos. Designers listed in comments.
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1924 Picards' Perfect Coffee Maker...make it so
#InternationalCoffeeDay 🖖☕
1924 ad for Picards' Perfect Coffee Maker (HAT20_2_45)
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Fancy a pleasant change from your ordinary drink? We give you “the great nerve and brain strengthener and restorer.”

Yes, celery coffee was a thing in 1892.

This advertisement is from the Young Women’s Christian Association’s ‘Our Own Gazette’.

#InternationalCoffeeDay #WorldVegetarianDay
Advertisement for celery coffee which states that it is a great nerve and brain strengthener and restorer. Prepared solely from celery, guaranteed pure and unmixed. By royal letters patent. Features in 'Our Own Gazette' July 1892.
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We visited Norwich Castle yesterday to see the results of the recent renovation and restoration project. It looks fantastic, the team there have done a brilliant job, definitely worth a look if you're in the area.
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Earlier in the year we were delighted to be contacted by Middlesex University, who were generously offering to donate a vast collection of vintage press #advertising, known as ‘The Colin McArthur Collection’, to the Trust: www.hatads.org.uk/news/241/Mid... #archives #heritage #art #design
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Very efficient #copywriting in this ad for Dodge Brothers cars from 1916
1916 Dodge Brothers - Motor Car
'The petrol consumption is unusually low. The tyre mileage is unusually high.' (HAT20_2_20)
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Kim Gehrig directs epic John Lewis ad:
The cinematic spot continues the brand’s celebration of 100 years of its Never Knowingly Undersold promise www.creativereview.co.uk/kim-gehrig-j... via Creative Review
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We are excited to announce that we have appointed four senior industry figures to our Board of Trustees, extending its diversity of expertise and reach, in the year before we celebrate our 50th anniversary:
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#advertising #archives #brands #marketing #heritage
L-R - Brinsley Dresden (Lewis Silkin),  Victoria Fox (AAR), Kathryn Jacob (Pearl & Dean), and Orlando Wood (System1)
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'Playground sweaters' from 1962, ready for the new #school term 🏫🎓✏️
1962 advert for Orlon Playground sweaters (HAT20_2_5)
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In the obituaries for Terence Stamp there was often a mention that he worked for advertising agencies after leaving school - without any further details being provided.
In fact he worked for three, starting as a messenger boy before becoming a typographer. They were… @historyofads.bsky.social
Stamp working at Napper, Stinton and Woolley.
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It started as a routine book move. Before we know it, it’s a modern art installation (or perhaps a minor safety concern).

It's hard to say.

#FoundArt
Red filing boxes piled between two pillars in a random and nonsensical way, with some upside down, to the side, or balancing on the corner.
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1978 Birds Eye Fish Fingers
Agency: Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP)
Art Director: John Horton
Copywriter: Richard Foster
Typographer: Maggie Lewis
#InternationalCatDay
1978 Birds Eye Fish Fingers ad - 'Cheap fish fingers will always find a home' includes photo of a cat (HAT_D&AD)
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We love the advertisements featured in the YWCA journal. These examples are from 'Our Own Gazette', December 1893.

Who doesn't need socks/stockings that only cost one shilling, or Bumsted's table salt?

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Front cover of the Young Women's Christian Association journal 'Our Own Gazette', dated December 1893. Features advertisements for Bumsted's table salt, Suchard cocoa, and Fry's cocoa. Page from the Young Women's Christian Association journal 'Our Own Gazette', December 1893. Features advertisements for Beetham's Glycerine and Cucumber, Van Houten's cocoa, socks & stockings and Symington's Egyptian Food.
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Walkers revives DDB’s famous 1999 Budweiser ‘Wassup’ ad
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