Amazing Vintage Portraits of Advertising Banner Women From the 19th Century

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So-called ‘Banner Women’ were a common way of advertising one’s business in the late 19th century.

During the 1870s, a peculiar advertising photographic pictorial was devised featuring women holding signs heralding businesses, their dresses and bodies decorated with life-size objects related to the business.

Bakery

Hardware

Blacksmith

Electric light bulbs

Bed springs

Golden Rule Bazaar

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