Magazine ads from the early years of the automobile and agriculture industries make wonderful decorative framed prints. Whether they're matted and framed or just framed to preserve the ad, they are unique and sometimes rare items. They fit well in the den or living room or even the farm house kitchen.

Automobile dealers and antique vehicle collectors find them especially delightful. Their showrooms and offices depict the history of the automobile.

The ads for the agricultural and industrial communities , along with all the small ads for household and kitchen items, really make you think long and hard about the progress that's been made in living and society over the last eighty or so years.

The ads in the pictures with this article come from a copy of The Country Gentleman newspaper published on January 20, 1923. This was a newspaper type magazine written especially for "the American farmer and his family". It is Vol. LXXXVIII,No.3, printed in Philadelphia, PA.

The ads have not been separated from the magazine. Even though every page is browned and brittle, I was still able to scan them. The pages are ten and half wide by fourteen inches tall.

Picture number 1 is a full page ad for the 1923 buick, Model 45, six cylinder touring vehicle, which cost $1195.It was made by Buick Motor Company, a division of GMC. The ad says" The Buick They Judge By". What a ride this must have been.

Picture number 2 is a full page ad showing us the 1923 Chevrolet Utility Coupe, which was made by the Chevrolet Motor Company, another division of GMC and it was labeled "The car for the woman on the farm". Can you imagine puttering down to the barn in that little coupe?

Picture number 3 is a full page ad showing the Goodyear Tires that were in use at that time. They are definitely different from the current ones.

Picture number 4 is the Firestone - Clipper Ship ad, entitled " The Spirit of leadership". This ad is a real treasure.

Picture number 5 is a full page ad for Delco, the company we recognize for batteries and small engine parts.

Picture number 6 is a full page ad entitled " What Cadillac Brought to General Motors".

Picture number 7 is a half page ad for Fisher Automobile bodies. Where would we be without Fisher bodies?

Picture number 8 is an agricultural ad showing the new Blue Flame Buckeye Colony Brooder. I can't help but wonder how chicks etc., were kept warm before these came along.

Pictures numbered 9 & 10 are a full two page layout ad for Timken Tapered Roller Bearings. Notice that these ads were printed with some orange coloring.

Picture number 11 is a half page ad for the new "John Deere Spreader". What a tremendous help this must have been for the farmers in the 1920's.

Picture number 12 is a full page ad for Thornhill Wagons with Rotary Skeins, manufactured by Thornhill Wagon company in Lynchburg, VA. What an asset these must have been.

Enjoy these pictures of the ads and let them be a reminder of all the progress we have made in business , industry and in our lives in general.