Photographybydaniellereizevoort

"But this morning, after my husband was gone, I was turning idly through a magazine when I saw your advertisement. It told about bothersome feet affecting nerves and all that sort of thing. I bought a pair of your Arch Preserver Shoes that very day. Just a few weeks of wearing them made such a difference. I can now truthfully say they have made a different woman of me. And, oh, life is so wonderful again. I should not have blamed my husband at all!" Ad for Arch Preserver Shoes by the Selby Shoe Company, from 1927.

"There's an extensive variety of Westclox to choose from. Alarms in lustrous nickel or exquisite color... so refined in beauty of design and finish that they may also be employed as timepieces in any room in the home; good looking and dependable Pocket Watches for men and boys; an attractive and reliable Auto clock for the car; and Tiny Tim, a handy little timekeeper without alarm for the desk of a business associate... the classroom... the study... or for the handbag of one who travels." Ad for Wextclox, 1929