Help Date a Photo From Advertising

[Joe Davis]

I am trying to date 2 photographs of the old bakery here in Lamar. I thought maybe the advertising in them would help. I do not know very much when it comes to dating these things so I thought I would throw it out there and see if anybody could help.

One of the photos has advertising for Douglas Chocolates, Namath's (or Nannath's), Coca Cola and Bull Durham.

Thanks

 

[jeff of pa]

the bull durham sign could be c1910

 

[jeff of pa]

I can't read the name on sign on the left Next to The Douglass Chocolates
starts with an N ? Nunnath's ? Nannath's

Can't find similar on any of the others either to confirm era.

 

[Nitric]

I'm not much help on dating the pics. Very cool pics though! That has to be the oldest ceiling fan I have ever seen! lol I wonder how that even worked! Some cool stuff in those pictures. I'm wondering if those are electric or gas lights in the first pic too. I think they are gas. It looks like shut off valves above them and heat deflectors for the ceiling.

 

[Joe Davis]

I can't read the name on sign on the left Next to The Douglass Chocolates
starts with an N ? Nunnath's ? Nannath's

Can't find similar on any of the others either to confirm era.

Yes, it is either Nannath's or Nunnath's. Next time I am at the Historical Society I will scan it again, this time high res.

Thanks

 

[Chadeaux]

Apparently from the 1920's

Click HERE

Yankees! "Nunnally's Candy Of The South" .

Try using an unsharp mask in photoshop or whatever proggy you use for image manipulation.

 

[Chadeaux]

The Bull Durham Tobacco sign in color ... was for sale on ebay, but auction has been removed. 1910

View attachment 1198587

 

[Chadeaux]

The Coca-Cola sign next to the Bull Durham sign ... script was in use from 1905 to about 1940.

 

[Chadeaux]

Yes, it is either Nannath's or Nunnath's. Next time I am at the Historical Society I will scan it again, this time high res.

Thanks

Would love to see it ... the pennants in back with "VELVET" on them are bugging me as I can't identify them at all beyond that one word.

No "Douglas Chocolates" information either. Would love to know what that sign's catch phrase is that ends with "Care".

 

[Chadeaux]

I'm not much help on dating the pics. Very cool pics though! That has to be the oldest ceiling fan I have ever seen! lol I wonder how that even worked! Some cool stuff in those pictures. I'm wondering if those are electric or gas lights in the first pic too. I think they are gas. It looks like shut off valves above them and heat deflectors for the ceiling.

Yep, cut off valve on the light in center of first pic.

 

[Joe Davis]

Would love to see it ... the pennants in back with "VELVET" on them are bugging me as I can't identify them at all beyond that one word.

No "Douglas Chocolates" information either. Would love to know what that sign's catch phrase is that ends with "Care".

Had not even noticed the triangle banners in the back until I re-scanned it last night. They say "We Use Hurt and Bonney's VELVET Ice Cream. Lamar MO". Hurt and Bonney were the 2 guys who owned the bakery.

The Douglas phrase is "For Those Who Care".

Here it high res:

 

[Chadeaux]

Hmm ... the Red Cross box might help (out of time for the morning myself) as well as the sign in the back door. Can make out "IS THE S" ... also the man in the pic in the right front display box above the Bull Durham tins. May be a local politician, or could even be related to Bull Durham, not sure.

 

[hvacker]

If you have access to Photoshop or Elements you can increase sharpness by opening the image, create a new layer, goto filter, other, high pass. A dialog box will come up and chose the amount of high pass. I'd try 8 to start. ck ok and everything will be grey. Goto the layer box and switch from normal to overlay. If the effect is too much deleat the new layer and try again or vice versa.
You should get a much sharper picture. You can also play with the contrast slider on older pictures.

 

[jeff of pa]

Dean's Cough Drops Appear to have been 5 Cents in 1919
If this add info is correct

1919 AD Dean Medicine Mentholated Cough Drops Warning Flash Milwaukee WI YLD2 | eBay

 

[Chadeaux]

Copy of an early radio ad (1921) for "Dean's Medicated Cough Drops"

Get the Drop
on that Cough



No need to annoy — or to be annoyed. Just
the necessary amount of menthol in Deans
Mentholated Cough Drops makes breathing
easy— stops your cough, and does it in-
stantly. Harmless, sure, pleasant.

Menthol is recognized by specialists as an
excellent healing agent for nose and throat.
Deans are as carefully compounded as a
prescription. At your dealer's.

https://archive.org/stream/pho20chic/pho20chic_djvu.txt

 

[Mackaydon]

Some history: The Nunnally Company, also referred to as Nunnally Candy Company and Nunnally's, first marketed its boxed chocolates in 1884. The company was founded by the Nunnally family in Atlanta, Georgia. Their candy was sold in drugstores around the south, The Nunnally Company was later a division of the Fine Products Company, Inc., of Augusta, Georgia, and was eliminated in the fall of 1978 after the company became unprofitable.
Don..
Source (paraphrased): http://ahc.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/view?docId=ead/ahc.MSS876-ead.xml