Industrial & Engineering Ads
Browse a collection of classic advertisements featuring machinery, tools, and engineering innovations from decades past. These ads highlight the bold designs and technological advancements that shaped industrial history.
1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
1910s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1920s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1930s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1940s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1940 Insurance Company of North America Fire Insurance Ad - ""You're cooking up trouble for yourself""
1940 Insurance Company of North America Fire Insurance Ad - ""You're cooking up trouble for yourself""
1941 Texaco Lubricants Ad - "Texaco Serves the U.S. Navy"
1941 Texaco Lubricants Ad - "Texaco Serves the U.S. Navy"
1941 Clopay Window Shades Ad - "Odd name... CLOPAY What Does It Mean?"
1941 Clopay Window Shades Ad - "Odd name... CLOPAY What Does It Mean?"
1947 Erie Railroad Plant Location Service Ad - "THAT'S 16 BILLION DOLLARS ringing in your ears!"
1947 Erie Railroad Plant Location Service Ad - "THAT'S 16 BILLION DOLLARS ringing in your ears!"
1947 San Antonio as an industrial location Ad - "San Antonio's Climate Lowers Industrial Production Costs"
1947 San Antonio as an industrial location Ad - "San Antonio's Climate Lowers Industrial Production Costs"
1947 International Minerals & Chemical Corporation industrial services Ad - "industrial empire of the midwest ... supplies America and the world with a myriad of essential industrial products"
1947 International Minerals & Chemical Corporation industrial services Ad - "industrial empire of the midwest ... supplies America and the world with a myriad of essential industrial products"
1947 Hughes Rock Bit Ad - "The 'Impenetrable' Barrier"
1947 Hughes Rock Bit Ad - "The 'Impenetrable' Barrier"
1947 Vapor RADOR Anticipating Control Ad - "No Matter What Accommodations They Have!"
1947 Vapor RADOR Anticipating Control Ad - "No Matter What Accommodations They Have!"
1947 Lykes Lines New C type express cargo vessels Ad - "LYKES NEW SHIPS – FASTER SERVICE TO YOUR WORLD MARKETS!"
1947 Lykes Lines New C type express cargo vessels Ad - "LYKES NEW SHIPS – FASTER SERVICE TO YOUR WORLD MARKETS!"
1947 Pittsburgh Paints Color Dynamics Ad - "Color Dynamics"
1947 Pittsburgh Paints Color Dynamics Ad - "Color Dynamics"
1947 Westinghouse Electric Corporation 57 acre plant in Santa Clara County Ad - "62 New Industries during the past 42 months"
1947 Westinghouse Electric Corporation 57 acre plant in Santa Clara County Ad - "62 New Industries during the past 42 months"
1947 The H.K. Ferguson Co. Industrial Engineering and Building Services Ad - "WORK/ABILITY SPEEDS OUTPUT, CUTS COSTS"
1947 The H.K. Ferguson Co. Industrial Engineering and Building Services Ad - "WORK/ABILITY SPEEDS OUTPUT, CUTS COSTS"
1947 Cleveland Industrial Location Services Ad - "THE BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION"
1947 Cleveland Industrial Location Services Ad - "THE BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION"
1947 Geon Polyvinyl Materials Ad - "Picture of a dry fly fisherman"
1947 Geon Polyvinyl Materials Ad - "Picture of a dry fly fisherman"
1947 Container Corporation of America Packaging Ad - "IDAHO — annual purchases: $300 million — mostly packaged."
1947 Container Corporation of America Packaging Ad - "IDAHO — annual purchases: $300 million — mostly packaged."
1947 Foote Bros. Power Units and Aircraft Quality Gears Ad - "We Like Tough Jobs!"
1947 Foote Bros. Power Units and Aircraft Quality Gears Ad - "We Like Tough Jobs!"
1947 New York Central Freight Rail Service Ad - "KEY Executive picks New York Central for KEY Ports"
1947 New York Central Freight Rail Service Ad - "KEY Executive picks New York Central for KEY Ports"
1947 Honeywell Automatic Controls and Brown Industrial Instruments Ad - "Automatic Controls for the Nation"
1947 Honeywell Automatic Controls and Brown Industrial Instruments Ad - "Automatic Controls for the Nation"
1947 Hercules Insecticides (Toxaphene, Thanut, DDT) Ad - "problem... solution result..."
1947 Hercules Insecticides (Toxaphene, Thanut, DDT) Ad - "problem... solution result..."
1947 Mallory School Sound System Components Ad - "This 'Little Red Schoolhouse' Has a Thousand Teachers"
1947 Mallory School Sound System Components Ad - "This 'Little Red Schoolhouse' Has a Thousand Teachers"
1947 John Bean Speed Sprayer and High Pressure Mast Sprayer Ad - ""Language" That Insects Understand"
1947 John Bean Speed Sprayer and High Pressure Mast Sprayer Ad - ""Language" That Insects Understand"
1947 Galbestos Q-Panels Ad - "Rock-bound Steel and Hung in a Jiffy"
1947 Galbestos Q-Panels Ad - "Rock-bound Steel and Hung in a Jiffy"
1947 Jenkins Valves Ad - "Better cut maintenance costs to the bone, boss!"
1947 Jenkins Valves Ad - "Better cut maintenance costs to the bone, boss!"
1947 Chicago and Northern Illinois Educational and Cultural Opportunities Ad - "Chicago and Northern Illinois... Rich in Educational and Cultural Advantages"
1947 Chicago and Northern Illinois Educational and Cultural Opportunities Ad - "Chicago and Northern Illinois... Rich in Educational and Cultural Advantages"
1947 Combustion Engineering Steam Generating Units Ad - "History-making power stations"
1947 Combustion Engineering Steam Generating Units Ad - "History-making power stations"
1947 Kearney & Trecker Machine Tools Ad - "NEW MACHINES—Man’s friend or man’s foe?"
1947 Kearney & Trecker Machine Tools Ad - "NEW MACHINES—Man’s friend or man’s foe?"
1947 Art Metal Conference Desk Ad - "Makes any office a conference room in 30 seconds flat!"
1947 Art Metal Conference Desk Ad - "Makes any office a conference room in 30 seconds flat!"
1947 Clearing Mechanical and Hydraulic Presses Ad - "Putting the FINGER on Costs"
1947 Clearing Mechanical and Hydraulic Presses Ad - "Putting the FINGER on Costs"
1947 Synthane Plastics Ad - "Plastics where plastics belong for resistance to corrosion and wear"
1947 Synthane Plastics Ad - "Plastics where plastics belong for resistance to corrosion and wear"
1947 Towmotor Fork Lift Trucks and Tractors Ad - "THE ONE-MAN-GANG"
1947 Towmotor Fork Lift Trucks and Tractors Ad - "THE ONE-MAN-GANG"
1947 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Services Ad - "Labor and management agree on Los Angeles"
1947 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Services Ad - "Labor and management agree on Los Angeles"
1947 Glidden Lecithin Ad - "So little known - So big in promise"
1947 Glidden Lecithin Ad - "So little known - So big in promise"
1947 Diamond Roller Chains Ad - "When leaders go to market, they insist on the best!"
1947 Diamond Roller Chains Ad - "When leaders go to market, they insist on the best!"
1947 J.E. Sirrine & Co. Engineering Services Ad - "When Management and Engineer are both good ...there's an upward trend to PROFIT"
1947 J.E. Sirrine & Co. Engineering Services Ad - "When Management and Engineer are both good ...there's an upward trend to PROFIT"
1947 National Oil Seals Ad - "A double-jointed dingbat?"
1947 National Oil Seals Ad - "A double-jointed dingbat?"
1947 Joyce Machine Company Machined Metal Parts and Assemblies Ad - "COME AND GET IT!"
1947 Joyce Machine Company Machined Metal Parts and Assemblies Ad - "COME AND GET IT!"
1947 SKF Ball and Roller Bearings Ad - "THE RIGHT BEARING FOR THE RIGHT PLACE"
1947 SKF Ball and Roller Bearings Ad - "THE RIGHT BEARING FOR THE RIGHT PLACE"
1947 Al Paul Lefton Company Inc. Advertising Services Ad - "RESEARCH... IMAGINATION... RESULTS..."
1947 Al Paul Lefton Company Inc. Advertising Services Ad - "RESEARCH... IMAGINATION... RESULTS..."
1947 Smith, Barney & Co. Investment Securities Services Ad - "The Cornfield that fed a Miracle"
1947 Smith, Barney & Co. Investment Securities Services Ad - "The Cornfield that fed a Miracle"
1947 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers Ad - "POWER BOOSTED 60% NO ADDED FLOORSPACE."
1947 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers Ad - "POWER BOOSTED 60% NO ADDED FLOORSPACE."
1947 Houston Pipe Line Co. Natural Gas Ad - "Goats DO Make Good Neighbors..."
1947 Houston Pipe Line Co. Natural Gas Ad - "Goats DO Make Good Neighbors..."
1947 Bower Tapered Spher-O-Honed Roller Bearings Ad - "How Smooth is Smooth?"
1947 Bower Tapered Spher-O-Honed Roller Bearings Ad - "How Smooth is Smooth?"
1947 UGL Gilsalume Gilsonite Asphalt Aluminum Roof Paint Ad - "Actually cools buildings as much as 15°"
1947 UGL Gilsalume Gilsonite Asphalt Aluminum Roof Paint Ad - "Actually cools buildings as much as 15°"
1947 American Brake Shoe wear-resistant parts Ad - "THE INEXORABLE DRIP"
1947 American Brake Shoe wear-resistant parts Ad - "THE INEXORABLE DRIP"
1947 Burroughs Business Machines Ad - "THE MARK OF SUPERIORITY IN MODERN BUSINESS MACHINES"
1947 Burroughs Business Machines Ad - "THE MARK OF SUPERIORITY IN MODERN BUSINESS MACHINES"
1947 Hagan industrial combustion and chemical engineering services Ad - "message to 8 big companies and hundreds of smaller ones"
1947 Hagan industrial combustion and chemical engineering services Ad - "message to 8 big companies and hundreds of smaller ones"
1947 McNally Pittsburg Harmattan Preparation Plant Ad - "Over the Horizon in '47 . . . The New Harmattan Preparation Plant"
1947 McNally Pittsburg Harmattan Preparation Plant Ad - "Over the Horizon in '47 . . . The New Harmattan Preparation Plant"
1947 Monsanto Chemicals and Plastics for Wood Protection Ad - "How to Get the 'Bugs' Out of Wood—WITH CHEMISTRY"
1947 Monsanto Chemicals and Plastics for Wood Protection Ad - "How to Get the 'Bugs' Out of Wood—WITH CHEMISTRY"
1947 The Austin Company Engineering and Construction Services Ad - "DESIGNED TO SAVE A FRACTION OF A CENT"
1947 The Austin Company Engineering and Construction Services Ad - "DESIGNED TO SAVE A FRACTION OF A CENT"
1947 Champion Paper and Fibre Company paper products Ad - "Champion Logs Shoot The Chutes To Paper"
1947 Champion Paper and Fibre Company paper products Ad - "Champion Logs Shoot The Chutes To Paper"
1947 McBee Keysort Ad - "Western scores ought to be on by now..."
1947 McBee Keysort Ad - "Western scores ought to be on by now..."
1948 Phillips 66 Petroleum Derivatives Ad - "EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL!"
1948 Phillips 66 Petroleum Derivatives Ad - "EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL!"
1950s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1950 Bell Telephone Laboratories Microwave Relay System Ad - "This 'eye' scouts new telephone frontiers"
1950 Bell Telephone Laboratories Microwave Relay System Ad - "This 'eye' scouts new telephone frontiers"
1950 IBM Electronic Calculating Punch Ad - "Rapid Calculation of Complex Mathematical Problems"
1950 IBM Electronic Calculating Punch Ad - "Rapid Calculation of Complex Mathematical Problems"
1951 Trane air conditioning Ad - "From a dwelling for one... to dwellings for thousands Trane air conditioning serves everywhere"
1951 Trane air conditioning Ad - "From a dwelling for one... to dwellings for thousands Trane air conditioning serves everywhere"
1951 Anaconda Copper Ad - "COPPER... Most useful metal known to man"
1951 Anaconda Copper Ad - "COPPER... Most useful metal known to man"
1951 America's Electric Light and Power Companies Public Service Ad - "Letter from a soldier"
1951 America's Electric Light and Power Companies Public Service Ad - "Letter from a soldier"
1951 N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. Advertising Services Ad - "WHEN DOES GOOD LEADERSHIP PAY OFF?"
1951 N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. Advertising Services Ad - "WHEN DOES GOOD LEADERSHIP PAY OFF?"
1951 American Cyanamid Company Rubber Chemicals Ad - "How many balloons in this picture?"
1951 American Cyanamid Company Rubber Chemicals Ad - "How many balloons in this picture?"
1951 Timken Tapered Roller Bearings Ad - "Watch the railroads Go...on TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings"
1951 Timken Tapered Roller Bearings Ad - "Watch the railroads Go...on TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings"
1953 Foote Bros. Convertiplane Parts Ad - "Promise of the Future..."
1953 Foote Bros. Convertiplane Parts Ad - "Promise of the Future..."
1955 Thor SpeedTools Ad - "a fistful of power for 1001 jobs . . . the gift supreme"
1955 Thor SpeedTools Ad - "a fistful of power for 1001 jobs . . . the gift supreme"
1956 WALLHIDE Rubberized Satin Finish Ad - "WALLHIDE Rubberized lasts years longer!"
1956 WALLHIDE Rubberized Satin Finish Ad - "WALLHIDE Rubberized lasts years longer!"
1957 Alcoa Aluminum Shelving Unit Ad - "There's a world of aluminum in the wonderful world of tomorrow..."
1957 Alcoa Aluminum Shelving Unit Ad - "There's a world of aluminum in the wonderful world of tomorrow..."
1957 Southern Electric Generating Plant Ad - "$150 Million Electric Generating Plant ...One of Nation’s Largest!"
1957 Southern Electric Generating Plant Ad - "$150 Million Electric Generating Plant ...One of Nation’s Largest!"
1957 Electricity from America's Independent Electric Light and Power Companies Ad - "Would you call this fair play?"
1957 Electricity from America's Independent Electric Light and Power Companies Ad - "Would you call this fair play?"
1957 Simpson Paper Ad - "How’s Your “Paper Personality”?"
1957 Simpson Paper Ad - "How’s Your “Paper Personality”?"
1957 Universal Atlas Cements Ad - "TOMORROW'S AIRPORT: built for convenience of people and planes"
1957 Universal Atlas Cements Ad - "TOMORROW'S AIRPORT: built for convenience of people and planes"
1957 Allis-Chalmers 300,000-kilowatt generator rotor Ad - "HOUSEPOWER for half a million people"
1957 Allis-Chalmers 300,000-kilowatt generator rotor Ad - "HOUSEPOWER for half a million people"
1960s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1960 Flintkote Ceiling Tiles Ad - "18.36 a month can get you more "fun room" for the whole family"
1960 Flintkote Ceiling Tiles Ad - "18.36 a month can get you more "fun room" for the whole family"
1960 Wood Windows Ad - "For windows that wed beauty to duty there's nothing in the world like wood"
1960 Wood Windows Ad - "For windows that wed beauty to duty there's nothing in the world like wood"
1960 Gold Medallion Home Ad - "A total electric gold medallion home costs no more than an ordinary house"
1960 Gold Medallion Home Ad - "A total electric gold medallion home costs no more than an ordinary house"
1961 National Lumber Manufacturers Association Wood Products Ad - "there’s nothing in the world like WOOD"
1961 National Lumber Manufacturers Association Wood Products Ad - "there’s nothing in the world like WOOD"
1962 Humble Oil & Refining Company Energy Services Ad - "OF 10,000 MILES OF OCEAN SURF!"
1962 Humble Oil & Refining Company Energy Services Ad - "OF 10,000 MILES OF OCEAN SURF!"
1962 Lennox heating-cooling equipment Ad - "Don't be satisfied with less than LENNOX"
1962 Lennox heating-cooling equipment Ad - "Don't be satisfied with less than LENNOX"
1962 Wood for Dining Rooms Ad - "Only WOOD brings such good taste and cheer to dining rooms"
1962 Wood for Dining Rooms Ad - "Only WOOD brings such good taste and cheer to dining rooms"
1962 House & Home Magazine Subscription Ad - "But NOW—no other great industry is developing so many new ways to cut the cost of a better product"
1962 House & Home Magazine Subscription Ad - "But NOW—no other great industry is developing so many new ways to cut the cost of a better product"
1970s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1976 Community Garbage-to-Energy Program Ad - "A small town with a pretty big idea."
1976 Community Garbage-to-Energy Program Ad - "A small town with a pretty big idea."
1978 Northrop F-18 Strike Fighter Prototype Ad - "Making advanced technology work."
1978 Northrop F-18 Strike Fighter Prototype Ad - "Making advanced technology work."
1980s Industrial & Engineering Ads
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