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
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..."
1950s Industrial & Engineering Ads
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"
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!"
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"
1970s Industrial & Engineering Ads
1980s Industrial & Engineering Ads
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Industrial & Engineering
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