The Compendium

The AdRetro Compendium is a curated database of all of the advertisements, companies and products in my possession.

The Compendium allows you to understand the history of the ads and how they relate to one another.

You can also use the collection to help find interesting ads for starting or completing your own ad collection.

Explore the AdRetro Compendium

The individual ads

Individual advertisements from the periodicals.

Alive and long gone

The unique companies that are found throughout the ads.

What the ads sold

The products that were sold in the ads from the brands.

Serial periodicals collected

Individual series issues from each publisher that contain the ads.

The magazine issuers

The publishing organizations from my collection and source of ads.

Important ad groupings

Groups of ads that relate to one other in some way.

Interesting ads finds

Ads related artwork that has been acquired in the collection.

Holding onto history

Products and other items that are related to the ads

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