A place to discuss and post classic and modern Ads on any product or service found in The National Geographic Magazine, and welcome...
Fellow 'Corner member Philip Riviere suggested that there be an Ads (advertising) Group. As many collector's and others know, the vintage ads found in National Geographic Magazine over the years are classic, and truly a time capsule of days gone by.
It it noteworthy that there is an entire breed of enthusiasts-collectors (often non-Nat Geo 'o-philes) who revere, obtain, and collate NGM ads as a stand-alone hobby. They will buy or take NGM's simply to remove the ads for their general collections of myriad advertising materials.
Especially nostalgic for many --akin to a Norman Rockwell type of sentiment-- are the old Coca-Cola ads, and also in particular the automobile ads for Ford, Packard, GM, Chrysler, etc.
~ Scott S.
** I'm wondering if this group will also need to be inclusive of advertising topics in general, as pertains to the Society at-large, the Channel(s), as well as more contemporary marketing aspects. **
The National Geographic Society has a long history of reprinting popular articles from the Geographic. As a rule, these reprints are devoid of advertisements, the back covers are blank. So far, I have only found one exception to this rule: the November 1936 article reprint "Trains of Today and Tomorrow". There is an advertisement on the back cover of that reprint by the Association of American Railroads:
The ad was specifically made for this reprint. The back cover ad for the original issue is a color photo of a glazed ham. Yum.
Advertising in The National Geographic (Magazine)
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A place to discuss and post classic and modern Ads on any product or service found in The National Geographic Magazine, and welcome...
Fellow 'Corner member Philip Riviere suggested that there be an Ads (advertising) Group. As many collector's and others know, the vintage ads found in National Geographic Magazine over the years are classic, and truly a time capsule of days gone by.
It it noteworthy that there is an entire breed of enthusiasts-collectors (often non-Nat Geo 'o-philes) who revere, obtain, and collate NGM ads as a stand-alone hobby. They will buy or take NGM's simply to remove the ads for their general collections of myriad advertising materials.
Especially nostalgic for many --akin to a Norman Rockwell type of sentiment-- are the old Coca-Cola ads, and also in particular the automobile ads for Ford, Packard, GM, Chrysler, etc.
~ Scott S.
** I'm wondering if this group will also need to be inclusive of advertising topics in general, as pertains to the Society at-large, the Channel(s), as well as more contemporary marketing aspects. **
A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article Reprint
by George Thomas Wilson
Nov 4, 2020
A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article Reprint
The National Geographic Society has a long history of reprinting popular articles from the Geographic. As a rule, these reprints are devoid of advertisements, the back covers are blank. So far, I have only found one exception to this rule: the November 1936 article reprint "Trains of Today and Tomorrow". There is an advertisement on the back cover of that reprint by the Association of American Railroads:
The ad was specifically made for this reprint. The back cover ad for the original issue is a color photo of a glazed ham. Yum.
Tom Wilson