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Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement

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Jay Milo replied to Jay Milo's discussion 'Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement'

Mike, thanks for taking the time to provide this interesting and helpful info. Much appreciated. I will begin checking it out further. Thanks again, Jay

July 24

Mike Ferguson replied to Jay Milo's discussion 'Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement'

I added additional comments that did not take for some reason. Ukers devotes 29 pages to the history of coffee advertising. He sites the first ad appearing in London in 1582, advertising coffee as a medicinal. He point to several ads throughout E...

July 23

Mike Ferguson replied to Jay Milo's discussion 'Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement'

Jay...sorry for the long delay. I started looking into this then set it aside and have not managed to get to replying until now. The most comprehensive source for coffee industry information pre 1935, when the last edition was published, is the b...

July 23

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July 2

Jay Milo replied to Jay Milo's discussion 'Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement'

Frank, thanks very much for bringing this helpful information to me. It is very much appreciated. The link to the history of advertising provided fascinating and insightful reading. My 1865 ad uses apparently a well known technique of high status ...

June 30

Frank DeFreitas replied to Jay Milo's discussion 'Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement'

Hi Jay, I'm sure a few others will chime in with more background on coffee than I have. But in the meantime . . . I had this article on the history of advertising in America bookmarked, so I thought I'd post it here (of course, you might already ...

June 30

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Seeking info on 1865 coffee advertisement

I have a one sheet advertisement flyer for The East India Coffee Co. 154 Reade Street, NY advertising "Kent's East India Coffee". From the names of prominent names I have been able to conclusively date it between 1863-65. I haven't seen anything t...

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At 5:00am on July 2, 2009, martyweil said…: Hey Jay,

If you'd like, I can feature this item on the ephemera blog and see if my readership of more than 14,000 monthly viewers has some input for you. I'd need a JPG image of the item and a brief description for the post. Let me know...

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