Easily Earned
Title
Easily Earned
Description
This advertisement caught my attention with it’s claim. The title “Easily Earned” refers to the sofa that would be given to anyone who could sell 52 boxes of toilet soaps. The ad also talks about a catalog that could be sent as well. This ad seems very similar to a modern pyramid scheme to get people to sell an item with a reward if the sell enough of the item. Not only does this advertisement remind me of a pyramid scheme, it is one of the first advertisements pertaining to a mail order catalog. Companies such as Sears and Roebuck would soon be household names for consumer products, so it is neat to see this ad as a precursor to what would come later.
Creator
Bullock, Ward & Co
Source
"A Hundred Years of the American Navy" Collier's Weekly Journal of Art, Literature, and Current Events 24.14 (6 January 1900) Print.
Publisher
Collier's Weekly Journal of Art, Literature, and Current Events
Date
January 6 1900
Contributor
Scott Nye
Files
Collection
Citation
Bullock, Ward & Co, “Easily Earned,” Three Decades of NYC, accessed April 27, 2024, http://www.loyolanotredamelib.org/en203/items/show/88.