| If you love to collect advertising and old | | | | flat and away from sunlight, and try to find out |
| advertisements, then turn to the internet and the | | | | as much information about the ad that you can, |
| re-use centers, and your local newspaper. | | | | don't leave them laying around the house like |
| A great place to start, is the re-use centers, flea | | | | clutter either!.. make sure to do something with |
| markets, second hand stores, and garage sales. | | | | them right away, take out the ad and discard the |
| Make sure to be dressed comfortable, in older | | | | parts you don't want, and do that right away, or |
| clothes, because you will be doing some digging, | | | | you will end up with the same clutter as the |
| through old boxes etc! | | | | houses you took them from! |
| Most of the re-use centers will have old | | | | With magazines, pull or carefully cut out the entire |
| magazines in boxes, that you will have to dig | | | | page of the ad, this way there should be a date |
| through. This is a good place to start because | | | | on the page (hopefully) and then place it carefully |
| many people who are clearing out aging relatives | | | | in a album with plastic sheeting to protect it. |
| homes, don't know what to do with the | | | | If vintage magazine advertisements are your |
| collections of older magazines, books etc that | | | | passion, then why not have themed albums, |
| may have been accumulating in some basements | | | | showing ads for "fishing" or "hunting" or |
| for years, so they will dump them off at these | | | | "household" that type of thing. |
| re-use centers. Many are pack rats, which of | | | | You can also start a business with this collection |
| course is good for you, if you are looking for | | | | of vintage advertising, as this has become a |
| older advertising. | | | | popular hobby. |
| Another way, is to place an ad in your local paper, | | | | If you have exhausted your local re-use centers, |
| that you are looking for older magazines and | | | | garage sales, etc, then why not try shopping |
| newspapers (as an example) and you are willing | | | | online?.. This way you can get advertisements |
| to come and pick them up. There are people who | | | | from all over the world and expand your |
| will take you up on that offer just to get boxes | | | | collection. You don't even need to leave your |
| of old magazines out of their basement. | | | | house. Just make sure to catalogue and label your |
| Once you have located some great ads, or | | | | albums. Collecting vintage magazine ads, will take |
| magazines, or labels, take your treasures home | | | | up less space in your home, as you place the |
| and put them in al album right away, somewhere | | | | albums on shelves etc... |