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