Considering the regular complaints about the commercialisation of the modern Christmas, I decided to have my own Advent Calendar this month – made from adverts that were printed in Victorian newspapers.

Each day I will display an advert from my collection of the Illustrated London News.

Advent Calendar

1st Sozodont Toothpaste 1892
2nd Fashions for the Season 1885
3rd Vigor’s Horse Action Sadle 1896
4th Benger’s Self-Digestive Food 1885
5th The Louis Velveteen 1885
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One comment
  1. Matt says:

    What a fun idea – I love these! Could you maybe include the date of original publication in each post, or at least the year?

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