SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Advertising Ephemera Collection contains items used by local businesses to advertise their services.
COLLECTION INVENTORY:
Folder 1:
-Altaffer, John E., stables, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Bears Cut Rate Store, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Elkton (paper fan) (donated by Eleanor Price)
-Beery & McFall Milling Company, Harrisonburg, 1895 & 1898 (receipts)
-Berry Lumber & Supply Co, Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Bell, J, H., Seedsman & Florist, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Blakemore & Altaffer, Livery, Feed & Sale Stables, Harrisonburg, 1895 (receipt)
-Blakemore's Flowers, Harrisonburg, 1948, 1957, (receipts)
-Blatt Fur Service, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter)
-Bridgewater College, Bridgewater (calendar cards 1948, 1976)
-Bridgewater Creamery & Ice Corporation, 1939 (order form)
-Bridgewater Depot Cattle and Wagon Scales, 1892 (receipt)
-Bridgewater Manufacturing Company, Wool Blankets, Flannels, Cassimeres, Cassinettes, Yarns, Bridgewater, 1907 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Broadway Feed and Supply, (3 ads)
-Broadway Hardwood Mfg. Co., 1913 (receipts & estimate)
-Calhoun's Restaurant ( menu)
-Carpenter Aerial Water System, Bridgewater, 1900 (receipt) (museum purchase)
-Chapman's Mobil Station, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Christian, A. F. Roofing, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Cline's Furniture, Harrisonburg (business card)
-Cline's Music Store, Harrisonburg, (2 book marks)
-Coal-Oil Johnny, Harrisonburg (ad)
-Coiner Milling Co, Port Republic, 1912, 1913 (receipts)
-Cunningham, W. H. & Co., Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Harrisonburg, 1918 (receipt)
-Daily News, Harrisonburg, 1906 (receipt)
-Daniel Harrison House, Dayton (pamphlet)
-Davis, D. M., A First Class Livery, Feed and Sales Stable, Elkton, 1917 (receipt)
-Dayton Cash Grocery, Dayton, (ad)
-Dayton Drug Company, E. B. Funkhouser Proprietor, 1902 (letterhead)
-Dayton Farm Supply, (ad on gift bible)
-Dechert, W. L. Company, Harrisonburg, 1927 (letter to client)
-Dovel & Dovel, Inc., Insurance agents, Harrisonburg (ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford)
-Ed's Park, admission ticket (donated by Scott Suter)
-Farmers & Merchants Dairy Co., Inc., Harrisonburg (dairy tag)
-Fleming, J. S, Agent for Virginia Organ Co., Dayton, 1880's (receipt)
-Fletcher's Pharmacy, Harrisonburg (ad )
-Flippo's Esso Servicecenter, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Flory, E. M., Automobiles and Supplies, 1917 (receipt)
-Flory, J. S. & Company, Hay, Grain, Mill Feed, Harrisonburg, 1915 (receipt) (donated by Bill Springston)
-Foley, William H., Mt. Crawford, ad for Smith American Organ & Piano Co. (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Friddle's Restaurant (ad card)
-Friddle's Restaurant, reproduction of Delmonico's Restaurant menu (donated by Al Saufley)
-Furr Brothers Electrical Dealers, Harrisonburg, 1911 (receipt)
-Gassman, J. & Bro., Hardware, 1876 (receipt)
-Glick & Company, White Flour, Feed, Cornmeal, Dayton, no date (receipt & stationery) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Good, J. E, Tin and Sheet Metal Worker, Harrisonburg, 1913 (receipt) (donated by Nancy H. Hess)
-Gooden Brothers, Contractors and Builders, Elkton, 1919 (receipt)
-Gooden Drug Company, Grottoes (calendar card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Goodrich, B. F Tires, Harrisonburg (ad)
Folder 2:
-Harris, Frank L, Dr., Dentist, Harrisonburg, 1891 (receipt) (donated by Geraldine Spitzer Lewis)
-Harrisonburg Bottling Works, Harrisonburg, 1898 (receipt)
-Harrisonburg Building & Supply Co., Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Harrisonburg Electric Light Co, Harrisonburg, 1899 (receipt)
-Harrisonburg Free Press, Harrisonburg, 1892 (receipt)
-Harrisonburg Livestock Market, Inc. (ad card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Harrisonburg Loan & Thrift Corporation, Harrisonburg (ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford)
-Harrisonburg Loan & Thrift Corporation, Harrisonburg (calendar card, seed packet, coin holder) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Harrisonburg Mutual Telephone Company, Harrisonburg, 1902 (receipt)
-Harrisonburg Rescue Squad, Harrisonburg (1968 calendar card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Hazlegrove, W. M., Harrisonburg, Grain, Field Seeds, Wool, & Agricultural Implements, 1883 (receipt)
-Heatwole Bros. & Co., Well Drilling, Rockingham County, (ad)
-Heatwole, P. X. & Son, Fertilizer & Farm Implements, Dayton, 1908 (donated by Nancy Garber) (receipt)
-Heatwole TV & Appliance, Harrisonburg, 1978 (receipt) (donated by Pat Richie)
-Heritage Family Restaurant, Harrisonburg (ad)
-Hess & Miller, Harrisonburg (pamphlet)
-Hess S. L. & Sons, Harrisonburg (1977 calendar card)
-Hicks, Dr., Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Lungs and Nervous System, Harrisonburg, c. 1900
-Higgs Funeral Home, Harrisonburg (ad with 1942 calendar)
-Hillcrest Esso Station, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Hillyard, E. A. & Son, Dealers in General Merchandise, Broadway/Mayland, 1930's (stationery)
-Hinkle, John Ray, C. A. Service, Dayton (address booklet) (donated by John Hinkle)
-Hinkle's Card Shop, Dayton ( business reply postcards & ink blotters) (donated by John Hinkle)
-Hite, W. R & Co., Harrisonburg (calendar cover picture, no date)
-Hollander's Clothing House, Harrisonburg, VA (ad card)
-Hosaflook & Rhodes, General Merchandise, Linville, 1910, 1913 (receipts)
-Houck, J. P, Boots, Shoes, Harnesses & Leather, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Houck, J. P. Tanning Co., Harrisonburg, VA, 1905 (receipt) (donated by Samantha Michael)
-Hott, J. Winton, Dry Goods & Notions, Dayton, 1897 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Hughes Pharmacy, Harrisonburg (1941 envelope)
Folder 3:
-Imperial Ice Cream, 1948 (receipt)
-Joseph Neys bags, Harrisonburg (donated by Al Saufley)
-Kingsway Bed and Breakfast, Harrisonburg (pamphlet)
-Klingstein Company, Wholesalers, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Kyger, W. H., Funeral Supplies, Penn Laird, 1911 (receipt)
-Lamb Bros. Saloon, Restaurant, and Billiard Parlors, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Lincoln, J. E., Dr., Lacey Spring, 1901 (receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Lindsey & Sons Funeral Directors (ad cards, closure notices, fan) (donated by Greg Owen)
-Lineweaver Motor Company, Harrisonburg (paper fan) (donated by Eleanor Price)
-Linville Exchange Company, General Merchandise, Linville, 1896 (receipt)
-Loewner's Best Ice Cream, Harrisonburg (ad)
-Lokers Shoe Shop, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Marsha Hall)
-Long, A. D., McNess Dealer, Harrisonburg (postcard)
-Long Funeral Home (paper fan) (donated by Greg Owen)
Folder 4:
-Maple Terrace Stock Farm, Leavell Bros., North River (ad card, no date)
-Marshall & Davis, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Elkton, 1913 & 1914 (receipts)
-Massanutten Ski season pamphlet, Harrisonburg, 1986
-Miller, Thurston J., Building and Repairing, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Merchants Grocery and Hardware Co., Harrisonburg, 1937 (receipts)
-Meyerhoffer, C. D., General Merchandise, Timber Ridge, 1931 (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter)
-Monger, R. S. & Sons, 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Morrison, John C., Carriage Builder, Harrisonburg, 1881 (receipt)
-Mosby's Mill (menu) (donated by Greg Owen)
-National Bank of Harrisonburg, The (ad card, 1953)
-Ney, B. & Sons, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Neys, Joseph, Harrisonburg, 1968 (calendar) (donated by Sharon Spangler)
-Nicholas Book Co., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter)
-Oak Grove Poultry Farm, Bridgewater (ad card)
-Ott, Luther H., Druggist and Pharmacist, Harrisonburg, (1895, 1897, 1905 receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Ott, L. H., Drugs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Harrisonburg (paint chart, ad) (donated by Dora Fechtmann)
-Pabst School of Music, Harrisonburg (bulletin cover) (donated by Greg Owen)
-Pankey, H. C., Hard and Soft Coal, etc., Harrisonburg, 1883 (receipt)
-Penn Laird Mills, Full Roller Process Flour, Corn Meal and Feeds, Penn Laird, 1916 (receipt)
-People's Music School, Dayton (1896 envelope)
-Peoples Chevrolet, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipts)
-Pike Cabinet Shop, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible)
-Pine Ville Garage & Service Co., Penn Laird (stationary)
-Price, C. G. & Sons Insurance, receipt (1948, 1951 ad cards) (donated by Robert W. Gifford)
-Prickett Stationery Corp., Business Systems & Equipment, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Rhodes and Leary, Manufacturers of the Common Sense Bee Hive, Dayton, 1891 (pamphlet) (donated by Marilyn Brown)
-Rhodes, J. B. D. Company, General Merchandise, Linville (1897, 1908, 1909 receipts)
-Riddel Lumber Co., Bridgewater, 1936 (receipt)
-River Farm, The, Timberville (postcard)
-Rockingham Development Corp., Harrisonburg (pamphlet)
-Rockingham Fine Arts Association, Hinton (pamphlet)
-Rockingham Motor Company, Harrisonburg, 1937 (receipt)
-Rockingham National Bank, The, Harrisonburg (ad cards & receipt) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Rockingham Motel, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible) (2)
-Rockingham Publishing Company, Inc., Harrisonburg, 1947 (receipt)
-Rockland Milling Co., Rockingham Co., c. 1910 (receipts) (donated by Pem Liskey)
-Roller, John E., Harrisonburg, ad for Sam Purdy, Jr., bay horse for hire, $50 per mare, 1890
-Roudabush, G. W & Co., All Grades of Flour and Feed, Harrisonburg, 1888 (receipt)
-Royster-Hess Fertilizers (fan) (donated by John Hinkle)
Folder 5:
-Sam's Super Market, The Friendly One Stop Food Shop, Harrisonburg (receipt)
-Schewel Furniture Co., Inc., 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
-Service Press, The, Printing & Office Supplies, 1948 (receipt)
-Shenandoah River Power Company, McGaheysville, 1930 (receipt)
-Shenandoah Transportation, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible)
-Shenandoah Valley Heritage Museum (envelope) (donated by Scott Suter)
-Shrum Brothers, Brick Manufacturers, Dayton (1915, 1916 & 1919 receipts) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Sipe, Geo. E., Dealer in General Merchandise, 1895 (3 invoices) (donated by Scott Suter)
-Sisler Monumental Works, Harrisonburg, 1945 (receipt)
-Smith, Blaine, Inc., Aluminum Siding, Harrisonburg, 1964 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Snell, J. M. & Sons, Dealers in Hay, Corn, Oats, etc., Harrisonburg (1911 & 1914 receipts) (donated by Bill Springston)
-Southern Restaurant, Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Dale MacAllister)
-Spirit of the Valley, 1881, 1900 (receipts)
-Spitzer, P. F., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Mary Etter)
-Spring Creek Roller Mills, High Grade Flour and Feed, Bridgewater, 1940s (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter)
-Sprinkel, C. A. & Son, Farm Implements, Harrisonburg, 1916 (receipt)
-Sullivan, R. E., Groceries and Queensware, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Sunset Pastry Shoppe, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible)
-Swank, J. H. General Merchandise, Singers Glen, 1905 (receipt)
-Switzer, D. M. & Son, Leading Clothiers in the Valley, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Tabb, G. W. & Son, Dealers in Coal, Cement, Salt, Harrisonburg, 1879 (receipt)
-Taliaferro, John W, Jeweler, Harrisonburg (useful hints booklet) (donated by Lois Emswiler)
-Taylor's Esso Service, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipt)
-Thomas, Homes F, Painting & Paperhanging, Dayton (ad card)
-Thomas, P. S., Agent for Standard Sewing Machines, Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Thompson's Service Station, Harrisonburg, 1949 (receipt)
-Town of Dayton, tax bill, 1902 (receipt) (donated by Nancy Garber)
-Town of Harrisonburg, water bill, 1894 (receipt)
Folder 6:
-Valley Egg Company, Timberville, VA, 1920s (statement) (donated by Scott Suter)
-Valley Creamery, Inc., Penn Laird, 1921 (receipt & shipping ticket)
-Valley Hardware Co., 1909 (receipt)
-Valley National Bank, Harrisonburg, calendar cards, 1970, 1971, 1974 (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Virginia Craftsmen, Harrisonburg (pamphlet)
-Wampler, J. D. & Sons Grocers, Harrisonburg (receipt) (donated by Tamela Gray)
-Wampler's Cash & Carry Food Store, Harrisonburg (letterhead) (donated by Tamela Gray)
-Wampler, D. S., Co, Ltd., General Merchandise & Produce, Timberville, 1924 (receipt)
-Webster, A. F., Esso Dealer, Harrisonburg, 1948 (receipts)
-Wenger, C. D., Grower and Shipper of Apples, Harrisonburg, (receipts) (donated by Bill Springston)
-Wenger, J. A. & Son, Seed Potatoes and Fancy Poultry, Bridgewater, 1914 (receipt) (donated by Bill Springston)
-West Rockingham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1890, 1899 (receipts) (donated by Brenda Black)
-Wetsel Seed Co., Harrisonburg (ad card) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Wetsel, D. M. & Son, Harrisonburg, 1915 (receipt)
-Weyers Cave Bank, receipt, 1931 (donated by Scott Suter)
-Whitesel, H. N & Bro., Harrisonburg, 1889 & 1911 (envelope & receipt)
-Whitmer & Hawkins, Hardware, Cutlery, Glass, Paints, Harrisonburg, (1914 ad card) (donated by Leona Kline Barlow)
-Whitmore Bros' & Company, Merchants, Broadway, 1921 (receipt)
-Will, E. J., Dr.,Veterinary Surgeon, Harrisonburg, 1916 (receipts) (donated by Bill Springston)
-Willow Bank Motel, Harrisonburg (ad on small gift bible)
-Wilton Hardware Co., Harrisonburg, 1911 (receipt)
-Wise, Herman, Boots, Shoes & Dry Goods, Harrisonburg, 1894, 1901 (ad cards & receipts) (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Wise Mid-Town Inn (ad cards) (donated by Greg Owen)
-Wrenn Brothers, Inc., Eggs, Poultry and Country Produce, Weyers Cave, 1931 (receipt) (donated by Scott Suter)
-WSVA postcard (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Yager, T. P, Farm Machinery, Cross Keys, ad (donated by Janet & Earl Downs)
-Yancey, Thomas L., District Manager for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Harrisonburg (ad card)
-Yost, Harlan, Dealer for Fuller Brushes 1947 (receipt) (donated by Joyce Hedrick)
