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Vintage Lamp Advertisements

Trade publications of the day like Giftwares, Gift and Art Buyer and Lamp Journal were chock-full of advertisements for lamps, shades, accessories and assorted pottery, and I thought it might be fun to share some of them. I've included other printed material as well, such as postcards and manufacturers catalog pages. All sorts of mid-century designs are present, but there is a surprising absence of TV lamp references, which is no doubt due to their being extremely low-profit items. In contrast to table lamps, TV lamp production was high, and the competetive price bracket made profits on their sale minimal at best. The ads shown are from publications dating from 1945 to 1959.


Phil-Mar Lamps
I'll bet Natalie sold lots of lamps!
Modern Art Products
Plexon for Hand Laced Shades
Leviton Sockets and Switches
Nasco Lamps by Navis & Smith
Bradley Lamps
Fine Art Lamps Ltd.
Phil-Mar Lamps
Haeger Potteries Inc.
Silvestri Bros. Statuary Co.
Verplex!
Modern Art Products
Fluor-o-Lab
Phil-Mar Lamps
Play it, Natalie!
Modern Art Products
Bradley Lamps
Your lamps need their bottom felt!
Phil-Mar Lamps
General Electric
Twin-Winton
Berger Machine Products
Circle F Mfg. Co.
Haeger Potteries, Inc.
Modern Art Products
Phil-Mar Lamps
No, No, Natalie!
West Coast Pottery
Gregg Manufacturing Company
Modern Art Products
Bruce Industries
Phil-Mar Lamps
Horizon Lighting, Inc.
Dodge, Inc.
Modern Art Products
Haeger Potteries, Inc.
Don't mess with Natalie.
Old Mission Woodcraft Specialties, Inc.
Walter Wilson
West Coast Pottery
Modspe Products
Dorothy Kindell
Sierra Columbia
Clay Sketches
Dorothy Kindell
Phil-Mar Lamps
Majestic Lamp Mfg. Corporation
Haeger Potteries, Inc.
Protex Cushioning
So long, Natalie!