Smithsonian Magazine

Mid-19th Century Reactions to a Laundry Invention

This mid-19th century advertising circular proposes a new idea for doing laundry. What it lacks in detailed description, it makes up for with powerful testimonials. Alexia MacClain Today the task of ...
Forbes

Three Marketing Lessons From A 19th-Century Horse

In the 19th century, Wilhelm von Osten owned a horse named Hans. Von Osten trained Hans in mathematics and other tasks. Von Osten called him “Clever Hans.” Hans gave his answers to math problems and ...
insider.si.edu

Merchants and manufacturers studies in the changing structure of nineteenth-century marketing [by] Glenn Porter and Harold C. Livesay

Framework and Overview -- The Merchant in Control: Marketing after 1815 -- The Merchant in Operation: The Marketing of Iron -- The Merchant as Catalyst: Financing Economic Growth -- Marketing in a ...