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How To Paint A House Cheap
These were the familiar words that started so many of J. K. Robinson‘s Carrara Paint Company ads. Each time the headline was followed by a detailed promotion of Carrara paint. At the start of the 20th century, Carrara was a big name in the paint industry. Carrara’s distinctive advertisements helped to drive its popularity. They could be seen in the leading national magazines of the day.
The National Network
The company maintained a network of distributors and agents across the country to handle orders, but in the case none was near you, Carrara sold paint by mail-order. Major institutions that trusted Carrara included the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Pullman Palace Car Co., the Chicago Telephone Company, and even the United States Post Office.
Carrara Paint Company Advertising
Enjoy a sampling of Carrara’s ads first published at the start of the 20th century.
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- 1902 Carrara Paint Company ad from McClure’s Magazine
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- 1902 Carrara Paint Company ad from Literary Digest
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- 1902 Carrara Paint Company ad in Literary Digest
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- 1902 Carrara Paint Company ad in Scribners Magazine
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- 1903 Carrara Paint Agency ad from Literary Digest
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- 1903 Carrara Paint ad by South Carolina distributors
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- 1904 Carrara Paint Agency ad from Youth Companion
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- 1905 Carrara Paint Company ad from American Magazine
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- 1905 Carrara Paint Company ad from the Christian Advocate
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- 1905 Carrara Paint Company ad from the Christian Advocate
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- 1905 Carrara Paint Company ad from the Saturday Evening Post
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- 1905 Carrara Paint Company ad from the Saturday Evening Post
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- 1906 Carrara Paint Company advertisement from Country Life Magazine
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- 1906 Carrara Paint ad from Florida distributor
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- 1907 Carrara Paint Agency ad from Outing Magazine
“Carrara Paint Company – Part 2” is the second in our series of posts about the Carrara Paint Company.
Be sure to check out Part 1.