[Oregon]. [Advertising]

A Boom in Harness Oil! Of Interest to Every One Using Harness or Carriages and Buggies [caption title]

[Albany, Or. 1880s?]. Broadside, 12.5 x 9 inches. Light wear and minor creasing, a few small chips to edges and small areas of loss near center. Minor foxing. About very good. Item #583

Broadside advertisement for “Water Proof Oil Blacking,” sold by W.J. John of Albany, Oregon, a small town near Corvallis. The broadside lists seven reasons why this product is the best, beginning with “It is Cheap.” Other reasons include durability, waterproofness, and its ability to keep leather soft and prevent cracking. Reason 8 is perhaps the most interesting: “You get a receipt and make it yourself so that you know what it contains, and that every ingredient is a Leather Preserver, as it contains nothing injurious, such as varnish, naptha [sic], benzine or turpentine.” Not in OCLC.

Price: $200.00