Ads Through the Decades - November 2025

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Ads Through the Decades will feature advertisements from various sources throughout decades from the 1910s to present. Of course, this Junk Journal Scrapbook box will include Plymouth Cards and more. Put all the pieces together for a must-have addition to your junk journal collection!

This is the monthly kit for subscribers and there are a few extras for sale. If you are a monthly subscriber, you do not need to order unless you need extra.

Note: Pre-order. Once the kits are sold out, they will not be restocked.

Pre-orders - if you purchase other items that are in-stock, everything will be held until the pre-order item is ready to save you money on shipping. If you want your in-stock items to ship right away, please place two orders.

Photos are examples as many items will vary by kit due to sourcing.  

Note: Some older items from the early 20th century 

Items that are exactly the same in every kit

  • 2 Plymouth Cards with mailing envelopes
      • Dark Roast and Black

    Items that will styles/color/location will vary by kit, however the quantity is the same

    • 1 - ribbon 4" wide x 8"
    • 1 - ribbon 2.5" wide x 8"

    Ads included from each decade

    Decade unknown

    • Postcard

    1900s-1910s

    • 5 - pages from a combination of  Munsey's Magazine, Popular Mechanics Magazine and National Geographics
    • 1 - reproduced page from the 1910 Massachusetts Agricultural College  yearbook

    1920s

    • 5 - pages from National Geographics

    1930s

    • 2 - postcards
    • 1 - envelope
    • 3 - pages from National Geographics

    1940s

    • 1 - page from The Etude music magazine (folded in half and may be brittle)
    • 2 - pages from National Geographics
    • 1 - page from 1940 newspaper (folded and brittle)

    1950s

    • 1 - page from a yearbook or football school program
      • 1959 Thanksgiving Football Stonington vs Westerly, CT
      • 1954 Hughes High School
      • 1950 Marblehead High School
      • 1959 Indiana University
    • 5 - pages from National Geographics
    • 2 - reproduced pages from 1957-58 Shades Valley High School, Homewood, AL

    1960s

    • 4 - pages from National Geographics
    • 1 - ad pages from one of these yearbooks
      • 1966 Hamlet High School, Hamlet, NC
      • 1962 Saint Michael's College, Winooski, VT
      • 1963-1965 Fort Union Military Academy, Fork Union, VA
    • 1 - page from a variety of comic books

    1970s

    • 2 - page from a variety of comic books
    • 6 - pages from various magazines such as Better Homes & Garden, Woman's Day,  and National Geographic

    1980s

    • 10 - pages with ads from Reader's Digest
    • 1 - page with coupon from Reader's Digest
    • 3 - full page spreads from various playbills
    • 2 - pages from various magazines such as Family Circle, Woman's Day
    • 1 - full page spread from a newspaper such as St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Tampa Bay Tribune

    1990s

    • 2 - Campbell's Soup trading cards
    • 2 - National Geographic mailing envelopes
    • 4 - pages from assorted magazines such as Woman's Day, Craft, Popular Mechanics
    • 2 - pages from National Geographic
    • 3 - pages from Sports Car Trader
    • 1 - full page newspaper spread
    • 1 - half page newspaper insert

    2000s

    • 4 - pages from video magazines
    • 2 - pages from National Geographic
    • 2 - pages from magazines such as Family Handyman, Traditional Home

    2010s

    • 5 - pages from Yellow Pages
    • 3 - pages from AAA travel books
    • 3 - pages from National Geographic
    • 2 - pages from magazines such as Woman's Day, Family Circle, Vogue
    • 1 - page from Fine Art print catalog book

    2020s

    • 1 - Hard Mountain Dew coaster
    • 1-2 - pages of notepad paper
    • 1 - Mary Kay customer form
    • 1 - subscriber postcard from either The New Yorker, Reader's Digest, TV guide
    • 1 - mini golf scorecard
    • 1 - page from either