Tag: Businesses

Royal Bank calendar 1963
Archives, Museum, Our Stories

Calendars for a New Year

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

“SPONSORED CONTENT” BELOW

CMMM’s current display in the Cut Knife Library features vintage calendars from former area businesses and from a few companies still operating today. Years represented range from the mid-1920’s to the late-1970’s. As marketing materials and as customer appreciation items, these sponsored calendars were a useful tool for families and also provided easily accessible contact information. Many also featured beautiful art work, photography and / or typesetting. Here are a few examples.

Raymond’s General Merchandise & Coal Dealer, Carruthers, 1924
W. Wettlaufer, Oliver Farm Equipment Sales & Service, Cut Knife, 1941
Cut Knife Pharmacy, L. I. Forest, Prop, Chemist & Druggist, 1949
Elgar Coffee Bar, Home Cooked Meals, Cut Knife, 1962
Jack Parkinson & Family, Your Imperial Oil Agent, Cut Knife, 1978

These calendars and in fact, all of our Library exhibits, are best viewed in person as the overhead lighting and the limitations of the glass cases make for poor photos. To browse the complete exhibit which includes another dozen calendars, visit 113 Broad Street.

~ Debbie M.