Jay’s love of print advertising started as a kid when he tore advertisements he liked out of magazines and newspapers. That led to saving various categories of them and writing to companies and agencies for proofs of his favorites. For fun he has subscribed to various advertising publications and still clips an intriguing ad out of a magazine or newspaper. More recently, his passion for advertising intensified as he explored the family’s extensive collection of advertisements dating from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. Thus, he was inspired to create a site dedicated to sharing this notable and vast private collection with others. The site establishes a distinguished electronic repository showcasing a diverse historical record of products, services, educational institutions, literature, art, communications and various other areas that shaped the lives of early Americans. The ad library is continuously expanding as he digs deeper and deeper into the collection. Whether you are a historian, an academic, in the advertising industry, a student, or have a general interest about a specific aspect of Americana such as food and beverage products, furniture and home products, transportation, clothing styles, music, magazines and newspapers, jewelry, travel, photography, or medicinal products, you will find the site’s rich content of importance. Digital images from jaypaull.com can be purchased in the Getty Images editorial archival collection.