Advertisement for Scrapbooks, 1880

Scrapbooking became a profitable consumer industry in the 19th century. This 1880 department store advertisements recommends scrapbooks as a holiday gift.

19th and 21st century scrapbooks include free and recycled materials and mass produced ready-made blank scrapbooks, special paper and supplies. The scrapbooking supply industry in the late 20th and early 21st century is a multi-million dollar consumer industry.
From Las Vegas Morning Gazette newspaper, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Dec. 28, 1880.

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