Vintage Willow Hardware ads

Before I move on from Willow Hardware as a topic, here's a few vintage ads from the pages of the Lorain Journal. Above is an early ad from April 3, 1953 – the year the business opened.

Below is a full-page ad from July 1955 promoting the newly remodeled store.

Lots of interesting things for sale, that's for sure.

I had to laugh when I examined the ad closely, because while helping my mother clean out her garage the other day, we found the exact same vintage sprayer shown in the ad, on top of a cupboard and long-forgotten. I guess I know where Dad bought it.