Valentine & Company was a varnish and paint company headquartered in Chicago in the late 19th Century. As did many companies, it made the transition to marketing its products to the growing automobile industry.

This ca: 1899 advertising cover was mailed from Valentine & Company to Staver & Abbott Mfg. Co. on Wabash Avenue in Chicago.



This 1923 Valentine & Company brochure shows the various Valspar Enamel colors for Automobiles.

This ca: 1925 Valentine & Company poster stamp captures the design ideas of the 1920s.

Valentine and Company advertised widely in the comsumer market. This August 26, 1925 magazine advertisement The Saturday Evening Post on page 59.

This June 12, 1926 Valentine & Company magazine advertisement appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on page 72.