Metaframe Catalog from 1967

by | Mar 7, 2023 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery Metaframe Catalog from 1967 Currently, the Metaframe company, and especially their “stainless steel aquariums of the 1960s” are all the rage among aquarium hobbyist (and non-hobbyist) collectors out there. In fact, Facebook has a group titled,...

R.H. McElheney, Inc.

by | Dec 6, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery R.H. McElheney, Inc. NELSON CERAMICS and AUTOATROMIC DOGS! This is an interesting 4 page catalog published during the mod 1960s era for pet products. I have never heard of the company R. H. McElheney, Inc., but they state that they have been in...

Harrods of London

by | Nov 4, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery Harrods of London Great Britain’s largest store has a pet department to match.Article from February 1969 Pet Shop Management Interesting article on the most famous department store in England. Still in business since 1849 their pet department in...

Lowe’s Kitty Litter

by | Nov 4, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery Lowe’s Kitty Litter Lowe’s was the first company to commercially produce a very popular cat product called “Kitty Litter”. As we dig deeper into the MOAPH archives we will update the history of this company, but for now here is a 2 page spread ad...

The Illustrious Pemco Aquarium

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery The Illustrious Pemco Aquarium Printable Version of Article My neighbor, Randy, used to own a tropical fish store in the 1960s in Los Angeles, California. When he finally closed his shop he kept only 3 items. These were (3) 115-gallon Pemco Aquariums...

Penn-Plax Ornament Images

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery Penn-Plax Ornament Images Penn-Plax is a third generation company with a rich history. Their jewel box aquarium ornaments are prized collector items, and the museum is lucky to have several ads in their collection from when these antiques were first...

Geisler Pet Products

by | Aug 5, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery Geisler Pet Products Geisler Pet Products; a full-page ad published in 1965 for Geisler Pet Products. The ad shows a photograph of one of their earliest pet stores in Omaha, Nebraska. Notice the one woman leaning on what looks like a Fiske Fountain...

The Petpak Products Company

by | Jun 7, 2022 | Pet Companies of Yesteryear

Back to Gallery The Petpak Products Company Canary Capital—Keep ‘Em Peeping Milwaukee, WI–The chirp of hundreds of canaries would probably drive the average person into the street holding his ears, but to the employees of The Petpak Products Company,...