The industrial production of aluminum was made possible by the invention of the electrolytic aluminum process in 1886. Aluminum had been discovered in 1825 and due to the difficulty of converting bauxite to the metal was basically considered to be a precious metal till the Hall–Héroult process came on line in the 1890s. This ad is from 1911, letting everyone know it was here to stay. Interesting that all the products are directed at the woman of the house. That would soon change with the metal becoming an integral part of the aviation industry during World War 1.
And from WW2...
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Cooking pots were and always will be produced before and after wars because nothing else was in demand.
aluminum Coffee filter molds. you made yer own automatic drip coffee 12 cup filters using coffee paper filter sheets that were sold in books... much like rolling papers for our joints and/or tobacco. nowadays we buy the paper coffee filters premade for convenience.
they were called Convenience Papers when originally sold back in the olden daze. these were the good ol days they would go around all the time saying to one another, tipping their goofy short term styled hats at one another... oh my.
I notice that the ad was published The National Furnishings Review which explains the content
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