Curt Heinsius | 1887
“Thüre zu!” (Shut the door!). In 1887, Curt Heinsius, at Theresienstraße 2 in Dresden-Neustadt, sold an automatic door closer he called practical, proven and durable: self-acting, noiseless, new, simple and good value.
The ad boasts a “D.R. Patent”, a German Imperial patent, and offers a 14-day trial fitting and free brochures.
The spelling is a clue to the era: “Thüre” and “Thürschliesser”, with an h that German dropped after 1901.
Behind the slogan is a scene we all know: draughts, slamming doors and someone who never closes them.
Text in the ad
D.R. Patent.
Thüre zu!
praktisch, bewährtes, dauerhaftes System.
Selbstthätiger, geräuschloser Thürschliesser,
neu, einfach, preiswerth.
Auf Wunsch: 14tägigen Probe-Anschlag.
Prospecte gratis u. franco.
Curt Heinsius
Dresden-N., Theresienstr. 2.
Translation:
German Imperial Patent.
Shut the door!
Practical, proven, durable system.
Self-acting, noiseless door closer,
new, simple, good value.
On request: 14-day trial fitting.
Brochures free and post-paid.
Curt Heinsius
Dresden-Neustadt, Theresienstrasse 2.
- Brand
- Curt Heinsius
- Year
- 1887
- Decade
- 19th century
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Newspaper
- Themes
- Home, Technology
- Original publication
- Zeitungs-Umschläge für Sächs. Provinzial- u. Grenzstädte, Dresden, 1887
