Promotional Products — Broadening Portfolios

According to legend, medieval armor-makers gifted knights with wooden pegs to hang the armor. Needless to say, the armor-maker’s name and mark were hand-carved on each peg. Although the first known promotional products in the United States can be traced back to commemorative buttons when George Washington was elected president, its official “birth” wasn’t until the latter part of the 19th century, expanding from items such as advertising calendars, wooden specialties and the Farmers’ Almanac.