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An image database of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.

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Company
- Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. (44)
- Philco (15)
- Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation (12)
- Andrea Radio Corporation (9)

Product
- Television (44)
- various (11)
- Corporate ad (7)
- Various (4)

Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (52)
- Television--DuMont (47)
- Sports (23)
- Television--Misc. (18)

Year
- 1947 (51)
- 1945 (25)
- 1944 (24)
- 1946 (10)

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Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
Radio (1922 - 1956)
Television (1939 - 1957)
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Transportation (1938 - 1957)
World War II (1942 - 1945)

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Television Will Give You a View of Benny Goodman's Band at a Patriotic Rally ... Andrea "Sharp Focus" Television Will Make it Look and Sound as Clear as If You Were There.	When the Crowd roars, "They're Off"... Andrea "Sharp Focus" Television will put the race right in front of your easy chair	"Television" Will Have Exacting Standards, too, and "Andrea," as Always, Will Set Them	Television Could Give You a Seat at the San Francisco Conference. Andrea "Sharp-Focus" Clarity Will Assure True-to-Life Perfection of These Momentous happenings ... In Sight and Sound
Andrea Radio "Sharp Focus" Television Sight and Sound Receivers	When Grace and Flashing Steel Take the Spotlight	Television Could Give You a Seat at the San Francisco Conference. Andrea "Sharp-Focus" Clarity will assure true-to-life perfection of these momentous happenings... in sight and sound.	Big Picture! Big Value! Big Satisfaction!
Your Private Window on the World	Are You Ready for Television?	Fred Allen Says: "DuMont Television is Right Up Allen's Alley."	Get More Out of Life With Television
Du Mont Television Box Seat Visibility With Bigger Direct-View Screen	"They're off!" and "You're There!" with Du Mont Television	if you want The Best Seat you want... the new 1947 Du Mont Teleset	Television Network five years old today
Tomorrow, you'll broadcast magic!	Chorus of the electrons	"Ere Now! What's Comin' Off? (Farnsworth television in England 10 years ago)	Stars Will Dance For You-By Television!
Home Run In Your Living Room-By Television!	Farnsworth Television Capehart Television	You Can Still Get Prompt Post-War Delivery If You Reserve Your General Electric Broadcast Equipment Now	It's Different At Dynamic
You're On Top of Every Play With Philco Projection Television... Big 15" x 20" picture	It's A Hit! Big 15" x 20" picture	The Videorama Television By Stewart-Warner	United States Television Presents Biggest Home Television Picture
American Cable & Radio Corporation Announces Restoration of Direct Cable Service "Via Commercial" to Holland	For Those Who Have Been Content to Wait for 16-inch Television at its Magnificent Best	United States Television The Theatre in Your Home	Scott Video: The new Television Unit for the Scott Radio-Phonograph

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