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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
  • Zenith Radio Corporation (30)
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation (6)
  • Arvin Radio (4)
  • Motorola Inc. (4)
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• Product
  • Various (15)
  • Tape Recorder (6)
  • Clock-Radio (5)
  • Radio (5)
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• Subject
  • "Cobra-Matic" radio-phonograph combinations (1)
  • "Holiday" Radio (2)
  • "Music Box" Model 5L1 (1)
  • "Universal" Portable Radio (1)
  • AMI (1)
  • AMI Incorporated (1)
  • Ampex Corporation (2)
  • Ampex Music System (1)
  • Ampex portable tape recorder (1)
  • Amplicall Intercomm (1)
  • Ampro Corporation (1)
  • Artist--R.D. (1)
  • Arvin Industries, Inc. (1)
  • Arvin playmate (1)
  • Arvin Radio (4)
  • Audiogersh Corporation (1)
  • Bell & Howell (1)
  • Bendix Aviation Corporation (1)
  • Bogen High-Fidelity (1)
  • Capehart-Farnsworth Corporation (3)
  • Capri Phonograph (1)
  • Children (3)
  • Circuit Breakers (1)
  • Clock Radio (2)
  • Clock-Radio (5)
  • Clock Radios (1)
  • Cobra-Matic (1)
  • Columbia 360 Table Phonograph (1)
  • Columbia Records (1)
  • Cutler-Hammer Incorporated (1)
  • David Bogen Co., Inc. (2)
  • Delco Automatic Signal-Seeking Radio (1)
  • Delco Radio (1)
  • Edwards Company (2)
  • Ekotape Recorder (1)
  • Electronics (4)
  • Electronics/Transistors (1)
  • Electronics--Misc. (31)
  • Electro-Voice (1)
  • Electro-Voice, Inc. (3)
  • Ethnic Groups--African/African-American (1)
  • Famous People--Doris Day (1)
  • Famous People--Dr. Paul Siple, famous Antarctic Explorer (1)
  • Famous People--Jinx Falkenburg (1)
  • Famous People--John Cameron Swayze (1)
  • Famous People--Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1)
  • Finco 400-A Fringe Area Antenna (1)
  • Finney Company (1)
  • Fisher (1)
  • G. Schirmer (2)
  • GE Clock-Radio (2)
  • General Electric Company (2)
  • Gilfillan (2)
  • H.H. Scott Inc. (1)
  • Hallicrafters Company (1)
  • Hallicrafters Ltd. (1)
  • Hallicrafters World-Wide Portable (1)
  • Harman Kardon (1)
  • Hi-Fidelity Music Systems (1)
  • Hi-Fi system (1)
  • High Fidelity (1)
  • High Fidelity components (1)
  • High Fidelity Radio (1)
  • Illustration--Cartoons (2)
  • Illustration--Drawing (35)
  • Liberty Music Shops (2)
  • Libertyphone (1)
  • Libertyphone portable phonograph (1)
  • Magna Ray Tuning (1)
  • Magnavox Company, Inc. (3)
  • Magnavox Imperial Symphony (1)
  • Metallurgy (1)
  • Miracord XA-100 (1)
  • Misc. (1)
  • Motorola Inc. (4)
  • P.R. Mallory and Company, Incorporated (2)
  • Pentron (2)
  • Philco Corporation (2)
  • portable radio (2)
  • Portable Radio (2)
  • Portable radios (2)
  • Portables (2)
  • Radio (5)
  • Radio--Arvin Radio (4)
  • Radio--Capehart (3)
  • Radio--General Electric (2)
  • Radio--Magnavox (3)
  • Radio--Misc. (23)
  • Radio--Motorola (4)
  • Radio--Philco (2)
  • Radio-Phonograph (4)
  • Radio--Westinghouse (5)
  • Radio--Zenith (26)
  • Revere Camera Company (3)
  • Tape Recorder (6)
  • Television Programs--Westinghouse Pro Football (2)
  • Television Programs--Westinghouse Studio One (3)
  • Various (15)
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation (6)
  • Zenith Radio Corporation (30)
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• Year
  • 1956 (30)
  • 1950 (21)
  • 1953 (21)
  • 1952 (20)
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Categories

• Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
• Radio (1922 - 1956)
  • 1922-1929
  • 1930-1939
  • 1940-1945
  • 1946-1949
  • 1950-1956
• Television (1939 - 1957)
• Transportation (1938 - 1957)
• World War II (1942 - 1945)