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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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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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• Company
  • Admiral Corporation (16)
  • Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. (15)
  • American Broadcasting Company (1)
  • American Television Dealers and Manufacturers (1)
  • Andrea Radio Corporation (4)
  • Arvin Industries, Inc. (6)
  • Capital Television Corp. (1)
  • Columbia Broadcasting System (2)
  • Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation (6)
  • Freed-Eisemann (1)
  • General Electric Company (4)
  • Hallicrafters Company (1)
  • International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (2)
  • Magnavox Company (15)
  • Monarch Saphin (1)
  • Motorola Inc. (17)
  • Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc. (1)
  • Olympic Radio & Television, Inc. (2)
  • Philco (7)
  • Pilot Radio Corporation (3)
  • Polaroid Corporation (1)
  • Radio Corporation of America (1)
  • Raytheon Manufacturing Company (3)
  • Sheldon Electric Company (1)
  • Sparton Radio-Television (3)
  • Starrett Television Corporation (2)
  • Stromberg-Carlson Company (8)
  • Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. (1)
  • Tele King Distributors (1)
  • Tele-tone (1)
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1)
  • Wizard (1)
  • Zenith Radio Corporation (5)
  • Zenith Television (1)
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• Product
  • Television (47)
  • various (19)
  • Various (7)
  • Television Combinations - tv, radio, phonograph (4)
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• Subject
  • Television (47)
  • Illustration--Drawing (42)
  • Children (25)
  • various (19)
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Categories

• Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
• Radio (1922 - 1956)
• Television (1939 - 1957)
  • 1939-1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953-1957
• Transportation (1938 - 1957)
• World War II (1942 - 1945)