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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 (19)
  • Air King Products Company (3)
  • Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. (18)
  • Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc. (1)
  • Arvin Industries, Inc. (8)
  • Diamond Power Specialty Corporation (1)
  • Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation (7)
  • General Electric Company (16)
  • Kaye-Halbert TV (1)
  • Magnavox Company (22)
  • Motorola Inc. (14)
  • P.R. Mallory & Co., Inc. (2)
  • Philco (8)
  • Pilot Radio Corporation (1)
  • Raytheon Manufacturing Company (12)
  • Sparton Radio-Television (8)
  • Starrett Television Corporation (1)
  • Stewart-Warner Corporation (3)
  • Stromberg-Carlson Company (7)
  • Sylvania Electronic Products, Inc. (1)
  • Truetone (1)
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation (4)
  • Zenith Radio and Television (2)
  • Zenith Radio Corporation (10)
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• Product
  • Television (57)
  • Radio Phonograph Television (10)
  • various (8)
  • Various (7)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (74)
  • Television (57)
  • Children (25)
  • Magnavox Company (22)
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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)