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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
  • Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (32)
  • Pan American Airways System (12)
  • Douglas Aircraft Company (7)
  • Pan American Grace Airways (4)
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• Product
  • Air Travel (1)
  • Business Travel (3)
  • Business Travel to Latin America (1)
  • Chicago (1)
  • Chicago, Los Angeles (1)
  • Chile (1)
  • Cincinnati or Ohio (1)
  • Douglas (1)
  • Douglas Aircraft Company (4)
  • Douglas Aircraft Company, Hawaiian Airlines (1)
  • Douglas DC-3's (1)
  • Flying Clipper (2)
  • Flying Clipper cruises and tours (1)
  • Havana and Caracas (1)
  • History of TWA (1)
  • New York-Chicago (1)
  • New York-Toronto (1)
  • Pan American Airways System (6)
  • Rio (1)
  • Rio, New Zealand (1)
  • Safety (1)
  • Skyway Cruises to South America (2)
  • South America (1)
  • Stratoliner (4)
  • Stratoliner non-stop (1)
  • Stratoliners (6)
  • Stratoliner to Chicago (1)
  • Stratosleeper (2)
  • Toronto (1)
  • Transcontinental & Western Air, Incorporated (5)
  • Trans World Airline (2)
  • various destinations (5)
  • war support (2)
  • War Support (1)
  • Western US (2)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (62)
  • Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (32)
  • Pan American Airways System (12)
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• Year
  • 1940 (28)
  • 1941 (27)
  • 1942 (11)
  • 1940s? (1)

Categories

• Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
• Radio (1922 - 1956)
• Television (1939 - 1957)
• Transportation (1938 - 1957)
  • Aircraft: 1946-1952
  • Airlines: 1938-1942
  • Airlines: 1943-1944
  • Airlines: 1945
  • Airlines: 1946
  • Airlines: 1947
  • Airlines: 1948
  • Airlines: 1949
  • Airlines: 1950
  • Airlines: 1951
  • Airlines: 1952
  • Airlines: 1953
  • Airlines: 1954-1957
  • Buses: 1945
  • Buses: 1946
  • Buses: 1947-1949
  • Buses: 1950-1954
  • Rental Cars: 1947-1954
  • Railroads: 1944
  • Railroads: 1945
  • Railroads: 1946
  • Railroads: 1947
  • Railroads: 1948
  • Railroads: 1949
  • Railroads: 1950
  • Railroads: 1951
  • Railroads: 1952
  • Railroads: 1953
  • Railroads: 1954
  • Ships: 1946-1949
  • Ships: 1950-1954
• World War II (1942 - 1945)