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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
  • Trans World Airline (35)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (28)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (14)
  • United Air Lines (11)
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• Product
  • "749" Constellations (1)
  • Aircargo (1)
  • Air Coach to Chicago (1)
  • Air France (2)
  • America (1)
  • American Airlines (5)
  • American Airlines' Convair Service (1)
  • American Airlines Incorporated (5)
  • Athens (2)
  • Australia and New Zealand (1)
  • Bermuda (6)
  • Britain (1)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (7)
  • Buenos Aires (1)
  • Business travel (2)
  • Business Travel (4)
  • Cairo (1)
  • California (1)
  • California destinations (1)
  • California or Southwest (1)
  • Chicago (1)
  • Cleveland (1)
  • Coast-to-Coast Skysleepers (1)
  • Colonial Airlines (1)
  • Constellation (1)
  • Constellation flights (1)
  • Constellations (8)
  • Convair (1)
  • Convair Commuter Service (1)
  • Costa Rica (1)
  • DC-6 (1)
  • DC-6 Buccaneer "400" (1)
  • DC-6 daily service to Europe (1)
  • DC-6 Flagship transportation (1)
  • DC-6 Mainliner 300s (1)
  • Delta Air Lines (2)
  • Dependability (1)
  • Dependable schedules (1)
  • Direct Service Flights (1)
  • Direct Service to Europe (1)
  • Direct service to various destinations (1)
  • Eastern Air Lines (3)
  • El Salvador (1)
  • Europe (3)
  • Europe from New York International Airport (1)
  • Europe trips (2)
  • Family Budget Fare plan (1)
  • Family Fare Plan package (1)
  • Family Half Fare Day (1)
  • Family Half Fare Plan (1)
  • Flagship (1)
  • Guatemala (1)
  • Half-Fare plan (1)
  • Half Fare Plan to California (1)
  • Half-fare tickets for wife, family (1)
  • Hawaii (1)
  • Houston (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Israel (1)
  • Kansas City (1)
  • Lima, Peru (1)
  • Los Angeles (1)
  • Low fares (1)
  • Mainliners (1)
  • Manila (1)
  • Martin 2-0-2 Contest (1)
  • Miami Service (1)
  • Montreal (1)
  • New Telephone Number (1)
  • New York (1)
  • New York-Toronto (1)
  • Orient (1)
  • Palestine (1)
  • Paris (2)
  • Pensacola and New Orleans (1)
  • Peruvian International Airways (2)
  • Rome (1)
  • Round Trips (1)
  • round trip savings (2)
  • Round trip tickets to Europe (1)
  • Safety (1)
  • San Juan (1)
  • Santiago, Chile (1)
  • Scandinavia and Scotland (1)
  • Service and big windows (1)
  • Skiing destinations (1)
  • Skyliner (3)
  • South America (1)
  • Southwest or Southern California (1)
  • Spring Travel to Scandinavia or Scotland (1)
  • Summer Study Tours (1)
  • Texas destinations (1)
  • The Speedbird Aircraft (1)
  • The Sun Country Special (1)
  • Toronto (1)
  • Trans World Airline (3)
  • United Air Lines (4)
  • world travel (3)
  • World Travel (2)
  • Yankee Fleet (2)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (86)
  • Trans World Airline (35)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (28)
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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)