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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
  • National Airlines (14)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (12)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (12)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (12)
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• Product
  • American Airlines (7)
  • Europe (7)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (6)
  • Miami (6)
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• Subject
  • Aerolineas Argentinas (2)
  • Air Coach (1)
  • Air Coach Fares (1)
  • Air France (5)
  • Air France Tourist Service (1)
  • Airfreight (1)
  • Ambassadors (1)
  • American Airlines (7)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (12)
  • Argentina (1)
  • Around the World Vacation (1)
  • Artist--Austin Briggs (1)
  • Artist--Frank Bensing (1)
  • Artist--Hook (1)
  • Athens, Tel Aviv (1)
  • Australia (1)
  • Avianca (1)
  • Avianca Colombian National Airways (2)
  • Bermuda (1)
  • Boston (1)
  • Braniff (1)
  • Braniff International Airways (7)
  • Britain and Europe (1)
  • British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Limited (1)
  • British European Airways (3)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (12)
  • Buenos Aires (1)
  • Business Travel (3)
  • Capital Airlines (1)
  • Chicago flights on the hour (1)
  • Children (8)
  • Cleveland (1)
  • Constellation (1)
  • Coupons (2)
  • Cuba and Venezuela (1)
  • Daylight Aircoach (1)
  • DC-6 Mainliner (1)
  • DC-6 Mainliners (1)
  • DC-6 Service (1)
  • DC-6 tourist flights (1)
  • Delta Airlines (5)
  • Delta Air Lines (3)
  • Eastern Air Lines (4)
  • Eastern Air Lines Inc. (9)
  • Elizabethan aircraft (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--Asian (4)
  • Ethnic Groups--Pacific Islander (1)
  • Europe (7)
  • Europe Sky Tourist Flight (1)
  • Famous People--Charlie South, Braniff General Manager, Rio (1)
  • Famous People--Dorothy Lamour (1)
  • Famous People--Howard Keel (1)
  • Famous People--Humphrey Bogart (1)
  • Famous People--Joe E. Lewis (1)
  • Famous People--Katherine Hepburn (1)
  • Famous People--Kathryn Grayson (1)
  • Famous People--Martha Raye (1)
  • Famous People--Mary Gordon (2)
  • Famous People--Ouida Wagner (1)
  • Famous People--Sophie Tucker (1)
  • Far East (1)
  • Flight Information Center (1)
  • Florida (3)
  • Florida and Cuba (2)
  • Frankfort (1)
  • French National Airline (1)
  • Friendly year-round service (1)
  • Guest Airways (1)
  • Havana (1)
  • Hawaii (2)
  • Illustration--Cartoons (7)
  • Illustration--Drawing (84)
  • Illustrator--B. Tobey (1)
  • Illustrator--B. Wiseman (4)
  • Illustrator--Bernard Owen (3)
  • Illustrator--Brolin (1)
  • Illustrator--Clixby Watson (1)
  • Illustrator--Mimouca Nebel (1)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (12)
  • London (3)
  • Mary Gordon (2)
  • Miami (6)
  • National Airlines (14)
  • Northeast Airlines (8)
  • Northwest Airlines (6)
  • Orient Express (2)
  • Paris (2)
  • Philippine Air Lines (2)
  • Premiums (2)
  • Sabena Belgian Airlines (7)
  • Scandinavian Airlines System (3)
  • Service (2)
  • South America (3)
  • Sports (2)
  • Star luxury (2)
  • Trans World Airline (5)
  • Trans World Airlines (10)
  • United Air Lines (12)
  • various destinations (2)
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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)