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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 Airlines (27)
  • United Air Lines (17)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (15)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (11)
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• Product
  • "The Chicago Executive" (1)
  • Aircoach (1)
  • Air France (3)
  • Airfreight (3)
  • Air Freight (1)
  • Air Tourist (1)
  • Air Tourist flights (1)
  • Air Travel (1)
  • Alaska (1)
  • Ambassador (1)
  • American Airlines (2)
  • American Airlines / Avis Rent-A-Car (2)
  • American Airlines Incorporated (1)
  • Australia and New Zealand (1)
  • Bermuda (1)
  • Blue-Ribbon Coach (1)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (3)
  • Business Travel (2)
  • Business-Vacation "Extra-City" Plan (1)
  • California (2)
  • Canada (2)
  • Capital Airlines (2)
  • Caribbean Islands (1)
  • Ceylon (1)
  • Chicago (1)
  • Chicago, Los Angeles (1)
  • Circular ticket (1)
  • Cleveland (1)
  • Comet Jetflights (1)
  • Convair-340 (1)
  • DC-6 Air Tourist Service (2)
  • DC-6B's (1)
  • DC-7 (1)
  • Delta Air Lines (1)
  • Delta C&S Air Lines (2)
  • Delta C & S Air Lines (2)
  • Direct Flights (1)
  • Direct Service to Paris, Frankfort, Milan, Rome (1)
  • Double-Decker Provence (1)
  • Eastern Air Lines (2)
  • Europe (8)
  • Family Half-Fare plan (1)
  • Far East (2)
  • Florida (3)
  • Flying Houseparty (1)
  • France-Italy-Switzerland Package (1)
  • Havana (2)
  • Hawaii (4)
  • Helicopter Passenger Service (1)
  • Helsinki, Berlin, Zurich (1)
  • Holiday / Business Travel (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Italy (2)
  • Jetflight (1)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (2)
  • Korea (1)
  • Lima (1)
  • London (2)
  • Madrid (1)
  • Main Line Airway (1)
  • Mainliner Convair (1)
  • Manila (1)
  • Mary Gordon (1)
  • Mexico (1)
  • Miami (3)
  • Multi-Stopover Flight Package (1)
  • New Orleans (1)
  • New Ticket Office (1)
  • New York to Europe (1)
  • Non-stop cross country service (1)
  • Non-stop service to Manchester England (1)
  • Non-stop to Milwaukee (1)
  • Northeast Airlines (1)
  • Northwest Airlines (2)
  • Orient (2)
  • Orient Express (2)
  • Orient Star (1)
  • Palm Springs (1)
  • Private "Sky Rooms" (1)
  • Royal Super Constellation (2)
  • Savings over Railway (2)
  • Savings over railways (1)
  • Savings over Railways (1)
  • Scandinavian Airlines System (4)
  • Scheduled Certificated Airlines of the U.S.A. (1)
  • Service (1)
  • Service in the Mainliner Manner (2)
  • Service to Miami (1)
  • Skyliner (2)
  • Skyliners (1)
  • Sky Tourist flights to India (1)
  • Sky Tourist Travel (1)
  • SleepAir lounge chairs (1)
  • Sleeper Seats (1)
  • South America (2)
  • St. Louis (1)
  • Stratocruiser Tourist to Orient (1)
  • Swissair (3)
  • Trans World Airlines (4)
  • various destinations (2)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (127)
  • Trans World Airlines (27)
  • United Air Lines (17)
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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)