Current Collection

Ad*Access

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.

Search this Collection:

John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
919-660-5827

Narrow Category By

• Company
  • Greyhound (25)
  • Interstate Transit Lines (Overland Greyhound) (7)
  • Santa Fe Trailways (7)
  • Burlington Trailways (5)
Show More »

• Product
  • Greyhound (17)
  • Interstate Transit Lines (Overland Greyhound) (5)
  • Motor Bus Lines of America (4)
  • War Support (4)
Show More »

• Subject
  • All American Bus Lines, Inc. (1)
  • Announcement of new Vice President (1)
  • Artist--(Schrobper) (1)
  • Artist--illegible (1)
  • Artist--Illegible (2)
  • Artist--Sortier (1)
  • Baltimore, Washington (1)
  • Better City Transportation (1)
  • Boston & Maine Transportation Co. (1)
  • Burlington Trailways (5)
  • Bus Schedules (2)
  • Bus Travel (1)
  • California (1)
  • Chicago - California (1)
  • Chicago Motor Coach Company (1)
  • Chicago Surface Lines (2)
  • Children (4)
  • Country of Publication (1)
  • Des Moines Railway Co. (1)
  • Diesel buses (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--Native American (1)
  • Greyhound (25)
  • Illustration--Drawing (51)
  • Illustrator--Bill Randall (1)
  • Illustrator--John Howard (3)
  • Illustrator--John Howards (1)
  • Interstate Transit Lines (Overland Greyhound) (7)
  • Lincoln City Lines (1)
  • Low fares (1)
  • Mid-week travel (1)
  • Military (18)
  • Motor Bus Lines of America (5)
  • National Trailways Bus System (4)
  • Navy Recruitment (1)
  • Philadelphia Transportation Company (1)
  • Phoenix to Salt Lake City (1)
  • Pony Express Stages (1)
  • Removal of War Time Restrictions (1)
  • Santa Fe Trailways (7)
  • Seven PTC Bus Routes (1)
  • Transit Bus Sales Company (1)
  • Troop Transportation (2)
  • War bonds (1)
  • War Support (4)
  • WAVES and Greyhound (1)
  • Weekly pass (1)
Show Less »

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)