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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
  • Greyhound (27)
  • Interstate Transit Lines (Overland Greyhound) (3)
  • Santa Fe Trailways (3)
  • Dixie Sunshine Trailways (1)
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• Product
  • Dixie Sunshine Trailways (1)
  • Eastern Vacation Travel (1)
  • Greyhound (15)
  • Greyhound Express (1)
  • Los Angeles (2)
  • Los Angeles to San Diego (1)
  • Los Angeles Transit Lines (1)
  • Low fares (1)
  • Memphis (1)
  • National Trailways Bus System (1)
  • New Amarillo bus depot (1)
  • New Bus Terminals (1)
  • New York, Portland (1)
  • Oregon (1)
  • Santa Fe Trailways (2)
  • Scenic routes (1)
  • Vacation Travel (1)
  • Various destinations (2)
  • Virginia Transit Company (1)
  • West coast destinations (1)
  • Western United States (1)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (33)
  • Greyhound (27)
  • Children (5)
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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)