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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
- Wildroot Company, Inc. (18)
- Procter & Gamble Co. (12)
- H.S. Peterson & Company (7)
- Kreml (7)

Product
- Canthrox Shampoo (7)
- Clippers (1)
- Curling Iron (1)
- Drene Shampoo (12)
- Hair Clippers (3)
- Hair Curlers (2)
- Hair Dressing (1)
- hair tonic (5)
- Halo Shampoo (4)
- Harper Method Mascaro Line (1)
- Harper Method Mascaro Tonique (3)
- Harper Method Shop (1)
- Harper Method Tonique (1)
- La Creole Hair Dressing (4)
- La Creole Hair Tonic, Shampoo, and Hair Dressing (2)
- Nell Brinkley Hair Wavers (1)
- shampoo (2)
- Spring-Lock Bobett Curlers (1)
- UCAN Safety Hair Cutter (1)
- Various (1)
- West Beach & Motor Hair Net (1)
- West Human Hair Net, Softex Shampoo (1)
- Wildroot Hair Preparations (4)
- Wildroot Hair Tonic (11)
- Wildroot Taroleum Crude Oil Shampoo (1)
- Wildroot Wave Powder (1)
- Wildroot Wave Set (1)

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Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (41)
- Premiums (18)
- Wildroot Company, Inc. (18)

Year
- 1920 (10)
- 1939 (10)
- 1938 (6)
- 1919 (5)

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"Poor Lois - see how old she's growing!"	He can swim like a fish, and dive like a duck-But he has Vacation Hair	Wildroot the guaranteed Hair Tonic	Why there are over fifty million West Electric Hair Curlers in Daily Use
Try this perfect wave-setting fluid At Our Expense	Husbands... you may be Sorry!	The Wonder of Creole Hair	Now Dull, Dry Hair Takes On Thrilling Beauty -After This New Kind of Drene Shampoo
Of the Five Modes of Hair Waving which is Most Becoming to You?	Dandruff has not place in "close-ups" like this	"Your hair is your fortune" might well be said, for it is surely one of your most noticeable features of beauty. Canthrox Shampoo.	Danger
Right care means plenty of good looking hair	Now your hair can sparkle with Dazzling Highlights!	Don't Let This Happen To You	Creole Crowned Heads
For healthy hair, use Wildroot Hair Tonic instead of water	New Shampoo Startles the Country With Its Beautifying Results	Imagine Me Gettin' Mad At A Mirror	How Dull, Dry-Looking Hair Reveals Glamorous, Natural Beauty
Never In The World's History Such Beautiful Hair As Now	Are you afraid to walk in front of him?	Hair That Thrills! Here's the Hollywood Way to Beautiful Hair.	What is happening to the bob in Paris?
Realize Your Dream of Thrilling Hair!	"I dare you to Give Your Scalp the Fingernail Test!" he said	You don't have to wear a wig to have "Toupee Hair"	Our National Advertising Campaign
3 Things You Desire Now In One Exciting New Shampoo	Times change but beauty lives	The Charm That Kings Admired	A Modern Coiffure By an Improved Method

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