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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
  • American Railroads (1)
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (4)
  • Boston and Maine Railroad (5)
  • Chicago and North Western System (1)
  • Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company (1)
  • Erie Railroad (1)
  • Great Northern Railway (1)
  • Illinois Central Railroad (3)
  • Kansas City Southern Lines (2)
  • Lehigh Valley Railroad (3)
  • Long Island Rail Road (1)
  • Milwaukee Road (5)
  • Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines (1)
  • Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad System (1)
  • Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (1)
  • New Haven Railroad (6)
  • New York Central Railroad Company (3)
  • New York Central System (10)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (11)
  • Pere Marquettes (2)
  • Pullman Company (6)
  • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company (5)
  • Rock Island Lines (4)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (7)
  • Seaboard Air Line Railway (1)
  • Seaboard Railroad (2)
  • Southern Pacific (5)
  • Southern Railway System (2)
  • St. Louis San Francisco Railway (2)
  • St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines (2)
  • Texas and Pacific Railway (1)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (18)
  • Wabash / Union Pacific (1)
  • Wabash Railroad (3)
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• Product
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (7)
  • Pullman Company (6)
  • Vacation Travel (5)
  • New York Central (3)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (81)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (18)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (11)
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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)