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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
  • Union Pacific Railroad (18)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (11)
  • New York Central System (10)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (7)
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• Product
  • "City of St. Louis" Streamliner (2)
  • "The City of St. Louis" Streamliner (1)
  • 52 New Streamliners (1)
  • American Railroads (1)
  • annual report (1)
  • Arizona and California (1)
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1)
  • California (2)
  • California and Palo Verde Melons (1)
  • Challenger (2)
  • Chicago (1)
  • Coast-to-coast travel (1)
  • courtesy of the workers (1)
  • Diesel Engine (1)
  • easy access to materials needed for production (1)
  • Empire Builder Railroad Cars (1)
  • Erie Railroad (1)
  • Faster service (1)
  • Freight and passenger service (1)
  • Golden State Limited (1)
  • good employee and boss relationship (1)
  • Grand Canyon (1)
  • Great Steel Fleet (1)
  • Kansas City Southern Lines (2)
  • Labor Day Tribute (1)
  • Luxury Cars (1)
  • Maine (1)
  • Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines (1)
  • Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad System (1)
  • Montreal (1)
  • Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (1)
  • National Parks of Utah-Arizona (1)
  • New Cabin (1)
  • New Empire Builders (1)
  • New Haven Railroad (2)
  • New Haven RR (1)
  • New Railcars (1)
  • New York Central (3)
  • Northern England a good place to live (1)
  • Oklahoma, Texas (1)
  • Overnight Sleeping Cars (1)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (7)
  • Pere Marquettes (2)
  • Pullman Company (6)
  • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company (2)
  • Railroad Cars (1)
  • research institutions (1)
  • Rock Island Lines (1)
  • Rocky Mountain Rocket (1)
  • Safety reminder (1)
  • Santa Fe and The Harvey Girls (1)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (2)
  • Seaboard Air Line Railway (1)
  • Seaboard Railroad (1)
  • Service (1)
  • service, convenience and comfort (1)
  • Service to the South (1)
  • Sleeper Cars (1)
  • Sleeper Car Service (1)
  • Sleeping car service (1)
  • Southern Pacific (1)
  • Southwestern Limited (1)
  • St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines (1)
  • stable labor group (1)
  • Strategic Middle Route (1)
  • Streamliner (1)
  • Texas (3)
  • The Black Diamond (2)
  • The Cascade (1)
  • The Challenger/The Streamliner (1)
  • The Green Diamond (1)
  • The Imperial (1)
  • The Milwaukee Road (2)
  • The New Haven Railroad (1)
  • The Orange Blossom Special (1)
  • The Panama Limited (1)
  • The Pelican (1)
  • The Roomette (1)
  • The Spokane (1)
  • travel comfort (1)
  • Twin Cities Hiawathas (1)
  • Union Pacific (2)
  • Vacation/Business Travel (3)
  • Vacation Travel (5)
  • various (1)
  • Various destinations (2)
  • Wabash Railroad (1)
  • Water Level Route (1)
  • Yellowstone (1)
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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)