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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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• Company
  • Union Pacific Railroad (12)
  • Milwaukee Road (8)
  • New York Central System (8)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (6)
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• Product
  • "passing report" service (1)
  • Adirondack Vacations (1)
  • All-weather transportation (1)
  • Bryce Canyon National Park (1)
  • California (3)
  • Canada (1)
  • Canadian National Railways (1)
  • Canadian Pacific (2)
  • Canadian Rockies (1)
  • Chicago & North Western (1)
  • Chicago and the Pacific Northwest (1)
  • Cleveland (1)
  • Colorado (1)
  • Delmar Station (1)
  • Diesel Locomotive Service (1)
  • Empire Builder (1)
  • Great Northern's New Empire Builder (1)
  • Illinois Central Railroad (1)
  • Increase return for railroads (1)
  • Industrial Southwest (1)
  • Jasper National Park (1)
  • Long Island Railroad (1)
  • Los Angeles and Portland (1)
  • Louisiana (1)
  • Luxury coaches (1)
  • Memphis (1)
  • Nevada (1)
  • New coach cars (1)
  • New Empire Builder (1)
  • New Haven Railroad (3)
  • New York Central (2)
  • New York Central System (2)
  • Northern Pacific Railway (1)
  • Northern Pacific Railway Company (1)
  • Olympian Hiawathas (2)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (1)
  • Pilgrim Tours (1)
  • pleasant atmosphere, good service, good food (1)
  • Pullman Company (4)
  • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company (1)
  • quickness and luxuries of the trains (1)
  • Railroads (1)
  • Rock Island Lines (1)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (6)
  • Seattle (1)
  • Service (1)
  • South Dakota (1)
  • Southern Arizona and California (1)
  • Southern Railway System (2)
  • Southern Utah-Arizona National Parks (1)
  • Streamliner (2)
  • Summer Train Service (1)
  • teamwork of the employees (1)
  • The Milwaukee Road (3)
  • The Silver Comet (1)
  • Twin Zephyr and Empire Builder (1)
  • United States National Parks (1)
  • various (1)
  • Water Level Route (1)
  • Western Vacation Travel (2)
  • Wisconsin and Minnesota (1)
  • Yellowstone National Park (1)
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• Subject
  • Illustration--Drawing (63)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (12)
  • Children (8)
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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)