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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 (10)
  • Pullman Company (8)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (6)
  • Milwaukee Road (5)
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• Product
  • Pullman Company (8)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (5)
  • Hiawathas (4)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (4)
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• Subject
  • Artist--Bryn (1)
  • Artist--Herb Olsen (1)
  • Artist--Illegible (2)
  • Artist--Oscar Bryn (1)
  • Artist--T H (1)
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1)
  • Burlington Route (1)
  • California Zephyr (2)
  • Canada (1)
  • Canadian National Railways (3)
  • Canadian Pacific (2)
  • Chicago to Los Angeles (1)
  • Children (9)
  • City of Portland (1)
  • Company (1)
  • Coupons (2)
  • Erie Railroad (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--African/African-American (5)
  • Ethnic Groups--Asian (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--Middle East/Arab (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--Native American (2)
  • Ethnic Groups--Pacific Islander (1)
  • Famous People--Vesalius (1)
  • Fine Food (1)
  • Glacier Park (1)
  • Great Northern Railway (1)
  • Hiawathas (4)
  • Illustration--Drawing (34)
  • Illustrator--illegible (1)
  • Illustrator--Stluka? (1)
  • Los Angeles (1)
  • Milwaukee Road (5)
  • Missouri Pacific Eagles (1)
  • Missouri Pacific Lines (2)
  • Mo-Pac Empire (1)
  • New England Vacations (1)
  • New York Central System (5)
  • Norfolk and Western (1)
  • Norfolk and Western Railway Precision Transportation (1)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (6)
  • Philadelphia (1)
  • Premiums (3)
  • Pullman Company (8)
  • Rock Island Lines (3)
  • Round-Trip Tickets (1)
  • Santa Fe Railway (1)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (5)
  • Southern Pacific (2)
  • St. Louis (1)
  • Streamliners (3)
  • Sun Valley, Idaho (1)
  • Testimonial--Lowell Thomas (1)
  • Union Pacific (1)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (10)
  • Unlimited Service (1)
  • various (4)
  • Washington D.C. (1)
  • Western Pacific (2)
  • Yellowstone (1)
  • Zion National Park (1)
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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)