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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
- Colgate & Company (46)
- Barbasol (45)
- Burma-Vita Company (12)
- Palmolive Company (4)

Product
- "At Ease" After Shave Lotion (1)
- Ascot Toiletries (1)
- Barbasol Gift Box (1)
- Barbasol Lotion Deodorant (1)
- Barbasol Sanitary Beard Softener (2)
- Barbasol Shave Cream (22)
- Barbasol Shaving Cream (19)
- Bergamot Toiletries (1)
- Burma-Shave (12)
- Cargo, Men's Toiletries (1)
- Charter House Toiletries (1)
- Colgate's Handy Grip (6)
- Colgate's Rapid-Shave Cream (27)
- Colgate's Rapid-Shave Powder (2)
- Colgate's Shaving Lather (4)
- Colgate's Shaving Powder (1)
- Colgate's Shaving Stick (2)
- Colgate & Company (1)
- Colgate Products (3)
- Courtley Men's Toiletries (1)
- Courtley Toiletries (1)
- Kings Men "Toiletries in Gold" (1)
- Kings Men Toiletries (1)
- L'aiglon Russian Leather After Shave Lotion (1)
- MacGregor Men's Toiletries (1)
- Mennen Skin Balm, Talcum (1)
- Old Spice Shaving kit (1)
- Palmolive After Shave Lotion (4)
- Palmolive and Colgate's Shave Creams (2)
- Sportsman Grooming Essentials (2)
- Sportsman Toiletries for Men (1)
- Surfspray Toiletries (2)
- Sutton Toiletries (1)
- Tars After-Shave Treatment (1)
- Timber Toiletries for Gentlemen (1)
- Wrisley Spruce Toiletries (2)

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Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (86)
- Colgate & Company (46)
- Barbasol (45)

Year
- 1945 (26)
- 1944 (14)
- 1949 (10)
- 1950 (8)

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"I Promise to love, honor and shave with Barbasol"	Cools My Face In Seconds	Longer Time Between Shaves when you use Colgate's	Mister, Your Whiskers Are As Waterproof As Mine!
Shaving Powder for Women's Use?	"I like your cheek!"	Colgate's For Christmas. Useful Gifts, not Gimcracks.	For Men At The Top...And On Their Way Up
A cheerful earful	"Kiss me Again With Your Barbasol Face"	How a Big shaver should start	Rise And Fall Of The Goatee
For Best Results: shave with Barbasol	We have with us---? Do you recognize this motion picture star?	Those who click... pick Burma-Shave	Two Swell Reasons For Getting A "Barbasol Face"
A Major Is Passing By with a handsome Barbasol Face	Cooling, Refreshing Palmolive After-Shave Lotion Soothes Your Face from Shave to Shave	How To Keep Husbands Happy	Like Putting a New Battery in a Flashlight
Colgate's De-Waterproofs Whiskers, Makes Shaving Easier- Quicker!	Super-moist Bubbles	"I like your cheek!"	Gentlemen! Here's to you! Tars
There's no whisker it won't soften- Shave 'em close and not so often!	"like putting a new film in a Kodak"	Colgate's Shaving Stick	For That American Feeling Of Well-Being
For Father's Day, Wrisley Spruce for Dad	Face feel Bone Dry after shaving?	Barbasol Faces Compete For Her Attention	No other way of shaving... no other shaving cream gives you closer, cleaner, long-lasting shaves

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