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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 President Lines (15)
  • American Export Lines (14)
  • Cunard White Star Line (6)
  • Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. (4)
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• Product
  • Orient (5)
  • American President Lines (4)
  • 4 Aces (3)
  • Caribbean (3)
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• Subject
  • 4 Aces (3)
  • African Enterprise and African Endeavor (1)
  • Alcoa (1)
  • Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. (4)
  • American Export Lines (14)
  • American President Lines (15)
  • Artist--Albert J. Camille (1)
  • Artist--Arnold Baer (1)
  • Artist--Camille (1)
  • Artist--Fred Lidekaus (1)
  • Artist--Illegible (3)
  • Artist--Lester Fagans (1)
  • Artist--LT Butcher (1)
  • Artist--Rockwell Kent (1)
  • Canada (1)
  • Canada Steamship Lines (1)
  • Canadian Pacific (1)
  • Caribbean (3)
  • Caribbean and South America (1)
  • Children (2)
  • China (1)
  • Cuba Mail Line (3)
  • Cunard White Star (2)
  • Cunard White Star Line (6)
  • Ethnic Groups--Asian (9)
  • Ethnic Groups--Middle East/Arab (1)
  • Ethnic Groups--Pacific Islander (1)
  • Farrell Lines (2)
  • Farrell Lines Incorporated (1)
  • French Line (2)
  • Grace Line (3)
  • Ile de France (1)
  • Illustration--Drawing (43)
  • Illustrator--An. Girard (1)
  • Illustrator--Artzybasheff (3)
  • Illustrator--Holm Cren S (1)
  • Illustrator--J. Pages (1)
  • India (1)
  • Israel (1)
  • Italian Line (2)
  • Italy (3)
  • Japan (1)
  • Language--Spanish (1)
  • luxury liners (2)
  • Mauritania (1)
  • Mediterranean (2)
  • Merchant Marine (1)
  • Mexico (1)
  • Military (2)
  • Moore-McCormack Lines (2)
  • Nassau (1)
  • new ship (1)
  • Orient (5)
  • Philippines (1)
  • South America Luxury Cruises (1)
  • The Orient (1)
  • various (2)
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• Year
  • 1949 (19)
  • 1947 (14)
  • 1946 (12)
  • 1948 (8)

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)