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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
- Palmolive Company (90)
- Procter & Gamble Co. (44)
- Lever Brothers Company (30)
- Woodbury (22)

Product
- Palmolive Soap (92)
- Ivory Soap (28)
- Facial Soap (22)
- Lifebuoy Health Soap (19)

Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (104)
- Palmolive Soap (92)
- Palmolive Company (90)

Year
- 1942 (35)
- 1943 (27)
- 1949 (24)
- 1947 (23)

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Big Hollywood Wedding For Harold Lloyd's Daughter. She's another Woodbury Marrying Deb	Luscious Skin may soon be yours through this Proved New Beauty Method!	Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 Women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 DAYS!	Who's afraid of Birthday Candles?
Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 Days	For Bare-Skin Beauty - Bath Size Palmolive with its famous "Beauty Lather"!	The Sweat That Builds Bombers - May Lose a Husband	I go for Lifebuoy too, Sailors-No "B. O." for me!
But--What Does She Think Of You?	Tick! Tock! Get Ready, Get Set, GO!	4 Out Of 5 Always Miss Being Really Clean!	Cleopatra had nothing on me!
Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 Days. 14-Day Palmolive Plan tested by 36 Doctors on 1285 women with all types of skin!	Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 Women can get More Beautiful Skin in 14 Days! Palmolive Beauty Plan Tested On 1285 Women With All Types Of Skin	Now! Milder Beauty Care!	Help! Mummy's Hands Are Rough!
Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 Women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 Days!	Regardless of Age...Type of Skin or Previous Beauty Care! Doctors Prove You, Too, may win A Lovelier Complexion with Palmolive Soap!	Madlynne Donelly, Intercepter Command Worker Finds Time For Romance, Too!	Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 Women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 Days!
12 Days from Today your Hands can be Lovelier!	Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 Women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 DAYS!	Luscious Skin may soon be yours through this Proved New Beauty Method!	Baby Your Complexion Too
Five and twenty babies	You Sure Need New Lava Soap!	Doctors Prove 2 out of 3 women can have Lovelier Skin in 14 days! You, Too, may look for these skin improvements in only 14 days!	Bob Hope's Swan Offer! Hollywood Lapel Locket Certified $1.50 Value, Only 35 cents and 1 wrapper from Swan- the newer, better floating soap!
12 Days from Today your Hands can be Lovelier	"He Asked for it!"	Blessed Moment...All Your Own!	"Campus Sweetheart" Weds. She's Another Woodbury Deb!

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