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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
- Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. (121)
- Magnavox Company (99)
- General Electric Company (68)
- Admiral Corporation (64)

Product
- Television (292)
- various (73)
- Various (43)
- Radio Phonograph Television (30)

Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (327)
- Television--DuMont (130)
- Children (111)
- Television--Magnavox (99)

Year
- 1951 (170)
- 1952 (160)
- 1950 (136)
- 1949 (115)

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Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
Radio (1922 - 1956)
Television (1939 - 1957)
- 1939-1947
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- 1953-1957
Transportation (1938 - 1957)
World War II (1942 - 1945)

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Advertisements featuring television sets, as well as a few other miscellaneous electronics, are included in this category. An interesting feature of many of these ads is their promotion of individual television programs.

Admiral 21" TV Console Model 221DX26L ... and It's Ready for UHF Stations	Admiral, Most Beautiful Buy in Television	Clearest Picture in Television!	Admiral
Admiral Sensational 12 1/2 Inch Television Combination	Clear Close Up! Admiral, America's Smart Set.	Admiral. Clearest Picture in Television.	Built for the Future. Admiral 20" TV. Color TV Optional. Equipped to Receive UHF.
Built for the Future. Admiral 20" TV. World's Most Powerful TV. Ready for UHF Stations.	Built for the Future. Admiral 20" TV. World's Most Powerful TV. Ready for UHF Stations.	Admiral TV. Built for the Future. Color TV Optional. Equipped to Receive UHF.	Admiral TV. Built for the Future. World's Most Powerful TV. Ready for UHF Stations.
Admiral TV. Built for the Future. With Color TV Optional. Equipped to Receive UHF.	Only From Admiral. Television With Built-In Radio ... At No Extra Cost!	Admiral Regency 21" Television - Radio - Phonograph. Yours for a Truly Wonderful Christmas	Costs No More Than Other 17" Sets! Admiral 21" TV
Greatest Television Achievement In Years. New Form Factor in Magnavox design gives you 27-Inch TV screen in compact cabinet scaled to grace the average-size room	Admiral	Only From Admiral. Television With Built-In Radio ... At No Extra Cost!	Admiral 21" Table TV. Clearest Picture I Ever Saw.
Admiral 21" TV Console Model 221DX26L... And It's Ready for UHF Stations	Admiral 21" TV Radio-Phono Model 322DX16. Styling that Never Grows Old!	Be Foxy... Buy Admiral TV and Save!	Admiral: Ugh! Trade small set for heap big 21" Admiral TV.
Costs no More Than Other 17" Sets $199.95. Great Big Picture... Little Bitty Price!	Admiral TV, Clearest Picture I Ever Saw!	3 "Looks" Tell You Why Admiral Is Your Best TV Buy	For the World's Finest Music... Admiral. High Fidelity FM-AM Radio-Phonograph
Television Will Give You a View of Benny Goodman's Band at a Patriotic Rally ... Andrea "Sharp Focus" Television Will Make it Look and Sound as Clear as If You Were There.	When the Crowd roars, "They're Off"... Andrea "Sharp Focus" Television will put the race right in front of your easy chair	"Television" Will Have Exacting Standards, too, and "Andrea," as Always, Will Set Them	Television Could Give You a Seat at the San Francisco Conference. Andrea "Sharp-Focus" Clarity Will Assure True-to-Life Perfection of These Momentous happenings ... In Sight and Sound

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