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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)
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• Product
  • Television (292)
  • various (73)
  • Various (43)
  • Radio Phonograph Television (30)
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• Subject
  • "Space Saver" Television (4)
  • Admiral Corporation (64)
  • Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. (121)
  • Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc. (13)
  • Andrea Radio Corporation (26)
  • Artist--Walt Disney Productions (8)
  • Arvin Industries, Inc. (21)
  • Avco Manufacturing Corporation (7)
  • Black-Daylight Television (8)
  • Black-Daylite Television (8)
  • Capehart-Farnsworth Corporation (7)
  • Children (111)
  • Colonial Radio Corporation (4)
  • corporate ad (6)
  • Corporate ad (7)
  • Coupons (13)
  • Daylight Television (7)
  • Electronics--Misc. (9)
  • Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation (31)
  • Famous People--Lucille Ball (5)
  • Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation (12)
  • GE Aluminized Tube (5)
  • General Electric Company (68)
  • Hallicrafters Company (4)
  • Illustration--Cartoons (14)
  • Illustration--Drawing (327)
  • Illustration--Painting (7)
  • International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (5)
  • Magnavox Company (99)
  • Mallory Inductuner (4)
  • Military (6)
  • Motorola Inc. (59)
  • Motorola Television (4)
  • Olympic Radio & Television, Inc. (8)
  • P.R. Mallory & Co., Inc. (6)
  • Philco (51)
  • Pilot Radio Corporation (6)
  • Premiums (9)
  • Radio-Phonograph + Television (7)
  • Radio Phonograph Television (30)
  • Radio Programs--John Cameron Swayze (9)
  • Radio Programs--World News (5)
  • Raytheon Manufacturing Company (42)
  • Raytheon Television and Radio Corporation (4)
  • Retail--Dynamic (5)
  • Retail--Various (5)
  • Retail--VIM (15)
  • Sparton Radio-Television (14)
  • Sports (71)
  • Starrett Television Corporation (6)
  • Stewart-Warner Corporation (7)
  • Stromberg-Carlson Company (27)
  • Stromberg-Carlson Television (10)
  • Sylvania Electronic Products, Inc. (5)
  • Television (292)
  • Television--Admiral (66)
  • Television--Andrea (26)
  • Television--Arvin (22)
  • Television--Capehart (13)
  • Television Combinations (12)
  • Television Combinations - tv, radio, phonograph (4)
  • Television--Crosley (9)
  • Television--DuMont (130)
  • Television--Du Mont (5)
  • Television--Emerson (32)
  • Television--Farnsworth (11)
  • Television--General Electric (67)
  • Television--Magnavox (99)
  • Television--Mallory (6)
  • Television--Misc. (62)
  • Television--Motorola (59)
  • Television--Olympic (8)
  • Television--Philco (51)
  • Television--Pilot (5)
  • Television Programs--Don McNeill's TV Club (11)
  • Television Programs--I Love Lucy (5)
  • Television Programs--Life is Worth Living (4)
  • Television Programs--Lights Out (26)
  • Television Programs--Morey Amsterdam Show (4)
  • Television Programs--Philco Television Playhouse (11)
  • Television Programs--Stop the Music (26)
  • Television Programs--Westinghouse Pro Football (4)
  • Television Programs--Westinghouse Studio One (9)
  • Television-Radio-Phonograph combination (5)
  • Television--Raytheon (43)
  • Television--Sparton (10)
  • Television--Sparton Radio-Television (4)
  • Television--Stewart-Warner (5)
  • Television--Stromberg-Carlson (28)
  • Television--Stromberg-Carlson Television (9)
  • Television--Sylvania (9)
  • Television--Westinghouse (21)
  • Television--Zenith (33)
  • Testimonial--see notes (5)
  • various (73)
  • Various (43)
  • Webster-Chicago Corporation (5)
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation (21)
  • Zenith Radio and Television (13)
  • Zenith Radio Corporation (22)
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• Year
  • 1951 (170)
  • 1952 (160)
  • 1950 (136)
  • 1949 (115)
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Categories

• Beauty and Hygiene (1911 - 1956)
• Radio (1922 - 1956)
• Television (1939 - 1957)
  • 1939-1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953-1957
• Transportation (1938 - 1957)
• World War II (1942 - 1945)