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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
  • American Airlines, Inc. (198)
  • United Air Lines (143)
  • Trans World Airline (139)
  • Greyhound (118)
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• Product
  • Greyhound (68)
  • American Airlines (60)
  • Pullman Company (57)
  • Europe (51)
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• Subject
  • Air France (47)
  • Air Travel (31)
  • American Airlines (60)
  • American Airlines, Inc. (198)
  • American Airlines Incorporated (38)
  • American Export Lines (32)
  • American President Lines (24)
  • Artist--illegible (16)
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (24)
  • Bermuda (19)
  • Boston and Maine Railroad (11)
  • Braniff Airways (17)
  • Braniff International Airways (39)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (101)
  • Burlington Route (13)
  • Business Travel (27)
  • California (29)
  • California Zephyr (16)
  • Canada (14)
  • Canadian National Railways (12)
  • Canadian Pacific (22)
  • Capital Airlines (28)
  • Caribbean (11)
  • Chicago (12)
  • Children (196)
  • Colonial Airlines (22)
  • Constellations (12)
  • Coupons (19)
  • Cunard White Star Line (15)
  • Delta Airlines (41)
  • Delta Air Lines (12)
  • Eastern Air Lines (21)
  • Eastern Air Lines Inc. (46)
  • Erie Railroad (11)
  • Ethnic Groups--African/African-American (40)
  • Ethnic Groups--Asian (37)
  • Ethnic Groups--Middle East/Arab (14)
  • Ethnic Groups--Native American (38)
  • Ethnic Groups--Pacific Islander (22)
  • Europe (51)
  • Florida (18)
  • French Line (14)
  • French National Airline (18)
  • Great Northern Railway (12)
  • Greyhound (118)
  • Hawaii (16)
  • Hertz (15)
  • Illustration--Cartoons (36)
  • Illustration--Drawing (1855)
  • Illustrator--Willmarth (12)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (65)
  • London (11)
  • Miami (17)
  • Military (59)
  • Milwaukee Road (48)
  • National Airlines (81)
  • National Trailways Bus System (15)
  • New Haven Railroad (26)
  • New York Central System (59)
  • Northeast Airlines (29)
  • Northern Pacific Railway Company (11)
  • Northwest Airlines (70)
  • Orient (12)
  • Pan American Airways System (13)
  • Pan American Grace Airways (16)
  • Paris (11)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (53)
  • Premiums (36)
  • Pullman Company (57)
  • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company (13)
  • Rock Island Lines (19)
  • Sabena Belgian Airlines (40)
  • Santa Fe System Lines (49)
  • Scandinavian Airlines System (40)
  • Service (17)
  • South America (20)
  • Southern Pacific (31)
  • Southern Railway System (14)
  • Sports (20)
  • SwissAir (21)
  • TACA Airways System (14)
  • The Airlines of the United States (21)
  • The Milwaukee Road (18)
  • Trans-Canada Air Lines (33)
  • Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (54)
  • Transportation--Aircraft (21)
  • Transportation--Airlines (1592)
  • Transportation--Buses (180)
  • Transportation--Railroads (736)
  • Transportation--Rental Cars (15)
  • Transportation--Ships (114)
  • Trans World Airline (139)
  • Trans World Airlines (76)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (100)
  • United Air Lines (143)
  • Vacation Travel (20)
  • various (14)
  • various destinations (35)
  • Western Air Lines (13)
  • Western Pacific (18)
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• Year
  • 1947 (314)
  • 1954 (283)
  • 1945 (269)
  • 1946 (258)
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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)