Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920: Advertising Ephemera (1853

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A database of over 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.

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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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- A. A. Griffing Iron Co. (1)
- A. B. Chase Co. (1)
- A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd. (1)
- A. C. Evans Mfg. Co. (1)
- A. H. Edwards (1)
- A. Hoen & Co., lithographers (1)
- A. J. Michener, Proprietor (1)
- A. M. Dolph (1)
- A. M. Ordway (1)
- A. N. Ridgely (1)
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- Adelphi Theater (1)
- Aetna (1)
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. (1)
- Albion Milling Co. (1)
- Alex J. Howell (1)
- Alfred C. Kemper (1)
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- American Institute of Mentalism (1)
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- American School of Correspondence (1)
- American Shoe Tip Co. (1)
- Anderson Shoe Co. (1)
- Angsten-Koch Co. (1)
- Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. (5)
- assorted companies (2)
- B. F. Johnson & Co. (9)
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (2)
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- Bigelow-Willey Motor Co. (2)
- Blickensderfer Mfg. Co. (2)
- Boston Rubber Shoe Co. (2)
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- Brown, Rogers & Co. (2)
- Brown Manufacturing Co. (2)
- Butler Bros. (2)
- California Fig Syrup Co. (2)
- Chase & Sanborn Tea and Coffee Importers (2)
- Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton (8)
- Cornish & Co. (2)
- Craddock-Terry Co. (2)
- Curtis Publishing Co. (2)
- Daniel F. Beatty (2)
- Dodd, Mead & Co., Pub. (2)
- Domestic Sewing Machine Co. (2)
- Dorothy Deene (2)
- Dr. Derolli, Scientific Astrologer (2)
- Dr. Miles Medical Co. (2)
- Dr. Perkey's Dispensary (2)
- Durham Bull Fertilizer (4)
- E. W. Hoyt & Co. (7)
- Eaton & Burnett Business College (2)
- Garretson & Co. (2)
- Gem Novelty Co. (3)
- German Electric Agency (2)
- Globe Bible Pub. Co. (2)
- Goodyear Rubber Co. (2)
- H. F. Wendell & Co. (2)
- Harrell's Printing House (2)
- Inglehart Brothers (2)
- J. & P. Coats' Thread (4)
- Jacot Music Box Co. (2)
- John A. Smith Co. (2)
- John Mundell & Co. (2)
- Julius Samson Dry Goods (2)
- Keeley Institute (2)
- McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. (2)
- Mitchell, Lewis & Co. (2)
- Montgomery Ward & Co. (4)
- Morse Bros. (2)
- Peaslee-Gaulbert Co. (2)
- R. P. Hall & Co. (2)
- Rumford Chemical Works (2)
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. (2)
- Singer Manufacturing Company (2)
- Specific Medicine Company (2)
- Spencer & Rice (2)
- T. Kingsford (2)
- unknown (3)
- US Fidelity & Guarantee (2)
- Victor Safe & Lock Co. (3)
- Wells & Richardson Co. (2)
- Western Electric Co. (2)
- William Stahl Co. (3)
- Wm. R. Strehl (3)
- Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Co. (3)

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Product
- cologne (10)
- spool cotton (9)
- books (7)
- hotel (5)

Subject
- Price List (179)
- Children (86)
- Health and Patent Medicines (79)
- Books and Publishing (63)

Year
- Undated (322)
- 1917 (10)
- 1882 (8)
- 1884 (7)

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This category contains ephemera (items designed to be useful for only a short period of time) such as trade cards, calendars, almanacs, postcards, flyers and leaflets for a multitude of products. A number of U.S. cities and businesses are represented in this collection, with the greatest number in the south.

Do you want a wheel?	P. Bouron (Successor to Armand Soubie) Gun Maker	Bundy Elite Radiator	Catalogue of Fine Memorial Goods
Yes! I do wear the Gossard Corset	Wahl-Eversharp	For the Belle's Boudoir and the Baby's Basket	Ask for Shells Loaded with Laflin & Rand Smokeless Powder
Greensboro Loan & Trust Company	Almanac [for 1894]	A Special Offer to Every Expectant Mother	Southern Claims for Supplies Used by the US Army
Victor Cushwa & Sons	Hoover, Calhoun & Co.	This Concerns You	Catalogue of The Vandergrift Manufacturing Co.
Catalogue No. 49	The Teacher Says: "When you want Candy always be sure to ask for CORONA"	E. Kuhn & Sons, Exporters and Dealers in Raw Furs, Skins and Ginseng	Story of Man
Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Spices	The Smallest Man in the South	Concerning Kellogg's Teachers Agency...	Pernin's Universal Phonography
Please send me...	The Teachers Co-operative Association	Evans Corn Planters	Annual 1885 For the Farm & Household With Compliments of Mitchell & Lewis
The Meyers Combination Luggage Carrier Stand	Special Offer... A 4 Months Trial Subscription for The American Boy	Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.	The Curtis Publishing Company

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