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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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- Broadsides (1840 - 1921)
- Nicole Di Bona Peterson Collection of Advertising Cookbooks (1878 - 1929)
- Advertising Ephemera (1853 - 1921)
- J. Walter Thompson Company "House Ads" (1889 - 1925)
- Ellis Collection of Kodakiana (1886 - 1923)
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Advertising Ephemera (1853 - 1921) - 687 Items
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3D WallThis 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.
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Examine Carefully The within Card, which tells some few points about Old Nick |
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Get Your Aladdin Now! Special Introductory Advertising Offer |
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