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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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R. C. Maxwell Company (1909 - 1929) - 564 Items
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ListThis category consists of black and white photographs of billboards and signs created by the R. C. Maxwell Company, the oldest existing outdoor advertising company in America. There are a number of images of the Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk as well as Asbury Park, New York City, and Philadelphia.
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R. C. Maxwell Company (1909 - 1929) - 564 Items
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