Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920: Early Advertising Publications (1870

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Emergence of Advertising in America

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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This category consists of books and pamphlets created by advertising agencies to promote the concept and methods of the new advertising industry. The database incorporates among other information the names of companies whose advertisements are included in each book. The Title Page and Table of Contents or Index have been transcribed for each book, and are searchable.

The J. W. T. Book	Educational Posters...	The Thompson Blue Book On Advertising (1906)	Medical Journals
J. Walter Thompson Advertising	The Business of Advertising	The Clothing Book	Productive Advertising
Things to Know About Trade-Marks	The Typography of Advertisements That Pay	Thompson's Battery	The Hardware Book
The Thompson Blue Book on Advertising (1904)	Advertising in America	Catalogue of Magazines	How To Judge An Advertising Agency
The Second Annual of Illustrations for Advertisements in the United States	Direct Acting, High Pressure	The Liquor Book	The Advertising Handbook
J. Walter Thompson Advertising	The Men Who Advertise	Good Advertising and Where It Is Made	Thompson's Pocket Speller
How to Write Advertisements That Sell...	Making Advertisements and Making Them Pay	Catalogue and Price List of the Supply Department	The Dry Goods Book
Photo Engraving Processes	The Red Ear	The Thompson Red Book on Advertising	Regulations for the Proper Construction...of Standard Painted Bulletin Advertising Plants...

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