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[Identification of item], Naegele Outdoor Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
The Naegele Outdoor Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2010.
Processed by Meghan Lyon, November 2010
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, November 2010
Accession 2010-0190 is described in this finding aid.
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Naegele Outdoor Advertising began in 1934 as an electric sign business, but was converted by founder Robert Naegele to a billboard business following World War II. Originally based in Richfield, Minnesota, the company quickly grew and acquired other smaller outdoor advertising companies throughout the 1950s and 1960s. It specialized in single-pole billboard designs.
Naegele operated divisions throughout the United States, with headquarters in Minnesota and Florida. During the 1980s, it was frequently involved in litigation as the company challenged local sign ordinances prohibiting or restricting the use of billboards. It lost its lawsuit against the City of Durham, North Carolina, in 1988.
Morris Communications Corporate Family purchased Naegele Outdoor in 1985, intending for it to become the outdoor advertising subsidary. Several Naegele divisions were sold and operated independently for a few years, but it appears that they were subsequently purchased by other outdoor advertising agencies. The name, Naegele Outdoor Advertising, was maintained by Morris until 1991, when it was changed to Fairway Outdoor Advertising. Headquarted in Greenville, South Carolina, Fairway continues to own and operate billboards and other outdoor advertisements throughout the Southeast and Midwest.
The majority of the collection consists of slides with photographs of billboards and other outdoor advertising by Naegele Outdoor in the late 1980s. Subjects include restaurants, food and drink, sports, housing and home furnishing, and media outlets. The collection also includes some promotional print materials from Naegele, such as rates and coverages books for the eastern United States.
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Includes pamphlets and booklets with rates and coverages information for the geographic divisions of Naegele, including Youngstown, Columbus, Des Moines, Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, Durham, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Memphis, Nashville, Minneapolis, New Orleans, and other Southeastern and Midwestern areas. Also includes some copies of Inside Outdoor magazine, order forms for sign construction or repairs, and other miscellaneous items.
35mm slides of billboards and outdoor advertisements, arranged alphabetically by subject or content. Dates and locations are unknown.