Advertising

The Ad Access Project presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. From Duke University.
The 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. From Duke University.
Library of Congress American Memory Advertising Collections
Collections include Broadsides and Printed Ephemera, Coca-Cola Advertising, and WPA posters from 1936-1943.
A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising. From Duke University.


