Advertising - Overview
Advertising is meant to persuade, and the themes and techniques of that persuasion reveal a part of the nation's history. The Museum has preserved advertising campaigns for several familiar companies, such as Marlboro, Alka-Seltzer, Federal Express, Cover Girl, and Nike. It also holds the records of the NW Ayer Advertising Agency and business papers from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Carvel Ice Cream, and other companies. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana comprises thousands of trade cards, catalogs, labels, and other business papers and images dating back to the late 1700s.
Beyond advertising campaigns, the collections encompass thousands of examples of packaging, catalogs, and other literature from many crafts and trades, from engineering to hat making. The collections also contain an eclectic array of advertising objects, such as wooden cigar-store Indians, neon signs, and political campaign ads.
"Advertising - Overview" showing 7 items.
The Castaneda, Las Vegas, N.M. [Picture postcard.]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--Cities and Towns
- Summary
- Illustration: hotel built in the style of a Spanish hacienda. It includes a depiction of a small town promenade scene, but the image is too small to yield details
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1900-1920
- 1920-1930
- publisher
- Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Everybody's in a Hurry T' Reach La Caverna [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--General Mountain Views
- Summary
- Illustration of a hotel in the upper-right hand corner. The middle of the postcard shows a man dressed as a cowboy (boots, hat, bandana) riding either a horse or donkey. The animal is galloping through the air and the cowboy hangs on to the bridle and saddle, almost falling off. Postcard is an advertisement for the Hotel La Caverna in Carlsbad, New Mexico, 28 miles from the Carlsbad Caverns
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-1930
- advertiser
- Caverna Hotel, La
- printer
- Myers Printing Co.
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Patio of the Meadows Hotel, Las Vegas, N.M. [Picture postcard.]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--Cities and Towns
- Summary
- Title on verso. Illustration: courtryard of a hotel built in the Spanish colonial style. Caption: "'The Meadows'... is a hostelry in the best southwestern style, typifying the spirit of Las Vegas which is the gateway of some of the most beautiful mountains, canyons, waterfalls and scenic grandeur in the entire country."
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, ca. 1880s-1970s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. [Collection 200.]
- Date
- 1900
- 1920
- 1900-1920
- publisher
- Curteich (Curtis Teich) Company, Chicago
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
The Lobby, Hotel El Ortiz, Lamy, New Mexico [photomechanical picture postcard, reproduction of photograph]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A., New Mexico--Cities and Towns
- Summary
- Lobby of the hotel, El Ortiz. Decor is wooden hacienda (ranch) style furniture, interior is white adobe walls with exposed wooden beams
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-1930
- publisher
- Detroit Publishing Co
- Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Hotel El Rancho--Gallup, New Mexico/...with the Charm of Yesterday and the Convenience of Tomorrow! [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--Cities and Towns
- Summary
- Reproduction of sketch/drawing of ranch house with circular driveway. Caption on verso: "On U.S. Highway 66--Hotel El Rancho--Second Best in the West. Gallup, N.M., the Indian Capital of the World."
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-1930
- publisher
- Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico [postcard]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--Santa Fe
- Summary
- Card has illustration of La Fonda, a hotel with adobe applique, with cars parked in front of the hotel. The verso describes the hotel as an inn where travelers can stay while touring the Indian territories and the Southwest
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, ca. 1880s-1970s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. [Collection 200.]
- Date
- 1900
- 1920
- 1900-1920
- publisher
- Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico [postcard]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.---New Mexico---Santa Fe
- Summary
- Image is of a hotel built of adobe with cars parked in front of it. The back of the card describes the hotel as an inn where travelers can stay while touring the Indian territories and other parts of the Southwest
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-1930
- publisher
- Harvey, Fred, Company
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
