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 41 items.
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Fatima a sensible cigarette Whereever they go, Fatimas go with them. Fatima Cigarettes. [Poster.]
- Summary
- U.S. soldier about to light a comrade's ciagette at night
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- Fatima Cigarettes
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Quality superb Hekmar Turkish Cigarettes. Helmar Turkish Cigarettes. [Poster.]
- Summary
- American soldiers on horses pulling a caisson loaded with a giant pack of Helmar Turkish Cigarettes
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- Helmar Turkish Cigarettes
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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London Life Turkish Cigarettes 10 cents pkg of 10 "Allies". London Life Turkish Cigarettes. [Poster.]
- Notes
- Indecipherable monogram
- Summary
- British, American, French, and Italian soldiers with arms linked while smoking. A pack of London Life Turkish Cigarettes in the foreground
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- London Life Turkish Cigarettes
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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London Life "in everybody's mouth" 10 for 10 cents Why pay more?. London Life Turkish Cigarettes. [Poster.]
- Notes
- Indecipherable monogram
- Summary
- Heads of seven British men smoking with a pack of London Life Turkish cigarettes in the foreground
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- London Life Turkish Cigarettes
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Over There Over Here National Biscuit Company products. National Biscuit Company. [Poster.]
- Summary
- American soldier, sailor, woman, and child eating biscuits
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- National Biscuit Company
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Call for Uneeda Biscuit National Biscuit Company. National Biscuit Company. [Poster.]
- Summary
- Head and shoulders of a American soldier wearing a campaign hat and blowing a bugle. Musical scale and notes appear above him
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- National Biscuit Company
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Patriotic Victor Records Come in and hear them. Victor Records. [Poster.]
- Summary
- American soldier and sailor with factories, shipyard, biplane, and Army trucks in the background
- Date
- 1918
- Creator
- Paus, Herbert Andrew
- Victor Records
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Thrilling the soul of the nation ... The Victrola - in the trenches, in camp, at home ... Victor Talking Machine Company. [Window display.]
- Summary
- American soldiers listening to a record player. Also the images of a man and woman with a harp, a man with a trumpet, and a woman with cymbals
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- T., W.D
- Victor Talking Machine Company New York
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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New Victor Records of popular patriotic selections Hear these new records. Victor Records. [Poster.]
- Summary
- American soldiers sitting on a dock watching a transport ship leave
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- Victor Records
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Special Victor Records help train wireless operators Ask for complete information. Victor Records. [Poster.]
- Summary
- American wireless operator at a field wagon sending a message with artillery in the background
- Date
- 1917
- Creator
- Victor Records
- Local number
- Item 433
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH