Advertising

Ivory Soap Ad

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.

Topic: Women

Winter calls your kodak

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1923-03
advertiser
Eastman Kodak Company
maker
Eastman Kodak Company
ID Number
2016.0066.385
accession number
2016.0066
catalog number
2016.0066.0385

Let your kodak keep the Christmas story

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1921-12
advertiser
Eastman Kodak Company
maker
Eastman Kodak Company
ID Number
2016.0066.377
catalog number
2016.0066.0377
accession number
2016.0066

Kodak as you go

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1920-08
advertiser
Eastman Kodak Company
maker
Eastman Kodak Company
ID Number
2016.0066.373
catalog number
2016.0066.0373
accession number
2016.0066

Models lying on beach to display bathing suits

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1950
maker
Leen, Nina
ID Number
1986.0711.0107
accession number
1986.0711
catalog number
86.0711.107

Advertisement for the Submarine Bathing Cap featuring Mille Gade Corson

Advertisment for the Submarine Bathing Cap endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is a black and white photograph of Corson wearing the bathing cap.
Description (Brief)
Advertisment for the Submarine Bathing Cap endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is a black and white photograph of Corson wearing the bathing cap. Mille Gade Corson, the second woman to swim the English Channel, three weeks after Gertrude Ederle's record breaking Channel swim, emigrated to the United States from Denmark in 1919 and became a Life Saving Instructor and Lifeguard at the Harlem branch of the YWCA. In 1921 she became the second woman to swim around Manhattan Island and attempted to swim the English Channel in 1923 but was forced to abandon the effort 2 miles from the French coast. After her successful 1926 swim Corson returned to the US to many accolades and performed on the vaudeville circuit as the first mother to swim the English Channel.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
late 1920s
depicted
Corson, Amelia Gade
ID Number
1981.0729.09
catalog number
1981.0729.09
accession number
1981.0729

Advertisement for Submarine Bathing Cap featuring Mille Gade Corson

Advertisment for the Submarine Bathing Cap endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is a blue and white photograph of Corson finishing her historic English Channel swim wearing the bathing cap.
Description (Brief)
Advertisment for the Submarine Bathing Cap endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is a blue and white photograph of Corson finishing her historic English Channel swim wearing the bathing cap. Mille Gade Corson, the second woman to swim the English Channel, three weeks after Gertrude Ederle's record breaking Channel swim emigrated to the United States from Denmark in 1919 and became a Life Saving Instructor and Lifeguard at the Harlem branch of the YWCA. In 1921 she became the second woman to swim around Manhattan Island and attempted to swim the English Channel in 1923 but was forced to abandon the effort 2 miles from the French coast. After her successful 1926 swim Corson returned to the US to many accolades and performed on the vaudeville circuit as the first mother to swim the English Channel.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
late 1920s
depicted
Corson, Amelia Gade
ID Number
1981.0729.08
catalog number
1981.0729.08
accession number
1981.0729

Advertisement for the Mille Gade Corson Swimming Girdle

Advertisment for a swimming girdle endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is white with a peach border and a black and white photograph of Corson wearing the swim girdle.
Description (Brief)
Advertisment for a swimming girdle endorsed by Mille Gade Corson, the first mother to swim the English Channel. The advertisement is white with a peach border and a black and white photograph of Corson wearing the swim girdle. Mille Gade Corson, the second woman to swim the English Channel, three weeks after Gertrude Ederle's record breaking Channel swim, emigrated to the United States from Denmark in 1919 and became a Life Saving Instructor and Lifeguard at the Harlem branch of the YWCA. In 1921 she became the second woman to swim around Manhattan Island and attempted to swim the English Channel in 1923 but was forced to abandon the effort 2 miles from the French coast. After her successful 1926 swim Corson returned to the US to many accolades and performed on the vaudeville circuit as the first mother to swim the English Channel.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1920s
depicted
Corson, Amelia Gade
ID Number
1981.0729.07
catalog number
1981.0729.07
accession number
1981.0729

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