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.

Date: 1950s

Enfamil

Tape measure. It has a round white and cream-colored celluloid cover with red and black print. An advertisment for Enfamil "breast-milk type formula product" is on one side, with an image in red of a woman breast-feeding a baby.
Description (Brief)
Tape measure. It has a round white and cream-colored celluloid cover with red and black print. An advertisment for Enfamil "breast-milk type formula product" is on one side, with an image in red of a woman breast-feeding a baby. The reverse advertises Deca-Vi-Sol, Poly-Vi-Sol, and Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin drops.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
after 1959
maker
Mead Johnson Laboratories
ID Number
2006.0098.1534
catalog number
2006.0098.1534
accession number
2006.0098

Pan Am Flight Bag

Small, tapered rectangular, zip-top bag with rounded top corners and two strap handles on four metal button feet; made of heavyweight blue nylon fabric machine stitched with white piping and printed "PAA / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS" in white on both sides.
Description
Small, tapered rectangular, zip-top bag with rounded top corners and two strap handles on four metal button feet; made of heavyweight blue nylon fabric machine stitched with white piping and printed "PAA / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS" in white on both sides. Zipper closes with a ring pull on short chain. Owner's name and address written in black marker on bottom outside. Maker's tag and bobby pin inside bag.
In-flight bag used by donor when immigrating from Korea to be adopted in the United States in 1956.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1956
DELETE
maker
Natco Products Corporation
ID Number
2003.0262.01
catalog number
2003.0262.01
accession number
2003.0262

Tumbler

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1949
ca 1955
maker
Tupperware
ID Number
1992.0605.002
catalog number
1992.0605.002
accession number
1992.0605

Juice Mixer

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1949
ca 1953 - 1955
maker
Tupperware
ID Number
1992.0605.003
catalog number
1992.0605.003
accession number
1992.0605

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