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 13 items.
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[Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco : advertisement, proof.] 1915
- Summary
- Prince Albert advertisment depicting a Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco. Caption: "The braves who have gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds haven't anything on the wisenheimers of this world who are next to the joys of smoking Prince Albert. Get your heavenly smoke NOW. The bite is taken out by a patented process."
- Date
- 1915
- advertiser
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Local number
- 040059104.tif (AC Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Advertisment depicting a North American Indian smoking Prince Albert tobacco : proof.] 1913
- Summary
- Prince Albert advertisement depicting an American Indian smoking Prince Albert tobacco
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1913
- advertiser
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Local number
- AC0059-0000253 (AC Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco : advertisement, proof]. 1913
- Summary
- Prince Albert advertisement depicting a Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1913
- advertiser
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Local number
- AC0059-0000254 (AC Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco, advertisement : proof .] 1913
- Summary
- Prince Albert advertisement depicting a Native American smoking Prince Albert tobacco. Caption: "The ancient and honorable custom of sneaking off to the woods for a smoke probably originated with the Indians. Some oldtime squaw put the buck squarely up to her provider that his pipe didn't improve the air in the wigwam. If you belong to the ancient and honorable sneakers, you're smoking the wrong brand of pipe food. The aromatic fragrance of P.A. makes the jimmy pipe welcome indoors everywhere. P.A. has made a killing with men folks because it don't, can't, won't bite the tongue. The bite has been removed by a patented process."
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1913
- advertiser
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Local number
- AC0059-0000255 (AC Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Steinway / the instrument of the immortals [black & white advertisement; tear sheet]
- Summary
- An interpretation of Edward MacDowell's Indian Suite painted for the Steinway Collection by Ernest Blumenschein
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1922
- 1920-1930
- advertiser
- Steinway & Sons
- Subject
- MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908
- Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard 1874-1960
- Local number
- AC0059-0000057 (AC Scan)
- 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
[Ethnic portraits on fan : cigar label, ca. 1879?]
- Summary
- Cigar label depicts several different ethnic groups and a chimpanzee on a fan under the title, Professor Darwin
- Date
- 1879
- ca 1879
- advertiser
- F. Heppenheimer's Sons
- Local number
- 040060117.tif (AC Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Half the People in the World Suffer from some form of Skin Disease [booklet]
- Summary
- Cover of booklet, with orange ink. Various nationalities and races drawn diagonally across cover, facing left. Contents include a two-page introduction, a testimonial about the usefulness and international acclaim of Pineoline, and a letter of recommendation from Japan
- Date
- 1896
- 1900
- advertiser
- Walker Pharmacal Co
- Local number
- AC0060-0000179, AC0060-0000180, AC0060-0000181 (AC Scan Nos.)
- 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
La Posta Lodge, El Paso, Texas [postcard]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 1, U.S.A.--Texas
- Summary
- Photo of the entrance to a motor lodge, built in a Southwestern adobe style, with an inset photograph of the motel interior, with throw rugs and wall decor in an Indian / Southwestern patterns. The postcard has an AAA (American Automobile Association) logo: "...on U.S. 80 West. 5 minutes to the center of city."
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, ca. 1880s-1970s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. [Collection 200.]
- Date
- 1900
- 1920
- 1900-1920
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Creator
- AAA Associate Service, Pasadena, California
- Subject
- American Automobile Association
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
