[Air-l] Old Commercials of Technology

[Karla-Tonella at uiowa.edu]

See Ad* Access http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/ "The 
Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, 
presents images and database information for over 7,000 
advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines 
between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject 
areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and 
World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major 
campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular 
advertising collection available at Duke University."

The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) 
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ "presents over 9,000 images, 
with database information, relating to the early history of 
advertising in the United States."

also based on the Duke University collection - John H. Hartman Center 
for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History 
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/hartman/

Infomercial Indes: Informercial Products from over 400 Infomercials 
http://www.magickeys.com/infomercials/

Old-time Radio Commercials - The first commercial broadcast in 1922, 
the first musical commercial from 1926, and other historical sound 
recordings with background history provided by Danny Goodwin, an avid 
collector. http://www.old-time.com./commercials/


Library of American Broadcasting - Radio Advertising Bureau 
Collection http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/AUDIO/soundbites.html


19th Century American Trade Cards 
http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/exhibits/tcard/ see ad for lawn mower 
on homepage

The Trade Card Place - Victorian Scrapbook - browse by topic like 
transportation, medical & dental, sewing, farm, etc. 
http://www.tradecards.com/scrapbook/scrapbook.html

Ad Flip - Searchable database of classic print ads from the 1940s 
through 2000. http://www.adflip.com/

In case I missed anything see Advertising Resources at 
http://www.uiowa.edu/commstud/resources/advertising.html

and someplace, on the Web, I stashed a bunch of ads from 19th century 
magazines for various electrical corsets, combs, belts, etc. I'll 
have to send URL later.

Karla Tonella