Magazine Advertisements
- Duke University Libraries Digital CollectionsBroad selection of images from 19th and early 20th century magazines, as well as outdoor advertising (aka billboards) from the 1880s to the 1990s.
- J. Walter Thompson: Advertising America This link opens in a new windowAn archive of the history, operation, and policies of the J. Walter Thompson advertising firm. Includes: print advertisements, publications, business records, and other internal company documents pertaining to a wide range of brands, companies, and industries.
- Bloomsbury Food Library This link opens in a new windowOffers cross-searchable access to encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images and more in food-related studies. Covers topics in food history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, sustainability, agriculture, culinary arts, literary studies, political science, and development studies.
Trade Catalogs (Historical)
- Trade Catalogues and the American Home This link opens in a new windowIllustrated primary source documents portraying commercial tastes, consumer trends, domestic consumerism, and life and leisure in America, 1850-1950.
Television Commercials
- AdViews: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television CommercialsThousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s.
