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American History Museum American History Museum
The Museum has preserved advertising campaigns for several familiar 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
Advertising
19th Century Lithographs from the "America on Stone" Collection of Harry T. Peters
The 'America on Stone' Collection comprises 1,686 prints acquired by Harry T. Peters (1881-1948), a wealthy New York coal merchant and sportsman, in the course of his research on 19th-century lithography
July 1942: United We Stand
In July 1942, magazines across the U.S. displayed the American flag on their covers
Posters American Style
Brings together some of the great graphic images made in the United States over the past century
Sewing Machines: Historical Trade Literature in the Smithsonian Institution Collection
Materials published by and about sewing machine companies
The Ivory Project: Advertising Soap in America 1838-1988
This selection of 1,600 advertisements and related ephemera, 1838-1998, features a representative sample of print advertising for Ivory soap, one of the nation's longest-lived, branded consumer products
 
Consumer Culture
Selling the Dream
References from "Selling the Dream" (1991) a behind-the-scenes look at the world of advertising and how it influences consumers
Taking America to Lunch Taking America to Lunch
Explores the colorful heritage of lunch containers dating from the 1890s through the 1980s
 
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History of science, technology, society and culture in America
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Archives Center Advertising and Business Americana
Folklife Festival
Annual celebration of art, music, crafts, culture and lore
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