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[Doug Millison]

something for Slothrop:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu:80/adaccess/W/W00/W0057-72dpi.jpeg
from:
Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

A collaboration of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising
& Marketing History and the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library at Duke University, this database contains images
of more than 7,000 advertisements printed mainly in US newspapers and
magazines between 1911 and 1955. The images are divided into five
major categories: Beauty and Hygiene; Radio; Television;
Transportation; and World War II. Each category can be browsed by a
number of subtopics, listed by year. Users also have several search
options, including keyword, complex, and Boolean searching. In
addition, brief histories of the industries and timelines of world
and national events are provided. While the site has obvious
potential for cultural and business historians, general users may
also enjoy browsing the images, which offer an interesting glimpse
into how Americans conceived of themselves and consumer culture in
the first half of this century. [MD]

from:
--The Scout Report

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