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- Exhaustive compendium of ads from each period of the 20th century, including these consumer categories: automobile, food and beverage, entertainment, alcohol and tobacco, travel, business and industry, interiors, fashion and beauty, consumer products
- By decade and specialty ad:
1900-1919: Innocent time of advertising
1920s: Selling the Goods - ads of the Jazz Age
1930s: Depression - morale booster ads
1940s: World War II
1950s: Atomic/Defense - Americans enter atomic age
- Advertising Age's overview of each decade 1930s-1970s, with over 1500 images/selections
- 14,000 listings of pictures, personalities, articles, and ads from 1930-1979 issues