Communication: Advertisement Collections
Online resources:
- ArtStor:
Use "advertisements" as the search
term or search by commodity (e.g. tobacco and advertisement) or brand name. Requires a PIN for off-campus access.
- Google image search
- Ad*Access: Print ads, 1911-1955, from Duke University.
- AdFlip: "The
world's largest searchable database of classic print ads."
- Commercial
Closet: "The World's Largest Collection of Gay Advertising... The Commercial Closet is a unique,
non-profit education and journalism project that charts evolving worldwide portrayals of the gay
community in the most powerful cultural media of our time: mainstream advertising."
- History Matters: Advertisements Online: Links to several online collections of ads
- Bryn Mawr Early Advertising Collection: 1790-1910
Print resources:
All of these titles are located on the 2nd floor.
- All-American Ads 1900-1919: NC 998.5 .A11 2005
- 20s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A12 2004
- 30s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A647 2003
- 40s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A135 2001
- 50s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A155 2001
- 60s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A165 2002
- 70s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A15 2004
- 80s: All-American Ads: NC 998.5 .A17 2005
These titles are located on the 3rd floor:
- America's Greatest Brands: Oversize HD 69 .B7 A54 (3 volumes)
- Advertising to the American Woman: Oversize HF 5813 .U5 H55 2002
- Best of Retail Advertising Design: Oversize HF 5816 .B47 1988
Susan Clerc
Reference Librarian
