History - Primary Sources: Advertising

Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955. (Duke Univ. Libraries)

Historical videos from General Electric, shared via YouTube. (Schenectady Museum)

Over 16,000 images documenting the modern history of the U.S. outdoor advertising industry. Browse the collection by company, product, date, place, subject, tone, or placement company. (Duke Univ.)

Descriptions and images of billboard advertising, ranging from approximately 1918 to the 1980s. (Duke Univ.)