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- Procter & Gamble Product Coupon, "Save 8c on Tide," 1958 -
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Procter & Gamble Product Coupon, "Save 8c on Tide," 1958
- Cowboys Shooting Craps, 1904 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Cowboys Shooting Craps, 1904
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Pennant, "Las Vegas, Nev.," 1946-1965 - Tourists purchase souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. This pennant depicts the hotels, flashing lights and casinos along the Las Vegas strip. With a little luck, visitors could have come back with more than a simple, inexpensive pennant.
- 1946-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Pennant, "Las Vegas, Nev.," 1946-1965
Tourists purchase souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. This pennant depicts the hotels, flashing lights and casinos along the Las Vegas strip. With a little luck, visitors could have come back with more than a simple, inexpensive pennant.
- Form Letter from Procter & Gamble Inserted with Free Sample Bar of Zest Soap, 1958 - Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Form Letter from Procter & Gamble Inserted with Free Sample Bar of Zest Soap, 1958
Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- Ivory Soap Contest Award Notification from Procter and Gamble to Rispah Porter, March 19, 1937 -
- March 19, 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Ivory Soap Contest Award Notification from Procter and Gamble to Rispah Porter, March 19, 1937
- Hallmark "Jackpot Jingle" Christmas Ornament, 1996 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 1996
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Jackpot Jingle" Christmas Ornament, 1996
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Advertising Poster for Crest Toothpaste with Norman Rockwell Illustration, "Look Mom-No Cavities!," 1957 - One of Rockwell's most iconic advertising campaigns was Crest's "Look Mom-no cavities!" series in the late 1950s. His illustrations featured wholesome kids holding notes to mothers touting the child's good dental health. These were published in the <EM>Ladies' Home Journal</EM>, <EM>Reader's Digest</EM>, <EM>McCall's</EM> and other magazines popular with women. This poster was likely made for a drug or specialty store display.
- 1957
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster for Crest Toothpaste with Norman Rockwell Illustration, "Look Mom-No Cavities!," 1957
One of Rockwell's most iconic advertising campaigns was Crest's "Look Mom-no cavities!" series in the late 1950s. His illustrations featured wholesome kids holding notes to mothers touting the child's good dental health. These were published in the Ladies' Home Journal, Reader's Digest, McCall's and other magazines popular with women. This poster was likely made for a drug or specialty store display.
- "Atomic Bomb Blasts, Actual Pictures," Courtesy Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954 -
- April 01, 1954
- Collections - Artifact
"Atomic Bomb Blasts, Actual Pictures," Courtesy Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954
- Trade Card for Excelsior Folding Binder & Light Mower, Hoover & Gamble, 1888 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Excelsior Folding Binder & Light Mower, Hoover & Gamble, 1888
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Lantern Slide, "The Way the Law is Enforced" Cartoon, 1890-1910 - Frank Beard (1842-1905), an illustrator, caricaturist, and cartoonist, began his career by sketching scenes of military life for popular publications--such as <em>Harper's Weekly</em>--during the Civil War. His later works promoted Christianity, warned against secularism, and targeted the social ills of the Gilded Age. Beard backed efforts to limit alcohol consumption, this cartoon depicts the determination needed to enforce liquor laws.
- 1890-1910
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Lantern Slide, "The Way the Law is Enforced" Cartoon, 1890-1910
Frank Beard (1842-1905), an illustrator, caricaturist, and cartoonist, began his career by sketching scenes of military life for popular publications--such as Harper's Weekly--during the Civil War. His later works promoted Christianity, warned against secularism, and targeted the social ills of the Gilded Age. Beard backed efforts to limit alcohol consumption, this cartoon depicts the determination needed to enforce liquor laws.