Advertising and Marketing Industries

Database of historical advertisements (video, print, interactive, and more). Available on-site in the Annenberg School for Communication Library - ask at the Reference Desk to be logged in.

A source for a variety of collections of images and videos pertaining to a wide range of subjects. Featuring:

- Ad*Access: "An image database of 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."

- AdViews: "Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s."

- The Emergence of Advertising in America: "A database of over 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States."

Website with information and media clips for Public Service Announcements (PSAs).