photo-copies of printed advertisements
These large collections are not uniquely related to Ogle County.
Old and Classic ads Design Crowd
Wikipedia: History of advertising
Coca-Cola ads
HubSpot
Cigarettes
Hodge Podge
funny ads
17 ad campaigns Business Insider
Duke University Digital Repositary collection of advertisements
Hartman Center Duke University Rubenstein-Hartman collection
Ad* Access Project (1912- 1950s) Database of digitized online images of American print advertisements, focusing on the subjects of beauty/hygiene, radio, television, transportation, and World War II. Information about date, publication source, company being advertised and target audience is provided.
AdFlip (1940- ) Commercial site with indexed digital images of ads from 1940- present. To access the whole collection, you need to buy a subscription (available for a range of lengths of time and prices), but about 500 ads (about 5% of the total collection) is viewable for free.
AdRespect Ad Library (1917- ) Searchable collection of GLBT-themed television and print ads. From the library overview: "Our collection focuses on mainstream corporate advertising and its incredible power to affect how the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender community is perceived. We collect worldwide corporate ads with direct references to GLBT people or a GLBT theme, including political ads and those from government and health agencies, nonprofits, gay and anti-gay organizations." Includes resources related to marketing to GLBT demographics.
Ads of the World An archive of images and videos of over 60,000 ads in a variety of formats from over 50 countries. You can limit by medium, country, region, or industry. Full-text search does not currently appear to work.
adverlicious: online advertising and marketing archiveSearchable archive of online advertisements, both images and videos.
The Advertising Archives (c.1830- ) Collection of 100,000 primarily British and American advertisements, posters, and magazine covers. Mostly commercial images, but some political ads and posters are also included. Optional free registration to see larger images.
Advertolog (1990- ) International collection of print ads and television commercials. Full collection is browseable and key-word searchable for free, but advanced searching requires a paid subscription.
The American Package Museum (early 20th century) "The primary objective of this website is to preserve and display specimens of American package design from the early decades of the 20th century." Photographs of product packaging including a dime placed next to the item for size comparison.
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera (18th- 20th century).
Database of digitized online images of broadsides and other printed ephemera from the collections of the Library of Congress The genre search option allows for limiting searches to advertisements, menus, programs, catalogs, etc. Information about date, publication source, and company being advertised is provided for each image.
Baseball Card Collection from the Library of Congress (1887- 1914) Collection of early baseball cards sponsored by cigarette companies. "This collection presents a Library of Congress treasure—2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914. The cards show such legendary figures as Ty Cobb stealing third base for Detroit, Tris Speaker batting for Boston, and pitcher Cy Young posing formally in his Cleveland uniform. Other notable players include Connie Mack, Walter Johnson, King Kelly, and Christy Mathewson."
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Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850- 1920 Database of digitized online images of American print advertisements. Along with general search options, the ‘Special Features’ search option allows for searching by specific themes and media genres. Information about date, publication source, company being advertised and target audience is provided for each image.
The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements (1736- 1803) "A digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves and servants in 18th- and 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Building on the rich descriptions of individual slaves and servants in the ads, the project offers a personal, geographical and documentary context for the study of slavery in Virginia, from colonial times to the Civil War."
The Gender Ads Project (mid-twentieth century- ). Collection of print ads organized around themes. Browseable by theme but not searchable. Bibliographic information not included for ads. Includes a bibliography of scholarship on gender and advertising.
Images from the History of Medicine (National Library of Medicine) (15th- 21st century) Try a browse search for advertisements to see the most complete list of records. This database is especially useful for its collection of 19th century advertisements for medical items.
Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive (20th century) A number of fascinating collections of historic visual material. Includes thousands of "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films, vintage cartoons, newsreels, and similar resources.
Medicine and Madison Avenue (1850- 1920) Database of digitized online images of American print advertisements relating to medicine, focusing on the subjects of household products, over-the-counter drugs, personal hygiene, institutional and pharmaceutical advertisements, cigarettes and ‘supplementary documents.’ Information about date, publication source, company being advertised and target audience is provided for each image.
Miss Frank E. Buttolph American Menu Collection, 1856-1930 Digitized collection of American menus from the New York Public Library. Search the entire collection or browse by date. Information about date and physical description is provided for each image. Search by typing in Buttolph and information to which you want to limit your search.
Popular Graphic Arts Collection from the Library of Congress (c. 1835- 1900) "About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes, historical events, religious iconography and portraits."
To find advertisements, you can do keyword searching or browse images by subject (here: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/index/subjects/ ) Most ads are indexed under "advertisements," but some are also indexed under the products they advertise.
The Art of American Advertising: Trade CardsA collection of about one hundred trade cards, mostly 19th century, digitized and made available from Harvard University. Do a search for 'trade card' and limit the search to records that have digital images.
Triptych: Early Advertising Cards (1790- 1910) The Early Advertising Collection contains American and European (primarily French and Dutch) printed advertisements dating from 1790 to 1910. The majority of the collection are trade cards of the late nineteenth century.
Philip Morris USA, Inc. Advertising Archive (20th century) More than 55,000 color images of tobacco advertisements, dating back to 1909.
Vintage Ad Browser (c.1800- ) Collection of print ads organized by theme and keyword-searchable. Also searchable by color. Bibliographic information is not included, but each image includes a link to its source.
From the "about" section: "This site aims to collect vintage ads from a variety of sources, including comic books, CD-Roms, websites, APIs, your submissions, book, magazine & comic book scans, and more. At the moment, this site contains 123,311 ads."
Women Working Collection of digitized trade catalogs of businesses that were run by women or that produced products for women and women's magazines, as well as books, pamphlets, diaries, memoirs, institutional records, and photographs related to women at work during this period.
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936- 1943 Database of digitized online images of posters produced by the WPA. Information about date, sponsoring organization, company being advertised and agency is provided for each image.
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commericals, 1952-2012 Ads are browsable by year and indexed by candidate, party, and keywords.
Political Americana from Cornell University (1789- 1984) Published political material, ephemera, and artifacts.
Popular Graphic Arts from the Library of Congress (c. 1700- c. 1900) "About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes, historical events, religious iconography and portraits.
Keyword searchable and indexed by subject (here: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/index/subjects/ )
Posters for the People (1930's and '40's) Posters from the WPA, mostly concerning entertainment and public health.
Posters of World War II from the Kittleson Collection (1939- 1945) "The posters afforded artists, photographers, graphic designers, and printers the opportunity to showcase their work. Posters published in the United States are from military and government departments, civilian service groups, and private businesses. Also in the collection are posters from other countries including England, Canada, Germany, China, and various nations' information centers located in New York." Posters are searchable by keyword and indexed by subject, creator, contributing organization, and publisher.
Spanish Civil War Posters from the Library of Congress (1936- 1939) "The collection of Spanish Civil War posters in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division consists of approximately 120 posters created between 1936 and 1939."
"Most posters in the collection support the Republican cause, but the Nationalists are also represented, and the posters feature the perspectives of the trade unions, Catalonian nationalists, and various international groups. ... The posters warned of the evils of communism and fascism and called citizens to action for a variety of causes such as food production and conservation."
World War I Posters from the Library of Congress (1914- 1920) "During World War I, the impact of the poster as a means of communication was greater than at any other time during history. The ability of posters to inspire, inform, and persuade combined with vibrant design trends in many of the participating countries to produce thousands of interesting visual works. The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division makes available online approximately 1,900 posters created between 1914 and 1920. Most relate directly to the war, but some German posters date from the post-war period and illustrate events such as the rise of Bolshevism and Communism, the 1919 General Assembly election and various plebiscites."
"The majority of the posters were printed in the United States. Posters from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia are included as well. The posters range in style from anonymous broadsides (predominantly text) to graphically vibrant works by well-known designers. "
World War Poster Collection from the University of North Texas (1914- 1946) World War I & II posters from the United States and Europe.
WPA Posters from the Library of Congress (1936- 1943) "The Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection consists of 907 posters produced from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest. The posters were designed to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs in seventeen states and the District of Columbia, with the strongest representation from California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The results of one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts, the posters were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s."
Yanker Poster Collection from the Library of Congress (1927-1980) "The Yanker Poster Collection includes more than 3,000 political, propaganda, and social issue posters and handbills, dating 1927-1980. Most posters are from the United States, but over 55 other countries and the United Nations are also represented. The materials were acquired by gift of Gary Yanker in 1975 and later."