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Ad
Access: The Ad Access
Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library
2000" Fund, presents images and database information
for more than 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S.
and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911
and 1955. Ad Access concentrates on five main subject
areas - Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty
and Hygiene, and World War II.
Ad
Access Timeline 1915-1955: The Ad Access
Timeline features a chronology of major events and
interesting facts in international affairs; United
States government and politics; companies, inventions,
discoveries and technology; humanities and the arts;
entertainment and sports ; and a miscellaneous section.
The timelines mainly list events that occurred in
or affected the United States to provide general context
for the ads in the project.
Engines
of Our Ingenuity: This Web site houses
the transcripts and streaming audio files of more
than 1700 episodes aired on the radio program "Engines
of Our Ingenuity." Written and hosted by John
Lienhard and produced by KUHF-FM Houston, the program
tells the story of how our culture is formed by human
creativity.
Food
Timeline: An extensive timeline with links
to information about food and food products.
HarpWeek:
19th Century Advertising - This free site features
a sampling of 19th century ads that originally appeared
in "Harper's Weekly." Ads include Civil
War products, consumer goods, farm land, foreign travel,
insurance, retailers and souvenirs.
How
Ad Slogans Work: This "How Stuff Works"
article explores the techniques that companies use
to make their products and services memorable.
International
Trademark Association: This site features
professionally written and informative articles on
the topic of trademarks.
Reading
an Advertisement: Students will practice
the process of analyzing an 1886 advertisement and
compare their work to that of a historian in this
New Jersy interactive activity.
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