Advertising

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

Online library of multimedia advertising content. Contains over 50,000 advertisements from over 90 countries. Coverage includes television, print, interactive, radio, cinema and outdoor campaigns.

Digital archive from Duke University. Includes thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The CLIO Awards is the world's most recognized global awards competition for creative advertising in package design, print, radio and television. Includes recent winners and past winners.

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 U.S.

The Smithsonian has preserved advertising campaigns for several familiar companies, such as Marlboro, Alka-Seltzer, Federal Express, Cover Girl, and Nike.