Social Studies/History - Advertising

Access More Than 7,000 Historical Advertisements
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
Browse the exhibits from this Duke University website, or search for a specific term such as auto or soap. Find out more about the products used in America's past.

Living Room Candidate (American Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php  
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004 is an innovative online exhibition presenting more than 250 television commercials from every election year beginning in 1952, when the first campaign ads aired, and including ads from this year's campaign. Users can watch nearly four hours of TV commercials and explore the expanding world of Web-based political advertising. The site includes a searchable database and features commentary, historical background, election results, and navigation organized by both year and theme. Each commercial selected is accompanied by a list of related commercials in order to help guide the viewer through the collection.