Query: Symbolism in advertising
Smithsonian World/WETA "Selling the Dream" Collection
Creators:
Smithsonian World
Dates:
1990-1991
Size:
23 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0418
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents "Selling the Dream" was an hour long television documentary that aired in early 1991 as part of the public television series, Smithsonian World.

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Maidenform Collection
Creators:
Maidenform, Inc.
Dates:
1922-1997
Size:
35 Cubic feet (87 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0585
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Patent and trademark documents, advertisements, sales and marketing material, market research, photographs, packaging, company newsletters and magazines, and business records documenting the history of the Maidenform Company from 1922 to1997.

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Charles Baldwin White Trademark Collection
Creators:
White, John H., 1933-
White, Charles Baldwin
Dates:
1920-1940
Size:
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0182
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection consists of several thousand clippings of trade marks, labels, etc., taken from magazines and newspapers, and labels. Many of them are quite small and a very few have dates and sources noted on the reverse side. Most of them appear to have been clipped in the 1920-1940 period. They …

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Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project
Creators:
Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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Dates:
1926-1988
Size:
17.4 Cubic feet (53 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0198
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. The …

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William Metzig Papers
Creators:
Metzig, William, 1893-1989
Dates:
circa 1925-1979
Size:
16 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1269
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The materials in this collection span the years from the late 1920s to the 1970s and document Metzig's work in Germany and the United States. Little background and biographical information is available. Project files : More than 500 examples of the designer's work, including letterheads, logos, trademarks, brochures, book jackets, magazine covers and layouts …

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Airline Baggage Label Collection
Creators:
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Dates:
bulk 1920-1990
Size:
13 Cubic feet ((18 boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0146
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This artificial collection consists of a wide variety of airline timetables, memorabilia, baggage tags, and logos, aircraft company logos, aviation school logos, bumper stickers, and balloon prints. The material covers airlines and aircraft companies from around the world. There are also 1986 - 1987 Air Transport Label Catalogs.

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Evan Rangeloff Collection of Punchboards and Liggett & Myers Tobacco Sales Materials
Creators:
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.
Rangeloff, Evan
Dates:
circa 1910-1991
Size:
3.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0716
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection includes thirty-eight punchboards, all unpunched and in very good to excellent condition, and featuring a range of products and imagery. The collection also includes two punchboard manufacturers' catalogs from the 1940s, which detail the money-making opportunities for jobbers and retailers. The collection also contains correspondence, employment forms, promotional literature …

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Archives Center 2002 Winter Olympics Collection
Creators:
Rubin, Jamee
Little, Meg
Chase, Kevin
Smucker, Conrad
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Dates:
2002
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0806
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Ephemera from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, including advertising, packaging, program books, ticket stubs, maps, spectator and media guides, and other printed ephemera.

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Ladislav Sutnar collection
Creators:
Sutnar, Ladislav
Dates:
1927-1976
Size:
85 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
SIL-CH.2001-26-1
Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries

Material relates to Sutnar's career including exhibitions, designs for corporate clients, designs for books on packaging design and catalog information. Little office correspondence and personal information is provided.The major part of the collection consists of Sutnar's designs, including logos, letterheads, catalogs, and advertising campaigns for a large number of clients, notably Addo-X, Carr's Department Stores, JC Penney, RCA, and Vera, as well as product and catalog design for Sweet's Catalog Service. Also included are drafts of books, sketches, over 5,000 photographs, photoprints, and photonegatives. Other materials include clippings, page layouts, brochures and booklets about package design and magazine layouts.

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Nathan Horwitt collection
Creators:
Horwitt, (George) Nathan, 1889-1990.
Dates:
[193-]-[196-]
Size:
4 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
SIL-CH.1991-127-1
Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries

This collection documents Horwitt's major projects from the 1930s to the 1960s.Project files include drawings, sketches, blueprints, correspondence, patents, legal correspondence, clippings, financial reports, and advertisements for Horwitt's projects. Samples of logos and letterheads he designed are included as well. The most thorough documentation pertains to the Braquette, the Cyclometer, the Museum Watch, and the Beta Chair. Drawings, sketches, blueprints, and plans are boxed separately, mostly flat. Interviews with individuals who worked with and knew Horwitt are on audio cassettes, "Recollections of Nathan Horwitt." Two short videos, "The Legend behind the Museum Watch" and "Movado Worldwide Museum" are stored on 3/4 in. video cassettes.

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