Alka-Seltzer Documentation and Oral History Project
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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1953-1987
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7 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0184
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Alka-Seltzer Oral History and Documentation Project is a result of a one year effort supported, in part, by Miles Laboratories, Incorporated. Twenty-four oral history interviews and a variety of related materials were gathered to document Alka- Seltzer advertising, primarily from the mid-1950s to the 1980s. The project covers "Speedy" Alka-Seltzer, "Oh what a relief it is," "The Blahs," "Alka Seltzer on the rocks," and "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" campaigns
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Sunshine, Sara
Spanish Advertising and Marketing Service (creator)
Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies
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1962 - 2000
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3.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1343
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies Collection includes advertisements, research, and publications produced by SAMS (Spanish Advertising and Marketing Service), which was founded by Luis Diaz Albertini in 1963.
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Sanger, Carolyn
Wolpe, Eleanor
Wolpe, Allan
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1950-1990.
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7 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0524
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matchbooks collected with a national focus, from a variety of commercial establishments. Contain verbal and visual advertising.
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Lomas, Stanley
- Dates:
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1947-1990
bulk 1950-1956
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7 motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0342
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Stanley Lomas Television Commercial Collection consists of 226 television commercials for products including dishwashing soap, beer, cigarettes, soft drinks, and breakfast cereals. The collection also includes a short 1954 film demonstrating the DuMont Electronicam, a camera designed for simultaneous live broadcast and film recording. There is ...
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Ad Council
- Dates:
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1990
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2 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0372
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the multilingual advertising campaigns created by the Advertising Council to promote the 1990 Census.
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Bunting, George L., Jr.
Brinkley, Christie
Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Colonel, Sheri
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1959-1990
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15.5 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0374
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Cover Girl Make-Up Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, 1923-1991, is the result of a year-long study in 1990, which examined the advertising created for Noxell Corporation's Cover Girl make-up products from 1959 to 1990. The objective of the project was to document, in print and electronic media, the history of Cover Girl make-up advertising since its inception in 1959.
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Polykoff, Shirley
Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
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1990.
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1 Cassette tape
0.3 Cubic feet (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0474
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history describing her career in advertising, especially the creation of the Clairol advertisement "Does She or Doesn't She?" in the 1950s.
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Smithsonian World
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1990-1991
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23 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0418
- Repository:
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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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Jones, Caroline Robinson, 1942-2001 (advertising executive)
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1942 - 1996
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15 Sound tape reels
4 motion picture films
54 Cubic feet (127 boxes; one oversize folder)
129 Video recordings
70 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0552
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caroline R. Jones (1942-2001), an African-American advertising executive, worked for a number of prominent New York ad agencies and and founded her own firm in 1986. She is best known for her work in assisting clients in marketing to minority consumers. The collection includes client files, print advertisements, and radio and television commercials created for a wide range of commercial and public service campaigns.
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Maidenform, Inc.
- Dates:
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1922-1997
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35 Cubic feet (87 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0585
- Repository:
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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.