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Q. Where can I find images of old advertisements?

Answered By: Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship & Business

Last Updated: Jun 09, 2017 Views: 31

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Reading Room: Scroll down to the bottom and you can find instructions on how to search the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. List of links for TV commercials can also be found at the Library of Congress's Motion Picture & Television Reading Room.

Duke University Libraries Digital Collections: Search for Advertising

The D'Arcy Collection at the Communications Library: A collection of about 2 million advertisements published between 1890 and 1970. Images are available in microfilm.

Advertising Council Archives: Also located within the Communications Library; the collection includes advertisements in print; radio and television.

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