American advertising ephemera collection
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Scope and Content
A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.
Dates
- Creation: 1870s-1930s
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.
Acquisition
Purchased from Eclectibles, April 16, 2013.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Advertising -- Electric household appliances -- Archival resources
- Advertising -- Soap -- Archival resources
- Advertising -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
- Advertising -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Women in advertising -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
- Women in advertising -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the American advertising ephemera collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sue Luftschein
- Date
- 2014 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu