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American advertising ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: 6067
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.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Product labels and packaging collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6252
Abstract
A collection of 610 product labels and packaging created between 1929 and 1930. The material in this collection had been sent to the United States Patent Office by companies to copyright their artistic and literary creations. After the U.S. Patent office deaccessioned the labels and packaging, they were held in a private collection for over a decade. The labels and packaging in the collection were used for advertising and packaging a wide variety of products, including toilet paper,...
Dates:
1929 - 1930
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shipping Lines poster collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6012
Abstract
This collection consists of advertisement posters of ship routes to various countries including France, Germany, Java, and India.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections