1950s Ads

[itmar.livejournal.com]

I am working on my Masters thesis right now and am looking for ads that portray American life/values in the 1950s. Does anyone have any favorites that they'd be willing to share?

Thanks!

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[nimbus9.livejournal.com]

http://z3d.com/fark/american_way.jpg

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

I'm sure everybody will post lots of great stuff from their personal collections, but I have to say you really can't go past http://www.lileks.com for a lot of that stuff. Dig in, you'll be there for hours!

[anitakay.livejournal.com]

Have you tried posting this to history communities. I belong to one that is pretty good: historystudents. I am sure that they will be able to point you in the right direction.

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Check out the book Populuxe (http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Populuxe/2266290/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=10520746-000-000). The edition here is a reprint; the original book came out about twenty years ago.

[sassyback.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about what you're asking, but I'm sure http://www.adclassix.com/sitemap.htm has something that'll help :D

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

http://www.plan59.com is perfect for that.

[bzul.livejournal.com]

http://www.plan59.com/

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