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Advertising in Hard Times
  • These ads all come from the on-line collection developed by the late Roland Marchand, author of a wonderful book on advertising in the 1920s and 1930s--Advertising the American Dream.  The website for his collection is at http://historyproject.ucdavis.edu/imageapp-us.php
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"The Yachting Course…leads to peaceful days and tranquil nights…to starlit skies and silhouetted palms…Motor boating offers winter comfort, in a cruise south…Sterling Engines supply the mobility, the activated swift dash that adds to the gaiety of the generation.“  --Fortune Magazine 1931
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“Sunny Skies are Ahead”: "The lesser cost is in keeping with the spirit of the emerging day - placing commodities within reach of income.“--1932
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Ad for Oneida Community Plate Silverware, 1932
  • "They shall not be denied! For 14 days…from November 12 to 26 - Oneida Community, Ltd. will offer special services in Community Plate… absolutely without profit to itself…. "The governments of the nation, of the states, and of the municipalities are organizing our economic resources in broad, practical programs to achieve the return of prosperity. We believe that prosperity is coming. Our workers are waiting - eager for full employment...We are resolved that they shall no longer be denied full employment. We will not take advantage of our financial security and wait until prosperity returns."
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Dr. West’s Toothpaste: Saturday Evening Post, 1932
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""Forward America.“ "..."
  • "Forward America.“ "An expose unequaled in American history! Astounding, fearless! Mothers, daughters, Startling facts revealed, dear to the hearts of women...unusually sensational...daringly different. " The film denounces "un-American business methods" of chain stores and promotes the hometown, independent retailer. "The picture is dedicated to the American housewife. It shows her how by sending her money away from home she is trading her husband out of his job, destroying the value of her home, and adding to the national problem of unemployment.“--1935
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October, 1933
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"The size of the theater on the opposite page gives an idea of the amount of influence that the screen has on the popular imagination today…. Paramount can conceive of no greater responsibility and honor than to lead motion pictures today.“--1924
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