See Ad* Access http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/ "The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University." The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ "presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States." also based on the Duke University collection - John H. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/hartman/ Infomercial Indes: Informercial Products from over 400 Infomercials http://www.magickeys.com/infomercials/ Old-time Radio Commercials - The first commercial broadcast in 1922, the first musical commercial from 1926, and other historical sound recordings with background history provided by Danny Goodwin, an avid collector. http://www.old-time.com./commercials/ Library of American Broadcasting - Radio Advertising Bureau Collection http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/AUDIO/soundbites.html 19th Century American Trade Cards http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/exhibits/tcard/ see ad for lawn mower on homepage The Trade Card Place - Victorian Scrapbook - browse by topic like transportation, medical & dental, sewing, farm, etc. http://www.tradecards.com/scrapbook/scrapbook.html Ad Flip - Searchable database of classic print ads from the 1940s through 2000. http://www.adflip.com/ In case I missed anything see Advertising Resources at http://www.uiowa.edu/commstud/resources/advertising.html and someplace, on the Web, I stashed a bunch of ads from 19th century magazines for various electrical corsets, combs, belts, etc. I'll have to send URL later. Karla Tonella