World War II & Advertising: Print Ad Collections

This collection consists primarily of automobile ads. Ask for staff assistance with the index, located at the library in paper form.

The DMB&B Advertisements Series is arranged alphabetically by company/brand name and then chronologically within those groupings.

This collection consists of a wide range of products from US magazines. A second addition to the collection contains primarily automobile advertisements for US brands. This collection is organized alphabetically, and then chronologically.

Image descriptions for this vast collection are accessible through the ROAD database (see below). The collection guide, and the database, are searchable by date.

This collection contains advertisements created by JWT for their clients. It is arranged alphabetically by company, and then chronologically within company.

Includes JWT and corporate-sponsored ads promoting the war effort.

This collection contains reproductions of billboards designed by the War Advertising Council and approved by U. S. government agencies charged with promoting a range of patriotic efforts. These include war bonds sales, civilian employment, food rationing, civil defense, women's military service, and fire prevention.