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How to Get It

Materials are available in the A. C. Clark Library and can be placed on hold for pick up or delivered to your home. Access to ebooks and streaming videos will require a log in with BSU Star ID information.

Find Vintage and Contemporary Print Advertisements

Ad*Access
A Duke University Libraries digital collection, Ad*Access offers access to "over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955."
AdForum Creative Library
A searchable collection of contemporary and vintage advertisements collected by AdForum. Filter your search by Media: Print to locate magazine and newspaper advertisements.
Artstor Vintage Advertisements Collection
A collection of 150 vintage advertisements from Ladies Home Journal, Life Magazine and more, printed between the 1930-1950's. Collection contributed by the Rhode Island School of Design.
The Gallery of Graphic Design
A database of advertisements printed between 1930 and 1969. Browse by magazine, brand, year, and more.
Vintage Ad Browser
A collection of over 100,000 vintage advertisements from a range of source types, from magazines to websites.

National Geographic Magazine Archive (1888 - 1994) This link opens in a new window
This collection contains scans of each page of the magazine, advertisements included!

Find Advertisements via Article Databases

How to use an article database to find advertisements

In this example, we use Academic Search Premier to find advertisements in Time Magazine. To follow along, use this link to access Time Magazine via Academic Search Premier.

Time Magazine (available to BSU affiliates only)
Digitized color copies of the full magazine in PDF format, complete with advertisements. Available from 1923-the present.