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History of Advertising in America. Early America: 1600s to 1850Rural communities, small townsOne blacksmithOne general storePeople were self-reliantLarger towns, citiesMultiple stores, services. Kinds of Advertising. Before 1850Signs on store frontsPostersWord of mouth. Kinds of Advertisin
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1. Advertising How does it affect our choices?
2. History of Advertising in America Early America: 1600s to 1850
Rural communities, small towns
One blacksmith
One general store
People were self-reliant
Larger towns, cities
Multiple stores, services
3. Kinds of Advertising Before 1850
Signs on store fronts
Posters
Word of mouth
4. Kinds of Advertising 1850-1920
Signs, posters, word of mouth
Cards http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/eaa/databases/ephemera/@Generic__BookTextView/13685
Catalogs http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/eaa/databases/ephemera/@Generic__BookTextView/13226
5. Billboards http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/maxwell/M05/M0547-72dpi.html
Posters
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/broadsides/B04/B0413/B0413-72dpi.html
Cookbooks http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/eaa/databases/cookbooks/@Generic__BookTextView/1693
6. After 1920
Coca Cola: early TV and beginnings of color TV; more sophistication in late 1990s http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colahome.html
Assignment: Find one ad from LOC site, download it and cite it. Keep it in your folder on the server. Name the file with your last name, first name citation.