Results for "Advertising"
Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning
- Date: June 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Stacy A. Flaherty
- Date: September 8, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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T. Mead’s Splendid Assortment
- Date: December 14, 2010
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: [caption id="attachment_10508" align="aligncenter" width="277" caption="T. Mead advertising circular (click to enlarge), Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305: Accession Number 4414."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_10509" align="alignright" width="226" caption="T.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Fath Davis Ruffins
- Date: May 9, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Fath Davis Ruffins, is a specialist in ethnic imagery in popular culture, the history of advertising, and the origins of ethnic museums on the National Mall. #Groundbreaker
Marketing and the Smithson Bicentennial
- Date: November 6, 2012
- Description: Their new ad campaign may be Seriously Amazing, but three days in 1965 left a lasting impression of the Smithsonian.
6 Questions Answered at the Archives
- Date: December 27, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Smithsonian's new branding campaign, "Seriously Amazing," answers some interesting questions about the Smithsonian.
Playing Against Type: Women, Science, and Stereotypes
- Date: April 8, 2014
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Even enlightened publications and workplaces can succumb to the fallback position of choosing stereotyped images of female scientists.
Science Service, Up Close: Hallie Jenkins, On the Road, On Her Own Terms
- Date: March 16, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In January 1926, Science Service took a chance on smart, plucky Hallie Jenkins, hiring the 27-year-old as their sales representative. During the following months, Jenkins traveled on her own throughout the Midwest, selling science to newspapers large and small. By the end of the year, she become the organization’s sales and advertising manager.
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Science Service, Up Close: Stuff Matters
- Date: September 3, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Science Service photographs, while having good identifying information, can still be helped by the cybercommunity to fill in some of the mission information.
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Made You Look!!!
- Date: July 8, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7261" align="alignleft" width="430" caption="Advertisement on Fifth Avenue in New York City, 2010, Photo courtesy of Marvin Heiferman."][/caption] You’ve probably noticed, in recent years, that in order to attract shoppers’ attention retail establishments have been filling both exterior and interior display spaces with big, colorful, and evocative
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Rachel Page
- Date: February 11, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Rachel Page studies predator/prey interactions, the sensory and cognitive ecology of foraging, and the effect of eavesdroppers on the evolution of their sexually advertising prey. #Groundbreaker
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 2
- Date: July 12, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.