
Via my FaceBook friend Scott Beadle
"AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television
commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were
created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its
successor, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in
1929, Benton & Bowles was a New York advertising agency that merged
with D'Arcy Masius McManus in 1985 to form DMB&B. Major clients
included are Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Schick, Vicks, and Post,
among others. Commercials will be added in phased batches over several
months in 2009. The commercials are a part of the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives found at the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library."
There is an amazing amount of stuff there for free. Just click on the "Adviews On iTunes" link and it opens up your iTunes store and links to thousands of great classic commercials. Link.
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