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Album, circa 1910-1930, filled with advertising poster stamps, including those for: Portland Rose Festival, Northwestern National Bank, Great Northern Railway, Meier and Frank, Elgin Watches, Edison Mazda Lamps, Samuel Rosenblatt & Co., American Hawaiian Steamship Co., Nortonia Hotel (now Mark Spencer Hotel), and Portland World's Fair, 1925 (which never happened).

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Bardsley and Haslacher was a public opinion research firm. This unprocessed collection of records includes reports and surveys, circa 1947-1985, conducted on behalf of businesses, political parties, candidates, and state agencies regarding advertising and public opinion on a variety of issues.

Abstract Papers and ephemera of spouses Harry E. Bell and Faye Bell, who both worked in the apparel retail business in the early and mid-20th century. The collection includes advertising materials, publications and ephemera of retail manufacturers whose products the Bells sold; papers and designs documenting Hirsch-Weis's White Stag line of clothes and its work with the Adolph L. Bloch Advertising Agency; and papers and photographs of other individuals whose connection with the Bells, if any, is...

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Carnation Milk poster showing the Tigner quadruplets of Portland, Oregon, at age four. The Tigners were Black fraternal quadruplets born in 1946; they were sponsored by Carnation Milk for advertising purposes, though only two known advertisements featuring them were produced.

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Oregon wine promoters Elaine Cohen and Richard Hopkins gathered this collection of marketing materials representing the wine and spirits industry in its formative years. The collection includes wine bottle labels, posters, and other ephemera from all of Oregon's major wine-producing areas, especially the Willamette and Umpqua River valleys.

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Communications Consultants, Inc. was founded in 1965 by Duane Nielsen to offer "a complete scope of consulting and audio-visual production services." Records include correspondence; proposals for an architectural preservation documentary about Portland; and materials relating to projects on the Sea Lion Caves and Boston.

Abstract Product labels for Mason, Ehrman & Co.'s Royal Club brand products. Most labels are for canned fruit or vegetables, but also include other foodstuffs, such as ketchup, pumpkin pie mix, and fruit juices. Mason, Ehrman & Company was a wholesale grocery business based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1885 by William S. Mason (1832-1899) and Edward Ehrman (1854-1933). In the early and mid-20th century, the firm operated wholesale houses in Astoria, Oregon; Klamath Falls, Oregon;...

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Two advertising posters describing Meier and Frank's outlets and celebrating its history, growth, and development.

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Labels for canned fruits and vegetables, crated fruit, and canned seafood packed by Oregon companies. Labels are from the mid-20th century.

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Collection of printed material from Oregon's territorial period and early statehood, including legislation, advertisements, notices, proclamations, and ephemera. George N. Belknap (1905-1996) listed most of the items in this collection in his 1968 work, "Oregon Imprints, 1845-1870," or in addendums to that work.