American Decades
"Is There News in Shaving Soap?"
Magazine advertisement
By: J. Walter Thompson Company
Date: May 29, 1919
Source: J. Walter Thompson Company. "Is There News in Shaving Soap?" Advertisement in Printer's Ink, May 29, 1919. Reprinted online in Emergence of Advertising On-Line Project. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Database no. J0075. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ (accessed January 26, 2003).
About the Organization: The J. Walter Thompson Company is one of the oldest advertising companies in the world. The company was founded in 1864 and purchased by J. Walter Thompson in 1878. Thompson tried many innovative ideas when advertising its clients' products. The agency placed advertisements in women's magazines in the early twentieth century, added...
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- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
