Economic History

United States "prices for foods, clothing, household items, fuels for heat and transportation, and fees for services fall within the domain of this guide. We also link to documents showing the average costs of major purchases such as houses, cars, and college education. Whenever possible, we point to retail price averages as reported in government publications." Coverage looks at the 17th (colonial) through the 20th centuries.

Includes more than 2,000 posters and audio recordings as well as some other documentation on different products as well as publication of laws relating to industry from the late 19th century. Heavy US focus documentation from some other states (Brazil, Austria, etc.).

Since 1914, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has published statistical information on the U.S. economy and banking industry. FRASER has over 30,000 of these releases from 80 titles, dating 1916-201. Earlier data from the Economic Report of the President back to 1945 in PDF format. Compliment to ALFRED and FRED.

This documentary oral history project conducted by the Regional Oral History Project at the UCSC University Library includes fifty-eight interviews with farmers, activists, researchers, and educators. It encompasses the 1960s through the present. Here you will find transcripts of all of the interviews in full text (PDF) format, along with audio clips from the oral histories, photographs, and additional resources. We provide three navigable categories that offer different portals to this archive.

Publications on the availability of food products from the 1950s to the present.

Over 59,000 public documents and 300 publications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on topics related to post-WWII international trade.

Created by the World Bank Group, this database includes information on Annual Reports & Independent Evaluations, books, serial publications, technical and working papers as well as other documentation. Extra sub-Saharan focus. Coverage from 1930 to the present.

Over 900,000 documents in the library, this collection includes voting data, global commodity reports, information on human rights and other topics related to the UN across the 20th century (before the UN came into existence).

U.S. and Canadian advertisements from 1911–1955 covering five product categories: beauty and hygiene, radio, television, transportation, and World War II propaganda.

This collection includes The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1841 – 1963; Brooklyn Life from 1890 – 1924; and Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society from 1924 – 1931. Black and white copies include full page scans with advertisements and articles.

Establish a deeper connection to the period through the lens of those seeking freedom. The history contained within the advertisements is living.

Advertising artwork created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, author and illustrator known internationally as Dr. Seuss. Creation Date: 1920s-1950s.

Print advertisements published in local magazines, city directories, and theater pamphlets from 1867 to 1918. Themed groupings include health care and hygiene products, liquor, tobacco, machinery, manufacturing, transportation, fashion, food and household goods and local tourism.

More than 11,000 digital facsimiles from 1700 to the present of matchbooks and playbills, advertisements and typed letters, posters and postcards and more.

Browsable and searchable collection of images of hundreds of full-page advertisements placed in popular consumer magazines between 1932 and 1969.

Includes several collections related to the history of medicine ranging from medical instruments and artifacts to tobacco advertising as well as portraits, posters, and EM slides.

600 medical advertisements from the Hartman Center at Duke University

Search scanned images of newspapers and other periodicals, including ads, as far back as the mid-19th century.

Documents the key events, trends, and movements in 1960s America. Alongside 70,000 pages of letters, diaries, and oral histories, there are more than 30,000 pages of posters, broadsides, pamphlets, advertisements, and rare audio and video materials.

Trade literature includes printed or handwritten lists, often illustrated, of items offered for sale ranging in size from small pamphlets to oversized folios of several hundred pages. Manufacturers of all sizes and types issued trade catalogs to promote and sell their products. Open Access.

Covering 1944-2001.

Offers a collection of Presidential commercials from 1952-2020.