Using Primary Sources
Making Sense of Advertisements
Producer: History Matters
Website: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/ads/
Advertisements are all around us today and have been for a long time; advertising-free "good old days" just don’t exist. This guide offers an overview of advertisements as historical sources and how historians use them; a brief history of advertising; questions to ask when interpreting ads as historical evidence; an annotated bibliography; and a guide to finding advertisements online.
