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About the Author
David Blanke is Joe B. Frantz Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He earned his BS at the University of Kentucky and his MA and PhD at Loyola University Chicago.
Rise of the Automobile
Early Automobile Advertisements
Annotation
Duke University's digital library provides a host of searchable advertising images. Here, students can discuss the ways the automobile provided access to the countryside to women and photo enthusiasts. An in-class discussion about other forms of leisure tied to mobility might help in grounding the concept of the cultural "multiplier effect" to the car.
Citation
Kodak. "Kodak, as you go." 1917. From Emergence of Advertising in America, 18501920, Digital Collections, Duke University Libraries.