What archive could possibly give you a total view of American business practice in the twentieth century? What industry touched and participated in nearly every other industry? What firm yields insight into a cavalcade of firms in one fell swoop? The answer to all of these questions is the BBD&O advertising agency archive held in the Hagley Museum & Library.  

While I was the Advertising Education Foundation's Visiting Professor at BBDO, I gave a talk to ad professionals about the history of branded entertainment

In this talk, I describe my experiences posting old 20th century ads, both consumer and trade, on Tumblr, and how the audience response showed they preferred sexist ads  and ads with sexual innuendo