Search for advertisements by category, section, date, client, agency, industry, and other filters.
Guidelines, standards, and research reports around advertising for both mobile and web interfaces.
Print ads from 1911-1955 - 5 broad categories (+ 23 smaller categories) -- 7,000 ads total. From Duke Univ.
Also consider browsing through our online historical newspapers - for the Atlanta Constitution [1881 to 1984] and New York Times [1851 to 2011]
The AdViews digital collection provides access to thousands of historic commercials created for clients or acquired by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency or its predecessor during the 1950s - 1980s. All of the commercials held in the DMB&B Archives will be digitized, allowing students and researchers access to a wide range of vintage brand advertising from the first four decades of mainstream commercial television.
AdViews is a collaborative project between the Digital Collections Program and the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History, as well as a number of other groups, at Duke University.
"Best Ads Archive" - browse by broad category (Super Bowl ads, etc.)
Detailed info.
Adweek - Super Bowl Ad Tracker
Divides up the commercials into 10 categories.
Searchable - from Advertising Age. Includes iconic Coca-Cola "Hilltop" ad from 1972, "1984" Apple ad, and more. Includes background story for each ad.