History of adevertising

  • 105

    Invention of paper

    Invention by tsai lun
  • 1200

    First advertising text

    Payrus of a runaway slave owner who offered a prize for the capture of his slave by praising the quality of the fabrics he sold
  • Invention of the printing press
    1447

    Invention of the printing press

    With the invention of the printing press in the 15th century by Johannes Gutenberg advertising progressed
  • First ad newspaper

    Feuille d’intelligence by Renaudot
  • Start of the industrial revolution

    Start of the industrial revolution

    The transition from manual work to the use of machines
  • Freedom of press

    Freedom of press

    Update of the US constitution that included freedom of press, the version from 1787 did not include it
  • First Advertising Agency

    By James White, it was a mixture between news agency and advertising agency
  • Art Noveau

    Art Noveau flourished, this art style wanted to modernize the designs
  • Creation of FDA

    FDA (Food and Drug Act), that labelled correctly the ingredients in these products and cut the bad ones
  • Uncle Sam pointing finger poster

    Uncle Sam pointing finger poster

    US inspired by the Lord Kitchener's poster made a similar one with uncle Sam to recruit people to fight in the First World War
  • Exposition  Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes

    Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes

    Art exhibition fair that reunited 16 million visitors, it show Art Deco style which was very successful during that time
  • "My Life In Advertising"

    Autobiography by Claude Hopkins that have techniques for advertising based on research
  • Creation of Vu

    Creation of Vu

    Created by Lucien Vogel, it was the first large weekly magazine to add photgraphs in essay form, it was published between 1928-1940
  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash

    The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the US, the consequences were very strong and lasted for a very long time, it caused the grand depression, unemployment rised to 8 million
  • Jack Armstrong and the all american boy creation

    This was a popular radio show produced by the Wheeties, the show was about the aventures of Jack Armstrong, it was linked to the name of Wheeties, so it was connected to the listerners mind as well as the show
  • Leo Burnett firm

    Burnett sold his house and opened the Leo Burnett company, he believed that in in order to impress americans it was necessary to give a distinct personality to the products
  • Ogilvy agency

    Ogilvy opened Ogilvy, Benson and Mathers agency
  • Eisenhower spot

    Eisenhower spot

    During the 1952 elections candidates relied more on TV speeches insted of spots, president Eisenhower did the opposite with his "Eisenhower answers America" campaign, this method was cheaper than the speeches
  • Creation of YveSaintLaurent logo

    Creation of YveSaintLaurent logo

    By Casaandre
  • Ne Dites pas à ma mere que je suis dans la publicité

    Best selling book and one of the most entertaining books about advertising by Jacques Seguela
  • BBC Advertising Image of the 20th century

    BBC Advertising Image of the 20th century

    The Labour isn't working ad was considered the adrvertising image of the 20th century by the BBC, the agency behind the ad is Saatchi stars.
  • Get Unhooked

    Get Unhooked

    UK government banned and anti smoking campaign, there were hundreds of complaints about how violent the images were but the campaign was highly effective, so they continued to use these type of images