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History of Advertising

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  • Criers - Babylon
    2000 BCE

    Criers - Babylon

    They sold carpets, tapestries and spices.
  • Fire - Phoenicians
    1500 BCE

    Fire - Phoenicians

    After docking their ships they would light fires in high mountains in order for people to come to buy from them.
  • Papyri - Ancient Egypt - 1200BC first advertising text "Shem"
    1200 BCE

    Papyri - Ancient Egypt - 1200BC first advertising text "Shem"

    Oldest advertising ever found
  • Kerux, Axon, Kyrbo – Classical Greece
    500 BCE

    Kerux, Axon, Kyrbo – Classical Greece

    The greeks made use of these three ways of advertising. The kerux was a cryer that was supported by the axon and kyrbo which held the text on papyrus
  • Praeco, Album, Graffiti, Signa - Rome
    31 BCE

    Praeco, Album, Graffiti, Signa - Rome

    They followed the same ways of the greeks. The first one being oral and the next two using written mediums.
  • Woodblock painting (textiles/paper) (before 220 AC) – China
    220

    Woodblock painting (textiles/paper) (before 220 AC) – China

  • 1st printed book - Diamond Sutra
    868

    1st printed book - Diamond Sutra

  • Woodcut (xylography)
    1370

    Woodcut (xylography)

  • Printing press J. Gutenberg
    1447

    Printing press J. Gutenberg

    At first it was thought that Guttenberg invented this method but it was anciently used in China to print on textiles and would later on be trasnfered to paper
  • Newsmen, peddlers, charlatans, public crier (horn) - Medieval advertising
    1500

    Newsmen, peddlers, charlatans, public crier (horn) - Medieval advertising

    They picked up the baton of criers, kerux and praeco
  • Newspaper advertising

    Newspaper advertising

    La Gazette, the first weekly newspaper was set up in France
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    Production was transferred to machines
  • Creation of R. F. White & Son

    Creation of R. F. White & Son

    The first advertising agency was creates, it was a mix with a news agency
  • Lythography

    Lythography

    Invented by Aloys Senefelder, lythography made it easier for publishers to copy images
  • Art Nouveau

    Art Nouveau

    An attempt to create a new style "new art" was born. It would go on to spread through europe and even the US
  • Radio ads

    Radio ads

    A new fitting medium for ads was discovered
  • Art Deco

    Art Deco

    New style born in Paris. Bold, full of geometrical shapes and straight lines. It would influence other arts like architecture.
  • Scientific Advertising

    Scientific Advertising

    Claude Hopkins considered that getting to know the consumer was a key part of selling
  • Leo Burnett

    Leo Burnett

    One of history's most influential agencies was born. The man himself along with his agency would go on to create the highest impact ads in the 50s and 60s.
  • TV ads

    TV ads

    The first ever tv ad, which showcased a Bulova watch
  • Volkswagen beetle ad THINK SMALL

    Volkswagen beetle ad THINK SMALL

    Considered the best print ad campaign from the 20th century created by William Bernbach
  • David Ogilvy

    David Ogilvy

    Considered by many the father of advertising as we know it.
    Created campaigns that impacted the ways of the industry forever, such as the one for Hathaway.
  • Madison Avenue

    Madison Avenue

    It controlled half of the money spent on ads in the US at the moment. Three men cosign the creative revolutionc coming form the avenue William Bernbach, David Ogilvy, and Leo Burnett, still making an impact nowadays.
  • Shock ads

    Shock ads

    It presents grottesque or appalling scenes that might advertise a brand, critize a product or societal problem.
  • Internet and digital era

    Internet and digital era

    First ad on the internet, It was a banner advertisement added to a web page.