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Arts & Culture

2:50 pm

Mon May 13, 2013

Mad Men Mondays: Duke's Hartman Center Explores Episode 7

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"Give him the children's aspirin more doctors recommend"

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"When it comes to good habits, are they ever too young?" as found in the Ladies Home Journal, June, 1968

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"Break out the frosty bottle, boys, and keep your tonics dry!"

Madmen Modays Cessna

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"If I can fly, you can fly"

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"The JETS are coming!"

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Robert F. Kennedy, Newsweek Cover June 17, 1968

By Laura Candler and Jacqueline Wachholz

This is a weekly column written by the Hartman Center, part of Duke University's Rubenstein Library that studies advertising history. Each Monday they dig through their archive to find ads for items referenced in the latest Mad Men episode. Here is this week's column (originally posted on their blog) written by Jacqueline Wachholz and the Hartman Center.

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3:09 pm

Mon May 6, 2013

Mad Men Mondays: The Hartman Center Tackles Episode 6

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The Hartman Center at Duke's Rubenstein Library releases another Mad Men Mondays post.

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In the latest Mad Men episode, there were references to paint fumes.

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This Jim Beam ad would have been similar to the ones seen by characters on Mad Men in 1968.

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Now one of the largest ad firms in the world, JWT went public in 1969. On episode 6, Mad Men's SCDP thinks about going public.

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This Mustang ad appeared in Life, Look, and the Saturday Evening Post in 1968.

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Last night's episode referenced Pinot Noir. This 1968 ad would've been seen by Mad Men characters in that year.

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Shalimar perfume was referenced in Mad Men's episode 6 Sunday night.

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A wrapping paper ad from Hallmark, 1968.

By Laura Candler and Jacqueline Wachholz

Starting today, WUNC will begin publishing the latest "Mad Men Monday" column written by the Hartman Center. A part of Duke University's Rubenstein Library, the Hartman Center studies advertising history, and each Monday they dig through their archive to find ads for items referenced in the latest Mad Men episode. Here is this week's column, written by Jacqueline Wachholz and the Hartman Center (originally posted here):

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5:00 am

Sat May 4, 2013

Duke's Hartman Center Uses 'Mad Men' To Explore Ad History

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An ad for Sheraton Hotels in Hawaii

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On Mad Men, Heinz is a big player in the lives of competing ad agencies in 1968.

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Ad for Jaguar, a company which Don Draper helped win over in the show.

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An ad by Dow Corning for silicone.

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Avon is mentioned in season 6.

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An ad for formal wear.

By Laura Candler

AMC’s new Mad Men season debuted in April and has a lot of people talking. Locally, it’s creating a buzz at the Hartman Center, part of Duke's Rubenstein Library which specializes in advertising and marketing history. The center is an international resource for all things ad-related, and their archives are full of the sort of ads seen on Mad Men.

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11:30 am

Wed February 20, 2013

An Arcade Game That Dispenses…Beer!

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Beercade: The Last Barfighter

By Laura Candler

Arcade games have long been a popular bar distraction, but Durham-based ad agency McKinney has recently taken coin-operated entertainment to a new level. Instead of inserting quarters and playing for points, two players can now insert their beer cups and battle each other for a drink. They call it the Beercade.

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