Weekly Web Highlights

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. has created this online exhibit to complement the one at the museum about the role of propaganda in World War II. The exhibition includes a "Poll and Online Forum" and "Student Activity" and explores "how the Nazi Party used modern techniques as well as new technologies and carefully crafted messages to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany."

AdViews: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials

The AdViews digital archive consists of several thousand vintage television commercials from the 1950s through 1980s, and it is part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University. Try entering some keywords like "peanuts" or "toothpaste" into the search engine. The results are returned in a grid format, and the commercials are played back via iTunes.

Hawaii War Records Depository Photos

The Hawaii War Records Depository was established in 1943, and it contains over 880 photographs taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. The Depository also holds around 1000 newspaper photographs from the Honolulu Star Bulletin and 330 photographs identified as being from the Honolulu Advertiser. These unique items depict various Army and Navy activities throughout Hawaii during this period. The University of Hawaii was able to digitize these items via a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and they are now available for perusal by the web-browsing public.

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