National Geographic's Collectors Corner
Advertising in The National Geographic (Magazine)
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WILDLIFE, AS CANON SEES IT ~ 1981-2020
One of the most famous long-running advertising campaigns --in print media-- was the partnership between National Geographic magazine, and Canon Inc. It was conceived as a way of highlighting a specific animal in each months issue with stats and info. about each creature such as geographical…
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Back Cover Advertisements
I just thought I'd make a place to post Back Covers with their various advertisements.January 1915 February 1915…
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The Only (So Far) Holographic Advertisement in the National Geographic
The Only (So Far) Holographic Advertisement in the National GeographicA recent discussion about the December 1988 (Earth) holographic issue had me pull out my copy of that issue [ Thanks Dalton! ;-) ]. While admiring the cover, I decided to make a copy of the back, since it was a hologram as…
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Car Ads as Collectables
Car Ads as CollectablesHere's a little item on eBay that I think Phil would have loved. Someone has posted for sale a folder with reprints of advertisements of cars, trucks, and busses from National Geographic magazines from 1957.…
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A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article Reprint
A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article ReprintThe National Geographic Society has a long history of reprinting popular articles from the Geographic. As a rule, these reprints are devoid of advertisements, the back covers are blank. So far, I have only found one exception to this rule: the…
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A Unique Back Cover Advertisement Variant
A Unique Back Cover Advertisement VariantOn the back cover of the February 1984 National Geographic Magazine there is a variant in the advertisement. Most issues contain an advertisement for Canon Cameras while the rarer variant is an ad that Nathan described as the first ever Liquor advertisement…
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A Nat Geo Ad in the Movies
A Nat Geo Ad in the MoviesIn the 2018 action war movie "12 Strong" an advertisement in a National Geographic Magazine is displayed. The soldier reading the magazine shows the ad to a fellow soldier while saying, "Hey look, Michael, it's you!".…
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The 1918 Cream of Wheat Ad Campaign
The 1918 Cream of Wheat Ad CampaignBy 1918, the Cream of Wheat Company had been a long-time advertiser in the National Geographic Magazine. With their trademark character “Rastus” created by Emery Mapes and reportedly based on Chef Frank L. White, the company’s advertisements are instantly…
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Thumbnail for the Ad group
What is a typical Nat Geo Ad? I don't know... Everybody has their favorites.. and these are usually pre 1970. I've posted most of the Santa Ads which are very, very popular. I like the car…
~ MENTION THE GEOGRAPHIC -- IT IDENTIFIES YOU ~
A place to discuss and post classic and modern Ads on any product or service found in The National Geographic Magazine, and welcome...
Fellow 'Corner member Philip Riviere suggested that there be an Ads (advertising) Group. As many collector's and others know, the vintage ads found in National Geographic Magazine over the years are classic, and truly a time capsule of days gone by.
It it noteworthy that there is an entire breed of enthusiasts-collectors (often non-Nat Geo 'o-philes) who revere, obtain, and collate NGM ads as a stand-alone hobby. They will buy or take NGM's simply to remove the ads for their general collections of myriad advertising materials.
Especially nostalgic for many --akin to a Norman Rockwell type of sentiment-- are the old Coca-Cola ads, and also in particular the automobile ads for Ford, Packard, GM, Chrysler, etc.
~ Scott S.
** I'm wondering if this group will also need to be inclusive of advertising topics in general, as pertains to the Society at-large, the Channel(s), as well as more contemporary marketing aspects. **