• N. W. Ayer & Son was founded in Philadelphia in 1869 by 21-year-old Francis Ayer, who named the agency after his father, N. W. Ayer. N. W. Ayer & Son...
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    Wayland Ayer (February 4, 1848 – March 5, 1923) was an American advertising businessman. Ayer was born on February 4, 1848, to Nathaniel Wheeler Ayer and...
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    the United States and Canada, 1902, Volume 2". UNT Digital Library. N. W. Ayer & Son. 1902. Retrieved 2024-10-15. "Obituary for ABEL P. CALDWELL". The Philadelphia...
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    Martin Armistead (May 8, 1873 – November 5, 1955) was a publicist for N. W. Ayer & Son, the oldest advertising agency in the United States. He is credited...
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    of All Newspapers of the United States and Canada, 1898, Volume 1. N. W. Ayer & Son. 1898. Sault Ste Marie News. March 6, 1896. {{cite news}}: Missing...
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  • age of 83 on April 11, 1999 . Frances Gerety began working at the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency as a copywriter in 1943 and continued until 1970...
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    "Publications in Foreign Languages: Spanish", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1907, hdl:2027/ien.35556000550921 "Publications...
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    space in newspapers. N. W. Ayer & Son was the first full-service agency to assume responsibility for advertising content. N.W. Ayer opened in 1869, and...
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  • firm N. W. Ayer & Son as an executive. Ayer was commissioning famous artists for their clients, bringing fine art to commercial advertisements. Ayer represented...
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  • Look up ayer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ayer may refer to: Ayer, Massachusetts, United States Ayer (CDP), Massachusetts, the central village...
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    country prepared to transition to an all-volunteer military. When N. W. Ayer & Son, who were engaged by the US Army, believed they felt the army said...
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    program of classical and Broadway music. AT&T's advertising agency, N. W. Ayer & Son, suggested that they also sponsor "television specials aimed at family...
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  • worked at N. W. Ayer & Son, where Rubicam was again his coworker. In 1923, Rubicam was denied a promotion to partner, and he and Young left Ayer to found...
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    and commitment. Copywriter Frances Gerety (1916–1999) working for N. W. Ayer & Son coined the famous advertising slogan, 'A Diamond is Forever', in 1947...
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    to American Henry Nelson McKinney, who was an advertising agent for N. W. Ayer & Son. In 1917, he used the term because the rubber sole made the shoe's...
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  • 31951002273861a. "Georgia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 161+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n – via HathiTrust. Raybun...
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    Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1912, LCCN sn91012092, OCLC 4163731 N. W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual and directory, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1913...
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  • New York, pp. 40–48 "Cuba", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1908, hdl:2027/uiug.30112063602004 – via HathiTrust "Republica Cubana:...
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    "Publications in Foreign Languages: French", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690 The State Library...
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    educator and author in the area of marketing and organisational theory N. W. Ayer & Son - probably the first advertising agency to use mass media (i.e. telegraph)...
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    the first full-service advertising agency of N.W. Ayer & Son was founded in 1869 in Philadelphia. Ayer & Son offered to plan, create, and execute complete...
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    significantly affected the image of diamond as a valuable commodity. N. W. Ayer & Son, the advertising firm retained by De Beers in the mid-20th century...
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  • of Columbia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 143+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n. Federal Writers' Project...
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    1935, oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum In 1938, the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son approached O'Keeffe about creating two paintings for the Hawaiian Pineapple...
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  • 1919. "Alabama". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 33+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n. Federal Writers' Project...
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    when the NBC Commercial Program Department auditioned him for the N. W. Ayer & Son agency and their client Canada Dry, after which Bertha Brainard, head...
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  • space in newspapers. N. W. Ayer & Son was the first full-service agency to assume responsibility for advertising content. N.W. Ayer opened in 1869, and...
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    the space at One Worldwide Plaza had been leased. Advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son agreed to move into 335,000 square feet (31,100 m2) at One Worldwide...
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  • 31951002273861a. "Florida". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 149+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n – via HathiTrust. James...
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    Photographs Online Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2019. N. W. Ayer & Son, The American Newspaper Annual (New York, 1897) 1896: Journals of the...
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