State Advertising Commission, Manuscripts, Proofs and Printi... Series 0552
The State Advertising Commission was formed as a result of an act by the state legislature in 1936 which "authorized the secretary of state, in cooperation with the governor, to advertise the natural resources and advantages, and commercial and industrial opportunities of the state by publicity and distributing printed matter of various advertising materials" (Laws, 1936, Chapter 212, H.B. 793). The Commission compiled and analyzed sales tax receipts, number of employees in tourism related occupations, wage indexes, and gasoline and oil receipts in order to compare the state's past economic growth with that of the present. In 1940, the Commission's powers and duties were incorporated by the newly created Mississippi Board of Development as a division of that agency.
These oversize proofs are large advertisements intended to be seen as full page newspaper ads promoting the "Balance Agriculture with Industry" program and the state itself, including a series of maps featuring different aspects of Mississippi such as education, literature and legend, history, and recreation. We have scans of one folder of oversized proofs, dated between 1936 and 1937, as well as undated.
Read MoreThe State Advertising Commission was formed as a result of an act by the state legislature in 1936 which "authorized the secretary of state, in cooperation with the governor, to advertise the natural resources and advantages, and commercial and industrial opportunities of the state by publicity and distributing printed matter of various advertising materials" (Laws, 1936, Chapter 212, H.B. 793). The Commission compiled and analyzed sales tax receipts, number of employees in tourism related occupations, wage indexes, and gasoline and oil receipts in order to compare the state's past economic growth with that of the present. In 1940, the Commission's powers and duties were incorporated by the newly created Mississippi Board of Development as a division of that agency.
These oversize proofs are large advertisements intended to be seen as full page newspaper ads promoting the "Balance Agriculture with Industry" program and the state itself, including a series of maps featuring different aspects of Mississippi such as education, literature and legend, history, and recreation. We have scans of one folder of oversized proofs, dated between 1936 and 1937, as well as undated.
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Add Industry to this picture - and you have Indeed ... A Mighty Mississippi.
Date: 1936
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-001.tif
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In Mississippi it's a real ... Thanksgiving.
Date: 1936
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-002.tif
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There is No Industrial Santa Claus!
Date: 1936
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-003.tif
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A New Year and a New Day in Mississippi. 1937. Make it bring a Sound and Lasting Prosperity.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-004.tif
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Recreational Mississippi Tourist and Vacationist Calendar.
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-005.tif
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Historical Mississippi.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-006.tif
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Mississippi In Literature and Legend. The Makers of Mississippi's Literature.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-007.tif
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For the First Time a Great State Offers Planned Cooperation to Industry.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-008.tif
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Mississippi's Basic Resources. Geologic Formations and Mineral Deposits.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-009.tif
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Agricultural Mississippi. Five Years of Progress Toward Diversification - A Comparison of the Records of 1930 and 1935.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-010.tif
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Industrial Mississippi.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-011.tif
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Educational Mississippi.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-012.tif
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A Four square Program ... for Every Mississippi Community.
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-013.tif
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Mississippi - A Year of Progress in Advertising and Publicity.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-015.tif
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Mississippi in Advertising and Publicity.
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-016.tif
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Mississippi Leading the National American Legion Convention Parade.
Date: 1937
Creator: Mississippi Advertising Commission
Filename: 73036-018.tif