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By the early 20th century, printedĪdvertisements were in newspapers, periodicals and posters. Part 1 of this article will focus on "the Good" Part 2: "the Bad, the Uglyīenjamin Franklin, one of our US Founding Fathers, is credited with creating the first printedĪdvertisements in a magazine, "General Magazine", in 1741. Over the decades, the accordion in the media has been "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly….Īnd the Good again". Has changed monumentally over the past 100 years, one thing has not changed: mass mediaĬlearly reflects our past and our present. While this form of communicating and promoting thoughts, facts, events and ideas Mass media was, and is today, a very important mirror of who we were and who we are as a The Accordion in the Media Spanning the Decades Stories and cards that celebrate, or ridicule, our beloved musical instrument. Obsession: the accordion! I hope you enjoy this trip through memory lane with printed ads, Luckily, I focused this goofy obsession of mine on my other I have been a collector of “ephemera (written or printed items of short-term usefulness or
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This includes some of its influential members, as well as special events throughout the decades, and more. The Accordion in the Media Spanning the Decades, Part 1: The late 1920s to 1960, by Joan Grauman, AAA HistorianĪs the organization’s historian, I have been writing historical articles on events that led up to the creation of the AAA and were important for the AAA.