Poster’s article written in the mid 1990’s was before the creation of websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Has society undergone a new ‘virtual’ cycle, or is it simply a continuation from the mid-20th century?
Does society today use material culture as further evidence to create a collective memory of history? Should Peale’s paintings be analyzed solely as primary source documentation of museums in the early 19th century or should it be examined as an example of the mythos associated with the early Republic? Should it be analyzed as both?
The use of propaganda contributed greatly to the use of prepared food for infants. Numerous articles appeared in magazines geared towards women such as Ladies Home Journal and Women’s Home Companion. Would the propaganda campaign would have been as effective if the advertisements appeared in “gender natural” periodicals such as Life and the Saturday Evening Post?
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