This event is in the past.It took place on June 4, 2026 at Hatcher Graduate Library.










Dairy Advertising in the United States: A Twentieth Century Story
Burns Park
Step into a century of milk propaganda, from wartime rationing appeals to the "economic agency of the housewife." This free exhibit at U-M's Special Collections unpacks how dairy ads shaped American ideas about nutrition, patriotism, and domestic life through rare ephemera from 1900 to 2000.
free exhibit
academic setting
social history
advertising ephemera
Tips
đrare culinary ephemera from the Janice Bluestein Longone Archive
đïž6th floor Special Collections, Hatcher Graduate Library
Dairy Advertising in the United States: A Twentieth Century Story
Burns Park










Step into a century of milk propaganda, from wartime rationing appeals to the "economic agency of the housewife." This free exhibit at U-M's Special Collections unpacks how dairy ads shaped American ideas about nutrition, patriotism, and domestic life through rare ephemera from 1900 to 2000.
free exhibit
academic setting
social history
advertising ephemera
Tips
đrare culinary ephemera from the Janice Bluestein Longone Archive
đïž6th floor Special Collections, Hatcher Graduate Library
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