... advertising and the press, can tell us about this golden age of the electric car, what precipitated its fall, and its reappearance a century later. Originality/value It is a comparison of images, of how electric vehicles had been and are proposed to the public, through the exploration of mainly...

...Robert Crawford Purpose This paper aims to examine the evolution of the advertising agency and its offices in Australia over the course of the twentieth century. Historical accounts of advertising have paid scant attention to agencies’ attempts to organise and manage their offices, as well...