Ally and Gargano, Inc., Print Advertisements
Object Details
- Creator
- Gargano, Amil
- Ally & Gargano, Inc.
- Ally, Carl
- Names
- Bank of New York
- Canadair
- Dunkin' Donuts, Inc.
- Federal Express Corporation
- Fiat.
- Hertz Corporation.
- International business machines corporation
- Karastan.
- Kobrand Corporation.
- MCI Communications Corporation.
- Northeast Airlines
- Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Pearl Brewing.
- Pentax Precision Instrument Corporation.
- Pharmacraft.
- Piper Aircraft Corp.
- Saab (Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget AB)
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Volvo.
- Topic
- Advertising agencies
- advertising
- Provenance
- This collection was donated by Emil Gargano, a partner in Ally and Gargano, Inc.
- Creator
- Gargano, Amil
- Ally & Gargano, Inc.
- Ally, Carl
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- Summary
- In 1962, Carl Ally, a rising star in the advertising business, established his own firm, Carl Ally, Inc., with colleague Amil Gargano as art director. In 1976 they changed the business name to Ally and Gargano, Inc. Known for its aggressive advertising style, Ally and Gargano represented approximately ninety clients, fifty-two of which are represented here, including Hertz, Federal Express, and IBM.
- Biographical / Historical
- After seven years as a rising star in the advertising business, Carl Ally (1925-1999) created his own advertising agency in 1962, bringing with him former colleague and art director Amil Gargano. In 1976, Carl Ally, Inc., became Ally and Gargano, and three years later, Ally withdrew from active participation in the firm. In 1983, the agency, with a roster of nearly 300 employees, went public; in 1986 the Marketing Corporation of America (MCA) purchased Ally and Gargano for $26.6 million; in 1991 Amil Gargano left the firm which went out of business in 1995. During its years as an independent advertising agency, (1962-1987), Ally and Gargano created highly successful and widely recognized advertising campaigns for over ninety clients. Carl Ally was especially known for an aggressive advertising style, most notably his work for Hertz in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which he used in a competitor's name, Avis, in advertisements. Ally and Gargano also made invaluable contributions to two new firms that quickly became leading American businesses --Federal Express and MCI. Founded in 1971, Federal Express had accrued $26 million in losses by 1974, after only eighteen months in operation; its nightly package delivery count was 210 items. Ally and Gargano advertising, beginning with a budget of only $150,000, was critical to the rapid Federal Express turnaround. MCI selected Ally and Gargano to introduce its residential long distance service in 1979. Within a year, new customer enrollment reached three times the expected level, and four years after the launch of the advertising campaign, MCI's total sales rose from $95 million to $2.7 billion.
- Extent
- 14.6 Cubic feet
- Date
- 1962-1987
- Custodial History
- Donated to the Archives Center in 2007 by Amil Gargano.
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0938
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Advertisements
- Print advertising
- Citation
- Ally and Gargano, Inc., Print Advertisements, 1962-ca. 1995, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into one series.
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by Amy Sanderson (intern); supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, November 2007.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Advertisements
- Print advertising
- Scope and Contents
- Advertising portfolios including copies of print advertisements published for fifty-two accounts over a twenty-five year period. Some clients include Hertz, Federal Express, International Business Machines Corporation.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
- Related Materials
- Advertising documentation may be found in the following collections in this repository: N.W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records and the Federal Express Advertising History Collection.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562730134578-1562730134583-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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