Volney Palmer
As the economy was expanding during the 19th century, the need for advertising grew at the same pace. In 1843 the first Quick Facts about: advertising agency An agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clientsadvertising agency was established by Volney Palmer in Philadelphia. At first the agencies were just brokers for ad space in newspapers, but in the 20th century, advertising agencies started to take over responsibility for the content as well.