October 27, 2024
Tag: Pianola
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Give Chrome Postcards Some Respect
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Chrome cards like these, that help us remember life in the 1950s and 1960s, are fast becoming difficult to find. Oh, how soon we forget! Pretty soon they’ll be as scarce as the cards from previous decades — and almost as scarce as the products they advertised.
Past Article
November 1, 2022 5 Comments
Before “social media” the poster and a well-informed artist had proven to be the most efficient way to communicate important information to the public. Since the Roman Forum, nothing worked better. When the Office of War Information felt that military secrets needed to be kept secret, they turn to using posters. The House of Seagram helped.