one of my all-time favorite advertising pieces - picked this up in the early 1980s and have had it displayed with my Hartland set ever since.
it's an 8 1/2 x 11 double-sided advertising sheet using
Nellie Fox, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra (note:
not "Yogy Bear"
) and
Duke Snider Hartland statues.
I find it interesting that not only was the Fox statue used twice (painted with different color cap and socks as if to imply he's two different players), but also that the team name / logo on the jersey and cap have been removed and replaced with a Gillette "G".
curious whether or not this was a point of purchase display sheet or part of a sales packet sent to sellers and/or potential retailers - it's on thicker stock than a typical print ad, but the fact that it's double-sided would almost rule out its being used as a countertop display as an easel of some type would thus be required, with the hole punches leading me to believe that at some point it was in a binder.
wonder if any larger-format posters were ever made using these same images, as this is the only example I've ever seen, and whether or not the actual statues shown were painted with the "G" on the caps and jerseys, although I believe the uniforms were altered during the pre-printing (aka "Wonka" magic, but pre-photoshop) stages.
has anybody seen (or does anybody have) a poster, brochure, etc. featuring this ad, or otherwise know whether or not it was originally enclosed with a shipment of blades to a retailer?
DS
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