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Crofut & Knapp Tales

rlk

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Early Newspaper Ads

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rlk

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C & K pre-1909 Soft Hat

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Hat would have been near perfect except they stored another on it and crumpled the ribbon badly.
 

buler

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From a 1915 advertising publication:

"The Crofut & Knapp Company, realizing that a band-box has considerable superficial area susceptible of advertising decoration, had made for their New York store, Dobbs & Company, a band-box surrounded by a full-color painting of that stretch of Fifth AVenue which contains their store. Immediately that band-box and the hat it contained were lifted as far above the sky-line of ordinary band-boxes and ordinary hats as the Woolworth Building is lifted above the sky-line of New York."

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Brad Bowers

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Great stuff, buler, you've found quite the treasure trove! It's been a while since I last searched Google Books, and obviously there's some new goodies out there.

Brad
 

buler

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Posters...

Quite a while ago I scanned two of my favorite knappfelt ads and "cleaned" them up in paint. Today I finally got around to having posters made from those scans. They turned out really nice. Had them printed in 18" X 24" size. The Ariel is shown next to the original ad. Sorry for the crappy photos. Tough to not get glare off the glass.

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buler

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Those turned out great, buler! Looks even nicer than my framed ads.

Brad

Thanks guys. Brad, I spent a ton of time editing those so they looked good blown up. Got rid of every dust spot, hair, and imperfection that I could. I'll share the files (they are large) if you want them. Not sure of the best way to do that. Too large to email.

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