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Crofut & Knapp Tales
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C & K pre-1909 Soft Hat
Hat would have been near perfect except they stored another on it and crumpled the ribbon badly.
Hat would have been near perfect except they stored another on it and crumpled the ribbon badly.
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More of The Piping Rock 1913
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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."
"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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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
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Buler,
Thanks again for some GREAT info.
Thanks again for some GREAT info.
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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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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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nice
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Those turned out great, buler! Looks even nicer than my framed ads.
Brad
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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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