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Streetcar Advertising in America
Woodson J. Savage
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Description for Streetcar Advertising in America
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 219 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKC; AKL; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
You might be surprised to learn that many of the consumer brands and products enjoyed in the USA today exist because of streetcar advertising. The Industrial Revolution of the early 1900s and a massive consumer audience riding over 50,000 streetcars in nearly 3,000 cities and towns in every state of the union provided a great opportunity for Barron Collier, a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He simply used streetcar advertising to bring these two forces together and created the largest streetcar advertising empire in the world. Most of these advertising cards have remarkable colour graphics; over 250 of them are included ... Read more
You might be surprised to learn that many of the consumer brands and products enjoyed in the USA today exist because of streetcar advertising. The Industrial Revolution of the early 1900s and a massive consumer audience riding over 50,000 streetcars in nearly 3,000 cities and towns in every state of the union provided a great opportunity for Barron Collier, a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He simply used streetcar advertising to bring these two forces together and created the largest streetcar advertising empire in the world. Most of these advertising cards have remarkable colour graphics; over 250 of them are included ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
SC, United States
ISBN
9781625450401
SKU
V9781625450401
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About Woodson J. Savage
Woodson J. Savage, III has collected advertising signs and related items for over 40 years. His recent attraction to cardboard streetcar advertising signs was a result of their superb graphics and his fascination with the history associated with the creation and use of these cards as well as with the companies, products, and services offered. The restoration of these cards ... Read more
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