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| Brunswick |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for their Brunswick Mineralite bowling ball. The ad headline claims that "There's Scoring Magic in this Ball! ...it's the bowling ball with Dynamic Balance". The ad also mentions their bags, shoes and Junior Bowling Balls. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 4, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Burke |
Black and white 5" x 13 1/2" ad for their Products for Golfers. First they talk about their Plastipar Golf Clubs which were equipped with "all-plastic club heads and plastic face inserts". It explains the value of having "harder striking surfaces" and calls them "the best looking clubs you've ever seen!" Then the ad talks about their De Luxe Balanced Golf Bag which was designed to eliminate those embarrassing moments when you would pick your club bag up and it would tip and all of your clubs would spill out the open end. It talks about the patented Balancing Rod which prevented this and mentions other features of this bag that made it very useful. Best of all it was lighter and easier to carry so, at the endo of a round of golf, you were actually ready for another. |
April 1947 Holiday |
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| Chicago |
Black and white 2 1/4" x 6 1/4" ad for their Roller Skates. The ad shows a couple high-stepping toward some destination and the headline urges you to "Make a Date in '48 at your Roller Rink". There is a picture of a white skate and the text talks about the health features that come with skating and the fun that comes from spending time at the Roller Rink. |
October 4, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Golfcraft |
Black and white 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" ad that talks about how this company has combined with Ralph Guldahl and is now presenting the buying public with "Finer Woods...Finer Irons...Finer Golf Balls." These two names are identified as being the "two great leaders in the field" and are now presenting the "finest postwar styling". Shown in the ad is the head of an iron, the head of a wood and several assorted golf balls. |
April 1947 Holiday |
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| Johnson's |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" ad for what is called "the most popular skates in the world". The ad has skater Sonja Henie and hockey star Johnny Gottselig advertising for the seven different styles available. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be vislble in the scanned view. |
December 4, 1939 Life magazine |
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| Joyce Wethered |
Black and white 2 1/4" x 5 3/4" ad for her Women's Golf Clubs. The ad calls these "A Woman's Clubs for a Woman's Game" and has a picture of a lady setting up to make a shot with a bag of clubs in the foreground. The text explains that "Joyce Wethered could not find clubs that favored a woman's game...so she designed her own. The rest is golf history". These clubs are able to "offset the natural handicaps and problems of a woman's game" and seem to have been produced by John Wanamaker. |
April 15, 1936 Vogue |
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| Prince |
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" ad for the larger tennis racket designed by Howard Head. The ad headline contains his claim that "I didn't set out to design a bigger racket, but a better one". |
April 1980 Playboy |
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| Rawlings |
Black and white 5" x 13" ad for their Trap-Eze Baseball gloves. There is a picture of Ken Boyer diving to his left to grab a ball sharply hit and the caption calls this "Great Glove Man...Great Glove". The text assures us that these are the Six finger gloves that major leagures are using now and the ad shows three different models available, all signed by big league stars. |
May 1960 Boy's Life |
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| Spalding |
Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" ad for the Spalding Double Dot Golf Balls. This ad has a cartoon at the top of an older man asking his golf ball, "Don't I treat you nice?". The lower portion of this ad has six different pictures each stating another story. The first one shows a man who has just hit a drive and is saying, "Well, Jumpin' Jimminy...there you go again. I give you a nice sweet kiss and zwooosh you're heading for the woods in a haywire hook, fading like a dead duck. Last time you sliced. Listen, I'm not asking for eagles but...". In the second one, this man is hitting out of the sand "And when we're in trouble - do I ever try to take it out of your hide? No! But if I'm even just the least touch off...bloooie...your cover looks like I'd slugged you with a meat axe...". In the third one, the man is preparing to drive and he sees someone that he knows. "Oh, hollo Mac. Gosh I'm ready to...Mac the Pro. "Whoa! Your form's OK. Here, next round, play this DOUBLE DOT. New kind of ball - toughest Spalding's ever made. Distance? This baby's shot full of it. And straight! She'll never give you those undeserved hooks and slices...". The fourth picture shows an X-Ray of the ball. "Permanent balance. Like the world-famous Spalding power balls, DOT and DASH, the new DOUBLE DOT has Spalding's exclusive True Solution Center. 100% liquid. No minerals to settle and throw it off balance. Saves you undeserved hooks and slices". Picture number five is one of the ball in action. "Look at that compression. DOUBLE DOT is speeded up for extra distance by "needling" - Spalding's shot-thru-the-cover that builds up tension, gives long fast flioght. And tough DOUBLE DOT's Geer patent cover is specially armoured to take the sharpest topping<". Number Six shows a man hitting the hell out of a ball. "How are you hitting 'em. Here's Bobby Jones of our research staff caught by Spalding's high-speed camera. Studies of multi-flash photos like this have led to recent important developments in Spalding clubs as well as the new DOUBLE DOT ball. Your Pro will show you how these improvements can help your game". |
May 13, 1940 Life magazine |
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| Spalding |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for the Spalding Double Dot Golf Balls. The ad shows a man talking to his marked up golf ball and asking "Didn't I treat you nice?". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges will not be seen in the scanned view. |
May 13, 1940 Life magazine |
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| Spalding |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13 3/4" ad for their Postwar Golf Balls. The ad shows a smiling man with the ad headline that "The world's sweetest smack is back! Golf balls of real rubber". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
July 15, 1946 Life magazine |
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| Spalding |
Black and white 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for the Golf Clubs that will make all the difference in your game. There is a drawing of a proud man leaning on his club as several people look at him with admiration and a photographer focuses his camera to take a picture. The ad headline insists that "This is the year for miracles" and the text leads us to believe that the hero in the picture simply made a change from his '46 clubs to the new Spalding Golf Clubs for 1947. The smaller pictures bring attention to the "Greater Control", "The Master Touch" and their "Walloping Woods". |
June 30, 1947 Life magazine |
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| Spalding |
Three color 5 1/4" x 13 1/2" ad for their Dot Golf Ball. The headline over a drawing of a man blasting one of these balls out of a sand trap and seemingly on the way to the pin says Golf's Greatest News! The Great New Spalding Dot". The text talks about the Tru-Tension Winding which "Assures absolute uniformity...maximum distance with sweet feel". The text also claims that you could hit a hundred of these balls and every one would feel and perform the same. |
May 22, 1950 Life magazine |
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| Speed King |
Black and white 2" x 5 3/4" ad for their 500-mile Roller Skates. Pictured in the ad is one skate identified as a No. 600 Model and claims you will "Get Bigger Thrills". The ad gives a price of $1.89 for a pair of these and mentions Model 480 priced at $1.19 per pair and Model 540 priced at 98 cents for a pair. The text mentions a few features buit into these skates and urges you to get yours now from Goebel & Brown. |
March 20, 1936 Grand Rapids Herald |
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| Sporting Goods, Inc |
Three color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Springfield Golf Clubs. There is a scenic picture of four men teeing off with a body of water directly in front of the tee and the group in front of them still seem to be within range. The headline reminds us that "Golf is a game to enjoy..." and promises that "you'll enjoy it more with Springfield clubs". The text talks about their Irons having a Two-Action Shaft and the Heads being made of Celcont Plastics. The picture shows the heads of an Iron and a Wood and the ad offers a "lifetime of playing pleasure" and a chance for a "better game". |
April 1947 Holiday |
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| Trija |
Black and white 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" ad that was directed toward the person who disliked carrying a golf bag around the course. This company developed a shaft with Demountable Heads. The headline promises that "Golf is more fun with Trija" and claims tht you will have no bulky bags and no caddies to worry about. The set has one shaft and two heads yet supplies you with six clubs. You will have available a Driver, a Midiron, a Mashie, a Niblick, a Chipper and a Putter. The shaft length varies for each head and the head locks in place when placed on the shaft. The price for this amazing product was $24.50 and it even came with a canvas travel case. |
April 1947 Holiday |
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| U.S. Royal |
Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" ad for the U.S. Royal Golf Balls. Plastered across the top of the ad are the words "Big News" and then, in smaller print, it claims that "This Year There's A Real Improvement In Golf Balls! It's The New U.S. Royal With The Oil Cushioned Center!". It then says that "Let's not waste a second...let's get right into the middle of the biggest golf story you'll read this year. The story of a brand new ball with a brand new feature that's putting a brand new kick into the grand old game. And here's the inside on the new golf ball that's just been hatched. After years of incubation in U.S. Rubber's great research laboratories a new kind of center, an all cushioned center, has been developed that transmits to the ball a larger proportion of club-head-energy than ever before been possible. And what does that mean to you? It means you'll be getting maximum distance off the tee, it means your brassie and iron shots are going to s-t-r-e-t-c-h our and away towards the green. But distance is only one benefit this ball with the new oil cushioned center is going to give your game. Now, you've got a ball without a wobble. A balanced ball that flies true and putts true because it has a true center that stays true. A ball with controllability, a ball that goes where you want it to go without waver or wobble. And as a dividend this new. livelier oil cushioned center is stronger, longer-lasting...adding materially to the ruggedness of your ball and thus increasing its useful life. And that's why we sincerely believe you will find the new U.S. Royal golf ball with the oil cushioned center has the finest click and feel of any ball you've ever played. Yes, you'll want to try this new U.S. Royal with its amazing new oil cushioned center. And you'll want it the first time you play this year. So, why now have your Pro reserve a dozen of these 75-cent balls for you...now". |
April 28, 1941 Life magazine |
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| Wilson |
Three color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Strata-Bloc golf clubs. The ad has small photos of nine different golfers who use their products. These includes Babe Didrikson, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 3, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Wilson |
Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad for the complete line of their products. The ad shows a young man holding tennis racquet, putter, football, volleyball set, basketball and baseball equipment. Also shown in the ad are photos of Paul Hornung, Jack Kramer, Tom Gola, Sam Snead and Ron Santo. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be seen in the scanned view. |
November 1966 Boy's Life |
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