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smile not sure my friend used to run one of the oldest station here in town he don't know where he got them from ? maybe someone knows what they were used for

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There sales brochures/adds. Like the Oldsmobile one.

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What is "cartbord"? Never heard of it.

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Many of them match old ads I have.

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Some look like ads right out of the magazines of the era.

It is possible that some were also printed on thin cardboard and distributed in dealer ad packets to put in windows/on counters as they could be put in a standardized frame that allowed ads to be switched out.




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magazine ads stuck to a piece of cardboard, no mystery here

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were magazines this long 15inchs long and 10inchs wide, ,
maybe they are ads I look at it closer and its not cardboard its a off white thin backing ... it say s branches in all principal cities : dealers everywhere , pioneer builders of valve-in-head motor cars , 26 different one some look painted

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There were big format magazines, ones people are familiar with still today and others that didn't last more than a few years. Country Gentlemen was one in which you'd find such early ad material.

And to disagree directly with Neil, if you look at the pictures close you'll see thick borders on most and no tell-tale signs of page numbers/magazine names. I actually have some original magazine spreads I bought earlier this year from the same era... easy for me to see these are not the same as those.




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Do a search under "Floyd Clymer"
He used to reprint old ads in the 50's and offer them up in sets.
He usually marked them as reprints though.
I'm guessing these are reprints on heavy poster board , offered as a premium give away , or collect a set promotion.

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this is just for the grammar professor. cartbord ogas pedroleum atomabil.

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that was intended for you , it was for your ego i noticed you were were running low !!! EGO POWER

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Look at some old magazines, nearly all I have, and it's a lot, left page numbers and mag names off full page ads. Just because you "you have some originals" doesn't make you an expert. Thick borders mean nothing, depends on the quality of the mag they came from. The premise supposed by the OP that these were somehow distributed and placed in a frame is far fetched to say the least. Multiple car companies working together to get someone to put a tiny ad in their window? I don't think so. I guess it's been long enough since the 60's and 70's that people think the repo stuff from then is real. Someone mentioned Clymer, he was reproducing stuff since the 40's. They may be something special to someone but I doubt it and "picker's postulation" (patent pending) doesn't change that. laugh
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And to disagree directly with Neil, if you look at the pictures close you'll see thick borders on most and no tell-tale signs of page numbers/magazine names. I actually have some original magazine spreads I bought earlier this year from the same era... easy for me to see these are not the same as those.

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Originally Posted By: Neil Gerrard
Look at some old magazines, nearly all I have, and it's a lot, left page numbers and mag names off full page ads. Just because you "you have some originals" doesn't make you an expert. Thick borders mean nothing, depends on the quality of the mag they came from. The premise supposed by the OP that these were somehow distributed and placed in a frame is far fetched to say the least. Multiple car companies working together to get someone to put a tiny ad in their window? I don't think so. I guess it's been long enough since the 60's and 70's that people think the repo stuff from then is real. Someone mentioned Clymer, he was reproducing stuff since the 40's. They may be something special to someone but I doubt it and "picker's postulation" (patent pending) doesn't change that. laugh
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And to disagree directly with Neil, if you look at the pictures close you'll see thick borders on most and no tell-tale signs of page numbers/magazine names. I actually have some original magazine spreads I bought earlier this year from the same era... easy for me to see these are not the same as those.


Someone needs to see the shoulder chip specialist.

I make my living by seeing value where others can't/won't/don't. I see value in these and know others who appreciate a collection of displayable automotive advertising whether original or old repro. Framed ads can bring $20-50/ea even for reproductions. Ephemera is a lucrative part of many areas of collecting.

Thanks to the OP for sharing some interesting ephemera with us.




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JUMP & Buy.
Sure WISH oldgas would Return to it's ROOTS of Only a Petro site [yada yada I know this IS the NON PETRO Forum [should have been called "All other **** Thread"]-]

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Ephemera is a lucrative part of many areas of collecting.

Lucrative selling to Decorators.

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