waynebretl Report post Posted January 17, 2009 Pratt & Lambert, and REO Pratt Lambert ad June 65.pdf REO truck ad Feb 65.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Cotter Report post Posted January 17, 2009 Great stuff, Wayne, keep them coming! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted April 7, 2009 a couple more GM electrical contractor ad.pdf USS Unisphere preview.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted April 17, 2009 Wandering off of magazine ads and posting a brochure ... Canadian Pacific Brochure s.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Cotter Report post Posted April 17, 2009 First I've seen of that. Thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Themepark Nut Report post Posted April 17, 2009 Wow! Cool stuff, the one I like most is the one for the GM Pavilion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Here's a chance to win a trip to the fair, but NOTE rule #2: No entry will be acceptable unless accompanied by a roll of film for processing. And rule #7; This contest is not applicable where restricted or4 prohibited by Federal, State, or local laws or regulations. How many states in 1964 allowed public contests requiring a purchase, I wonder? I seem to recall that Wisconsin did not even allow any promotions based on random drawings, free or not. There would be some mention of non-applicability in Wisconasin in contests advertised in the Chicago papers. Snappy photo contest.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Be a Happy Guest! Albert Pick Belmont Paza.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Chernov Report post Posted May 17, 2009 I like that Unisphere one. Just enough uncommon information to make it interesting! General Motors is nice too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mary Ellen Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Great ads. Why the big logs around the base of the Unisphere pool in the Reo Ad? The Canadian Pacific ad was nostalgic. I stayed at Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec when CP owned it. Great hotel. The winter carnival is worth a trip north to freeze your butt off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Chernov Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Maybe the logs were used as a foundation for a building? They look relatively new, so I doubt they removed some from the Old Theme Centre. Obviously the Unisphere is already built, maybe just temporarily storing foundations for nearby pavilions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted May 18, 2009 I didn't pay any attention to the logs until now. I could imagine them being used to hold down some tarps to cover concrete while it cured, but I really have no clue. Another mystery for the sleuths around here to chew on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted May 18, 2009 or maybe just parking buffers to keep workers from bumping the walls? Anybody got shots during construction? Did workers park here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Owens Report post Posted July 1, 2009 or maybe just parking buffers to keep workers from bumping the walls? Anybody got shots during construction? Did workers park here? I suggest that, since the ad is dated February, 1965, the logs were part of the winter-izing done between the seasons. BTW: a newbie here, digging everything I am reading and seeing of the fair I never got to visit until last December (whew. . . that was one long line! 44 years!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
worldsfairent Report post Posted July 1, 2009 Welcome to PTU, Kurt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Report post Posted July 3, 2009 the second image (first posting) looks as if that refuse hauler is attempting to cart away the Unisphere. It is not the best of presentations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Chernov Report post Posted July 3, 2009 Welcome to PTU! To add to the Unispheres not-quite-as-shining advertisements, it looks like its next to be demolished with all the materials on the ground and the half-build pavilions in the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Here's a nice two-page Disney - Carousel of Progress - GE ad from 1964 [ edit - added to facilitate future searches] - Disney in front of Kaleidophonic light screen with architectural model of GE pavilion DISNEY GE 64.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
expoboy Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Love the ad. As a 12 year old in 1964, I was very enamored with anything related to Walt Disney, be it his movies, his participation in the World's Fair or Disneyland. I would have been (and still am to some degree) mesmerized by this colorful two-page spread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Some Ford ads that made a small mention of their Fair exhibits Ford Mercury Comet 1964 ad 1.pdf Ford Mercury Comet 1964 ad 2.pdf Ford Autolite 1964 ad.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Some GM ads that mention their exhibit GM 64 training centers.pdf GM 64 Olds Vista Cruiser.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Comet ad 1 was supposed to be color - fixed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xl5er Report post Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks for posting those ads. Old ads are interesting reflections of culture. One uses no logo and the others use two separate logos stylizing the Ford pavilion. Taschen publishes decadal collections of All-American Ads, the title of which suggests a European perspective. I would be interested in a collection of European ads of those pivotal post-war years when the advertising industry came into its own as a quantitative science. For instance, the Comet ads posted are conversational, direct, idiomatic, and scan like spoken language. Is there, as in paleontology, a "transitional form" between the Helvetica dosed modern ads of the 60s and the old style, wooden... I don't have the specialized vocabulary to describe what are easily recognized as "patent medicine" ads or the "square" language of the past? I remember seeing a stark Coke ad as an example of modernism, perhaps using the "Real Thing" phrase of the time. I wonder if advertising professionals identify a "missing link." Speaking of transitions... Oh, and Wayne, thanks for digital TV! (Did you pop a champagne bottle?) Although I do have a bone to pick with the cursed stations like my local PBS, who took the transition opportunity to shift from UHF to VHF without telling anyone. I use a DB-2 antenna tuned for UHF stations, so I lost signal not because of analog to digital but UHF to VHF. I may have to resort to coat hangers and aluminum foil. Tall masts are problematic in Miami's lightning country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted September 1, 2009 mentions of the 1964-65 NYWF in Kodak Movie News Kodak Movie News.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynebretl Report post Posted May 8, 2010 Kodak "Fair times" tie-in ad Kodak Fair times ad.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
