BLOW YOURSELF. . . (Mar, 1975)
That’s a very interestingly placed new line.
BLOW YOURSELF
UPIN B&W OR COLOR Full color posters from any color photo or slide. Great gift, or gag. or room decoration.
1-1/2 x 2 Ft.-$9.95 1×1-1/2 Ft.-$7.95,2x3Ft.-$14.95 B&W POSTERS from any b&w or color photo. Polaroid, cartoon or magazine photo. For slides and negatives, add $1 00 per poster. Better originals produce better posters.
RUSH SERVICE: Shipped 1st class in 1 day. Add $2 per poster. No rush on color.
Original returned. Add 50C PP. & hd. for EACH item. NY. res. add tax. No COD.
PHOTO POSTER Dept RB35 210 E 23 St., N.Y 10010
I always thought the typography was trying to bring “Blow” and “Up” together to evoke the movie of that name or something.
Did this ad run before 1966? I remember it from the ’70s.
Comment by Toronto — November 20, 2009 @ 12:30 am
Toronto: Here it is in 1972
Here is one from 1969
1968 as well so yeah, I’d say you are in the ballpark.
Comment by Firebrand38 — November 20, 2009 @ 12:53 am
Whomever wrote that ad must have been in a hurry, they give no information on color posters and they don’t mention if that address on the bottom is where you send the pictures. Maybe the color posters and B&W posters were the same price.
Comment by Yaos — November 20, 2009 @ 9:18 am
Yaos, maybe you read it too fast. It’s clear to me that 2 x 3 foot color posters are $14.95 and 2 x 3 foot B&W are $3.95 and as far as not knowing whether the only address provided in the ad is the one you should use….are you kidding???
Comment by Firebrand38 — November 20, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Turns out that the company is still there.
http://www.kanterpress.com/
Comment by Firebrand38 — November 20, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
I remember this ad, and the humorous reading!
In the 60s, my small-town newspaper ran an ad from a local beauty shop who’d hired a new beautician. The copy was something like “xxx Salon welcomes Angie, specializing in hair cutting and blowing.”
Comment by Rick Auricchio — November 20, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
Rick, you reminded me of a television telethon I worked on, one of the hosts was describing one of the auctions. She said, “…a haircut and a blow job.” Everyone started cracking up and we lost control of the show for a few seconds, we had two or three wise asses call in and want to bid on it.
Comment by mike — November 20, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
Mike, that reminds me of this classic Shepard Smith blooper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzV8wrnLfS4
Comment by Charlie — November 20, 2009 @ 6:34 pm
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper, go to the country, build you a home.
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches, try and find Jesus on your own.
Comment by Don — November 21, 2009 @ 8:43 am
I knew that topless lady, she had something up her sleeve
Comment by Toronto — November 21, 2009 @ 4:28 pm