My portrait sketched
by John Romita?
Yes, please!
I don't know about where you are,
but I could definitely use one of these
raincoats this drizzly April!
I love everything about this back cover ad!
The colors, the illustrations, the prizes themselves!
I wonder if anyone ever sold the 228 boxes of
greeting cards required to win all the prizes?
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Jacque: We are on the same page about that last ad. That is just way too cool. Excellent layout, and what a nifty collection of prizes. I am dead curious about the "Tom "Thumb" typewritten.
ReplyDeleteMY kid brother sold those cards like crazy, but he went for the "guy" prizes. He also made a nice piece of change selling GRIT, a direct sale only newsmagazine.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, GRIT! I remember selling wrapping paper (or attempting to anyway) in elementary school. I always thought the sample booklets were so cool!
DeleteRegarding the "Miss Young America" contest, I found this in a 1965 romance comic:
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I'm not sure if it was the result of that specific contest, or a different one, but it shows 2 lucky ladies who got their Romita portraits.
Hopefully they've hung on to them, and are now sharing it with their grandchildren!
I have seen quite a few of different young ladies from various installments of the contest. Quite the keepsake!
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