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BWThomas
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| ted wrote: | Want his address??????? Phone number????? Hat size?????.
Seriously, Robert is the Foreman over the Finished Goods and Shipping Dept. and a super nice fellow to go along with it. He wants to sell pipes even if it is one at a time. Maybe he needs to "run" the place....ted |
Sounds like a man who needs a new hat!
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ted
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:30 am Post subject: |
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BW, I'd say handing one to him would work better. RJ, Terry, Steve Don't you agree"?
Now you know his name.....ted |
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LokoMac8
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Location: Heidenheimer, Texas
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Old Ads |
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| ted wrote: | | BW, I'd say handing one to him would work better. RJ, Terry, Steve Don't you agree"? |
Yes -- and I would have lot rather handed him all those caps in that box just to see his face!
From time to time, I get a moment -- in this case about two hours -- to do some more surfing and looking for Dr. Grabow info and advertisements. Looked into Google books again and found some interesting things. The most exciting, for me, was learning of the existence of two early LINKMAN'S DR. GRABOW ads in the years of 1933 and 1935, and oddly enough, in railroad related employee magazines. Really wish I could see the WHOLE ads! As it is, when I did find a whole ad, I couldn't figure out any way to save the image to the archives.
One positive thing was that I was better able to date a couple of the full page ads that I do have and pin down the publication (which is usually LIFE, which never seem to print the magazine name or the date on their pages!) All this just sort of helps fine tune things that miuch more. --RJ--
http://books.google.com/books?id=...age&q=dr%20grabow&f=false
Old Linkman's Dr. Grabow Ad, The MIlwaukee Road Magazine, 1935!!!!:
http://books.google.com/books?id=...r+grabow&dq=dr+grabow&lr=
Even older, from the Santa Fe Magazine, 1933 -- hints at brochure one may write for!!!:
http://books.google.com/books?id=...r+grabow&dq=dr+grabow&lr=
And most of the time, you just cannot see quite enough -- this is interesting having to do with a claim:
Trade regulation reporter, Volume 2 - Page 6656
Commerce Clearing House - Business & Economics - 1948
Representing that Dr. Grabow pipes will not bite and have no bitter taste was
discontinued in Stip. 7897. Advertising that the absorbent filters used in its
Another tantilizing sample:
Catalog of copyright entries - Page 306
Law - 1941
13011 Dr. Grabow, the pre-smoked pipe. For pipe. © Nov. 16, 1940; KK 2277. Lone
Ranger, inc., Detroit. 13012 Life of Tonto, chap. no. ...
Little tidbits of history:
The State - Page 10
North Carolina - 1981
Dr. Grabow Pre- Smoked Pipes' Greensboro office will be moved to the Sparta
plant around March I, 1982. ANSON Anson County commissioners took preliminary
...
Lots of great stuff, but you just can't see the meat of it!:
American slogans: the world's greatest collection of slogans and phrases (13 ... - Page 244
William Sunners - Business & Economics - 1949 - 345 pages
Ripe 'n' ready for smokin' steady (Dr. Grabow Pipe Co.). She likes the fragrance
(Sutliff Tobacco Co.). Sign of a good cigar, The (United Cigar Stores Co.). ... |
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steverino
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| ted wrote: | BW, I'd say handing one to him would work better. RJ, Terry, Steve Don't you agree"?
Now you know his name.....ted |
Yes - it's got to be a hands-on, face to face thing. Then you can get your "hands on" some of those pipes. |
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BWThomas
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| steverino wrote: | | ted wrote: | BW, I'd say handing one to him would work better. RJ, Terry, Steve Don't you agree"?
Now you know his name.....ted |
Yes - it's got to be a hands-on, face to face thing. Then you can get your "hands on" some of those pipes. |
I got the message. It'll be face to face. Unfortunately, I can't get down there during the week until January...gives me a chance to build up the PAD fund.
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steverino
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| BWThomas wrote: | | steverino wrote: | | ted wrote: | BW, I'd say handing one to him would work better. RJ, Terry, Steve Don't you agree"?
Now you know his name.....ted |
Yes - it's got to be a hands-on, face to face thing. Then you can get your "hands on" some of those pipes. |
I got the message. It'll be face to face. Unfortunately, I can't get down there during the week until January...gives me a chance to build up the PAD fund. |
And that's a good idea because you will definitely want to make use of that PAD fund.
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