Follies of the Madmen #430

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I wonder what those special shirts with 16 Springmaid girls looked like. I couldn't find an image, but I did find some other interesting information about the ad campaigns of Springs Mills.

This site had some interesting background and also images of ads that were run:

http://envisioning85.rssing.com/chan-19524024/all_p1.html

Posted by Fritz on 06/24/19 at 09:21 AM

That was a really good find, Fritz.

Posted by KDP on 06/24/19 at 10:36 AM

Thank you for the link Fritz. A WWI flying Ace who was also active with the Army Air Corps in WWII. Also a man who suffered wounds from enemy fire and/or airplane crashes.

Posted by Steve E. on 06/24/19 at 02:56 PM

Well, that’s one way of recruiting volunteers for the local fire department!

Posted by Brian on 06/24/19 at 08:42 PM

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