...yes, that's a guy swinging from a noose. John never cared for diesel models and claimed that this was a diesel salesman who tried to sell them to his beloved Gorre and Daphetid RR. Apparently, he kept this scene on his railroad long after the ad...
The history of ads up through the early 70s would send a copy editor into a tizzy today...there are some I simply could not reproduce in good conscience here.
And...yes, I found all 25 figures. Allen's were made from bees wax applied to a wire armature, painted with white shoe polish to hold other colors, then painted with oils. Many of his original designs are still found offered by other manufacturers to this day.
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Funny you mention the difference in advertising "styles", but I'm not sure we're that much better off today. Maybe there is something to be said about (what passes for) progress?
Yes...I've got some Tru-Scale track ones that would have human rights commissions in a bunch and pictures of woman that are quite racy...nothing like today but, it was model trains they were trying to sell, not after shave lotion. :-)
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