Call NumberZ-15329CreatorMile High Photo CompanyDate1930-1940SummaryView of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the sign consists of a narrow skirt with vertical uprights. Electric lights are mounted on top of, and pointed at the sign. The sign shows a man who sits in the back of an automobile, he wears a suite, tie and hat. The logo for Hart Schaffner & Marx, the silhouette of a page with a long trumpet on horseback, is below the man. Text reads: "Satisfaction Guaranteed" "Cottrell's 621 Sixteenth [16th] Street" "Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes"Physical Description1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.) mounted on linen.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAlden Sign Co.--ProductsCottrell's Clothes (Denver, Colo.)--Public relationsHart, Schaffner & Marx--Public relationsDenver (Colo.)BillboardsClothing industryClothing storesSuits (Clothing)Geographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711015329Type of MaterialPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionEarl Stiegelmeyer collection of sign memorabilia and billboards.NotesPhotographer's stamp inked on original and reproduced in photographic print. Photographs from the Earl Stiegelmeyer collection of sign memorabilia, billboard designers unknown. Title supplied. R7110153296DonorMark Oatis; May 2002 (gift)
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