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“Eat Too Much on Thanksgiving?” 1950s theatre snipe

Contributed by Jim Scott on Aug 24th, 2024. Artwork published in
circa May 1953
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“Eat Too Much on Thanksgiving?” 1950s theatre snipe 1
Source: youtu.be Filmack. License: All Rights Reserved.

A short announcement used by (a) movie theater(s) to advertise a Thanksgiving show, sometime in the 1950s. Digitized by FT Depot. The typography uses Condensed styles of Franklin Gothic and Memphis, plus Mandate and a yet unidentified sans serif, possibly (lettering based on) Vogue using its straight sided M.

“Eat Too Much on Thanksgiving?” 1950s theatre snipe 2
Source: youtu.be Filmack. License: All Rights Reserved.

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  • Franklin Gothic
  • Memphis
  • Mandate
  • Vogue

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