Fleischmann ad from January 1959 with Blaze Starr

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Is this the ad that got banned in Canada?

http://www.trfindley.com/fltrainads/19590107.html

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There was a similar ad that had the girl in a swimsuit as I recall…?? Might be that was the “problem” one.

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She appeared in several on the back cover in '57 and/or '58. As a teenager I had literaly just seen her in Philadelphia at what we called the Teddyy Roosevelt Opera Club.

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Don’t know but this one should have been. Now that I think about it, this looks like my childhood friend down the street’s mom. http://www.trfindley.com/fltrainads/19580183.html

SB

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Made link clickable

–Randy

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The first one I hadn’t seen before. The second one, I do have the issue in which that appears. Both are relatively mild compared to other ads from the era that appeared in other magazines that were NOT “Men’s” magazines. Just recently I saw a link to some classics - some of them were better suited to be in Playboy than used as an ad in a general magazine, but there they were.

–Randy

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Hmm. Must resist the temptation to comment on strippers promoting “HO”…[8D]

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Well the ad says “truly complete” and she sure was that. “More and better of everything” seems accurate as well. This is truth in advertising! Rarely have I seen so magnificently scenicked a layout …

Interestingly according to the Wikipedia entry for Blaze Starr after she retired as an entertainer she became a jeweler and craftsman – so in a sense she has more in common with model railroaders now than she did back then.

Dave Nelson

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The second ad linked to, the one with Carrie Abbott (who, alas, at the time had no Phone Number according to the ad) - can’t seem to find info about her nor her Night Club act (only in America’s best night clubs, again according to the ad). Searching brings up a lot about a motivation speaker named Carrie Abbott, but unless Ms Abbott has found the fountain of youth it’s not the same person.

And to show that my brain is really fried, I focused more on the Vollmer Footbridge, as I need a footbridge of that style - and it’s still offered by Vollmer it seems, and using a on-line inflation calculator the 1958 price of $6.95 is equal to $50.99 in 2009 - the Walthers on-line Catalog prices is 46.99, so it’s actually cheaper now than back in the good ol’ days!