Billboard advertising (Oct 1899)

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$amW.Hoke POSTER MAKER I 255 FIFTIL^NY. ^ u YES, I do make Posters, and the finest Posters that can be made; and my prices are lower because 1 make Posters main-, ly to get the posting of them, and can afford to make them without profit. In addition to Posters I als* make tlie finest Oil- cloth and Muslin Signs, in sizes varying from the very smallest to 3xS feet—and larger if aesired ; as large as as 3x100 feet in one piece, and all printed from original designs, but printed with Paint, not ink. A Muslin Sign in lots of 250 and up, size 3x25 feet, is a mighty good thing to hang out in front of a drug store or other store that sells your goods; a 1x3 foot sign in lots of 500 and over, is a good s tl e windows and on the walls of the stores, or on the trees, boxes, picket fences, etc., evtrywhere. The c i 1x3 foot sign in lots of 500 and up is about 4 to 6c for M oi u and G}4 to flc in Oil cloth, all in gorgeous colors The manufacturer who wants to try these signs in small way, should pack a few in all cases of his goods, uu he will fini the dealers calling for n When you want to adopt them in a large way, I can have them tacked for you in any city or town in America by men who make this work their business and who do it right. An Eight-sheet Poster, 1; i feet high : it is a good size for the smaller cities and towns, and .- good advertisers use no larger size for the larger cities. 5,000 8-sheet Posters will cost from $300 to £1.200, and will go a long way toward covering the principal cities and towns of the United States for 30 days. Posting will cost 40c each in small towns; 50c each i like Lexington, Ky.; 72c in cities as large as 75,000 population ; ilflc in cities from 100.000 up to 500.000; $1.12 Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia; $1.28 in NewYork city. Write me for full, definite, tip-to-date information regardin; tity needed and cost to post any city or section. SamW.HoK^Lontf Distance Bill Poster 255 r "^ v