The billboard (Jan-June 1899)

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II f£ak Mm jjgjl flu ■Up i^ssss lllf |-is?e^S lis |£3^i >^99 \m i^s 111111 ■5B3. I ■=52^3 l£8?L 111 THE BILLBOARD Post Bills Now! No matter what other kinds of advertising you may prefer the remaining: months of the year, now is the time to omit them and post bills instead; June, July, August, September and October, (and in most sections November, also) are the ideal months for billposting. People axe out and around; they see the posters because they can't help it; they don't see most other mediums, because they want to be out in the fresh air, enjoying themselves. If you have your poster, come to me and I will post it for you anywhere in America, on the best billboards in all cities, towns and villages. K you have no poster, and don't know what kind to get, I have the best poster artists ia America to design it for you, and if I do your printing their services will cost you nothing. For twelve thousand dollars ($12,000)-I will design, engrave, lithograph and print, in brilliant colors, 5,000 Twenty-four-Sheet Posters, and post them throughout the leading cities of America for a guaranteed listed showing of one month, and any part of the service that is unsatisfactory will entitle you to a pro rata rebate. (If you don't want 5,000,1 will make 50 or 100 or J,000 for less money.) I make more commercial posters, not including stock posters, than any other lithographer. I post more commercial posters than any other agency. I can save the advertiser money in many ways, but what is more to the point, I make his billposting pay him. Cong-Distance « « « Bill Poster. I also print Oil-Cloth and Muslin Signs with paint, making really a painted sign in every respect but cost. I make 500 or more, 30x40 inches in size, on oil-cloth, in red, white and blue, for 15c each; 40x60 inches, for 29c ' : ' A Muslin Streamer, 15 feet long and 18 inches high, for 25c, is a very popular sign to hang in front of the dealers' stores. Sam W. Hoke, 255 Fifth Ave.. (28th St.,) NEW Y©RK. TELEPHONE THE BILLBOARD Vol. XL, No. 7. CINCINNATI, JULY 1, 1899. PRICE 10 CENTS. PER YEAR. Si.oo , • • • ■■..•"-.•.:. '. ■■■•' R J. GUNNING, The Famous Chicago Advertising Man.