[78-L] more exciting Grey Gull ads

[David Sanderson]

Donna Halper wrote:
> At 10:53 PM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
>> Good find.  Were the ads illustrated or just copy?  Button Buster wasn't
>> a song, it was a laughing record.
> 
> The ads had mainly copy, and lots of it.  At the top, there was the 
> name of the company (Grey Gull) in a stylized font, and the usual 
> picture of a record with the price (55 cents) in the middle.  No 
> picture of a gull or anything. Sorry I mis-spoke about Button 
> Buster-- I sort of recalled there was a laughing song  (alas, it was 
> a coon song) as well as a laughing record, and I got 'em confused.       

I guess the question is how far his reach with these ads extended.  Was 
he ambitious (and optimistic) enough to go national?

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      David Sanderson
      East Waterford, Maine

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