On Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 4:57:24 AM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 13.10.17 20:50, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > > Here is an ad from the Checker Motors company in 1963   
   > > from LIFE magazine.  It cites the taxicab service as a   
   > > virtue for general use.   
   > >   
   > > https://books.google.com/books?id=NFIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=li   
   e%20studebaker&pg=PA14-IA3#v=onepage&q&f=false   
   > >   
   > > (you may scroll through the rest of the issue.)   
   > >   
   > Many thanks.   
   >   
   > Do keep posting as and when.   
      
   LIFE magazine, on googlebooks, has a ton of railroad advertisements   
   from the New York Central,  Pennsylvania, Santa Fe,   
   and Southern Pacific.  Neat images.   
      
   On alternate weeks, the Bell System typically had an ad.  During   
   the war years, they asked people NOT to make phone calls.   
   Immediately after the war, they pleaded for patience as they caught   
   up with a huge backlog of service orders.  By the mid 1950s, they   
   advertised new services.   
      
   Western Union had a few ads in their "it's wise to wire" series.   
      
   The old ads can tell more about the life and times of an era   
   then the actual articles.   
      
   Another magazine on google books is Billboard.  Years ago, it   
   focused on various entertainment--radio, records, emerging TV,   
   and county fairs.  Lots of articles on vending machines.   
      
   It also has popular science and popular mechanics.   
      
      
   As always, there will be tests!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)