WANTED: Victor Records Trolley Signs

[rlb955]

I'm looking for any advertising signs that the Victor dealers displayed in the store advertising new releases.

[Henry]

Do you mean the advertising cards that were typically placed above the side windows inside the cars? Some companies also had card holder frames on the outside front and/or side panels of the cars.

[rlb955]

Yes they measured about 11"x21".

[Henry]

The Trolley Museum in Scranton has some replica cards with ads for soap, soup, shirts, chewing gum, stuff like that, displayed in their cars, but I've never seen any Victor cards. I'll ask around among my trolley friends and keep my eyes open.

[rlb955]

Thanks so much I have found a couple and a few pictures of others.

[Henry]

I'd be interested to see them. Can you post?

[rlb955]

Most of the ones I have seen have great graphics.

[Henry]

Wow, cool! Thanks for posting. How/where did you acquire these, if I may ask?

[rlb955]

these are Ebay finds one a couple of years ago the other 3 or 4 months ago. I just got around to framing them.

[Henry]

I see from the small print along the bottom edge that these are repros, and I'm wondering how to obtain them. Guess the auction site, as you did? We could use a few on our operating trolleys at the Museum.

Nice job on the framing. Did you use mats? It's better if there's no contact between the printed surface and the glass, as any moisture that gets in between there may cause a sticking problem.