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Found this ad in the back of an Italian arts magazine from 1957, L’illustrazione Italiana. I think it’s an advert for a photostat service. Though I could very well be mistaken, seeing how I don’t know Italian.

But check out that "r" in "trim." It appears to be growing a head. Yowza.

Take a gander at the biggified version.

| 2 comments | tags: design typography wunderkammer

comments (2)

  1. Trim was a producer of small paper corners (“angolini”) and sticky rolls (“rotolini”) who was used through 50’s,60’s and 70’s to mount pictures in frames, without using glue…

    Vandalo 06/07/07 at 11:41 a.m.

  2. Aha! This ad makes much more sense now. Gratzi!

    Joseph 06/21/07 at 7:57 a.m.

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