Category: Pitch Perfect

Pitch perfect: movie studios

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As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market movie studios and other entertainment companies.

Ars gratis artis (MGM)
Art for art’s sake (MGM)

Create happy hours (Selznick Picture Corp.).

Everything for your entertaining needs (The Bar Mart).

Gems of the screen (Columbia Pictures Corp.)
Greatest show on earth (Barnum & Bailey).

If it’s a Paramount picture, it’s the best show in town.

Keep your eyes and ears on Movie-Mite (Kansas City, Mo.).
King can have no more, A (Paramount).

More stars than there are in heaven (MGM).
Moral pictures most mothers approve (Hygienic Productions), Wilmington, Ohio.
Morally straight, physically strong, mentally awake (Hygienic Productions).
Motion pictures are the nation’s relaxation (Royal Pictures).
Movies make many merry moments (Royal).
Movies mean many merry moments (Royal).

Out of the reels come real stories (Royal).

Real or reel, Royal is best (Royal Pictures).
Royal is loyal to American democracy.
Royal releases release your worries.

Pitch perfect: plumbing

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As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market plumbing parts and supplies.

Always on guard (automatic valve), Belknap Mfg. Co.
Are you annoyed by a drip? (Peerless Plumbers Corp.).

Built to wear without repair (H. Mueller Mfg. Co.).

Crane beauty in the open; Crane quality in all hidden fittings.

Designed to make the passer-BUY (sink racks), Autotyre Co.

Easily distinguished by the yellow back (faucet washer), Ross Mfg. Co.
Easily identified by the yellow back (Ross Mfg. Co.), Kansas City, Mo.
Easy to handle, hard to beat (Finer Fittings).

Faucets with-out a fault (Mueller Co.).
For every piping item (Crane).

If it’s Speakman, it’s quality (fixtures), Speakman Co.
If it’s Speakman, it’s unsurpassed (fixtures).
It eliminates the noise that annoys (flush values), Speakman Co.
It is the body itself (sinks), Knight-ware.
It’s all worth, if Walworth (valves), Walworth Mfg. Co.
It’s the twisted teeth that lock (Shakeproof Lock Washer Co.).
It’s truly a whale of a washer (Fletcher Works, Inc.).

Made for lifetime service (Jenkins valves).
Modern plumbers trade magnet, The (Republic Brass Co.).
More heat from less coal (Hoffman valves).

Quality is demonstrated by their performance (Stockham Pipe & Fittings).

Recognized as a standard (Harrisburg couplings).

Scientifically different, definitely (pipes), M. Linkman & Co.
Serving the nation’s health and comfort (Plumbing), Am. Standard.
Sets the pace in valves (O I C valves).
Stop that leak in the toilet tank (Ross Mfg. Co.).
Successor to the sink, The (Hydrocrat), Bossert Corp.
Sure to seal, easy to open (Good Luck Rings), Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.

Tight as pipe, but flexible (Penflex tubing).

Wake tells the story, The (photo-electric cell), Kirsten Pipe Co.
We took the splash out of the kitchen (Union brass faucet).
Wherever piping is involved (Grinnell Co.), Providence, R. I.

Pitch perfect: printing supplies

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As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market printing supplies and services.

After all, ink makes the picture (Sigmund Ullman & Co.), Inks.
An institution that sticks to its last (Traung Label & Lithograph Co.).

Better product deserves a better label, A (American Press).

Circular printers of the nation (Everybody’s Publishing Co.), Buffalo.
Color, the master salesman (Franklin Process Co.), Providence.

Everything for lithography (Excelsior transfer), Paper.

Familiar name of national fame, A (Printing Machinery Co.).
For the betterment of newspaper advertising (Gagnier Steretype Foundry).
Foundation blocks of profitable printing (Printing Machinery Co.).
From design to distribution (Tudor Press, Inc.), Boston.

If it’s a candy wrapper, we make it (L. A. Liebs Co.).
Inspiration for printers.
It’s a challenge (Challenge Machinery Co.), Grand Haven, Mich.

Labels of character (Atlas Label Co.), Chicago.
Largest plate makers in the world (Rapid electrotypes).
Let blue prints tell your story (C. F. Pease Co.).

Made its way by the way it’s made (Intertype Corp.).
Multiple copy forms for profit preservation (Malady & MacLauchlan).

Never a dull moment (Reflecto Letters, Inc.).
Nothing to sell but service (Franklin Linotype Co.).

Outward sign of inward quality (labels), Calvert Litho Co.

Packaging headquarters to American industry (Milprint, Inc.), Printers.
Perfect set-up for a set up that is perfect, A (Baltimore Salesbook Co.).
Picture is the shortest road from the eye to the brain, The (Times Rotogravure).
Pioneer process plate makers (Electro-Tint Engraving Co.).
Printing with a personal appeal (Advertising Supply Co.).
Printing with a plus (Francis Emory Fitch, Inc.).

Qualities to the last impression (Standard Ink & Color Co.).

Risky to pay less, needless to pay more (National Printing Co.), Memphis.
Rush jobs are a special delight (Big Six Press), Scranton.

When you think of gummed products, think of Gummed Products.

Pitch perfect: coal and coke

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As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market coal and coke.

Always 2000 pounds to the ton (Apex Coal Corp.), Indianapolis.
Anthracite that serves you right, The (Deering Coal & Wood Co.), Portland, Me.
Aristocrat of smokeless coals, The (Red Jacket Coal Sales Co.), Columbus, O.

Bear for heat, A (Fraker Coal Co.), Denver.
Black business handled white, A (No. Memphis Coal Co.).
Burns coal burns (Burns Bros.).

Chief of West Virginia high volatile coals (Red Jacket Sales Co.).
Clean, convenient fuel, The (Sterno Corp.), New York.
Coal that satisfies, The (Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co.).

For 40 years, the standard of West Virginia (Red Jacket).
Fuel that satisfies, The (Scranton & Lehigh Coal Co.).
Fuel without a fault, The (coke), Semet-Solvay Co.

Hard soft coal (Lumaghi Coal Co.), St. Louis.

Intense heat (Jackson-Sheridan Fuel Co.).
It’s always coal weather (Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.).

Justly famous (Red Jacket).

Keep the home fire burning (coal), American Ice Co., Philadelphia.
Knocks one-third off your fuel costs (Hamilton coke).

Laugh at winter (Kopper Gas & Coke Co.), Kearny, N. J.
Let the Silver Fleet deliver your heat (coal, oil, coke), G. W. Pickering.
Looks clean, is clean, stays clean (Red Jacket Coal).

Machine that made coal an automatic fuel, The (Iron Fireman Mfg. Co.).
Modern fuel for modern heating, The (Koppers Co.).
More heat per dollar (Red Jacket Sales Co.).
More steam with less coal (Stanwood Corp.).

National Fuel heats Denver, The (National Fuel Co.), Denver.
Naturally superior (Reading anthracite).
New smokeless coal from Old Virginia, The (Red Jacket).
No long waits, no short weights (North Memphis Coal Co.), Memphis.

Reduce the cost but not the heat (Victor-American Fuel Co.), Denver.
Rugged as the Rockies (Red Jacket Coal Sales).

Service to industry (Fairmont Coal Bureau).
Solution of the power problem (white coal), Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co.
Standard of perfection (Logan County Coal Corp.), Cincinnati.
Stays dustless until the last shovelful (Giese Bros. Coal Co.), Toledo.
Stearns coal is solid heat (Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.), Stearns, Ky.
Stearns coal, the famous portable climate coal (Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.).

To heat right, burn our anthracite (Anthracite Mining Assn.), Scranton.
Tons of comfort (Denver Hanna coke).

Warmth without waste (LaSalle Coke Co.), Montreal, Canada.
We’re careful of your comfort (Kipper’s coke).
We seek to serve (Ohio Fuel Supply Co.).
Won’t clog on wet coal (Perfect Spread Stoker).

Yard near you, A (Comfort Coal-Lumber Co.), Hackensack, N. J.
You can do it better with gas (American Gas Assn.).
Your biggest money’s worth (electricity).
Your cheapest helper (Reddy Kilowatt), Ashton B. Collins.
Your electrical servant (Reddy Kilowatt).
Your neighbors know New England Coke (New England Coke Co.), Boston.
Your power-ful worker (Reddy Kilowatt).

Pitch perfect: communities

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As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market cities and civic campaigns.

America’s birthplace (Plymouth Colony Assn.), Plymouth, Wisc.
America’s dairyland (Wisconsin).
America’s home town (Plymouth Colony Assn.).
America’s lake country (The Thousand Lakes Assn.), St. Paul.
America’s Mediterranean (Miami Shores), Miami.
America’s only tropics (Coral Gables), Miami.
At the seashore, in the country, near the city (Lido Beach), New York.

Birth state of the nation (Pennsylvania).

Center of scenic America (Salt Lake City).
City that does things, The (Norfolk, Va.).
City of destiny (Tacoma).
City of industrial opportunity, The (Warren, Pa.).
Clean up and paint up (Nat. Clean Up Campaign Bureau), New York.
Clean, paint up and fix up (Nat. Clean Up Campaign Bureau).
Climate best by government test (Redwood City, Calif.).
Cool off in Colorado.
Cordage city, The (Auburn, N. Y.).
Crossroads of the Pacific (Hawaii).

Dallas is the door to Texas.
Double crossroads of America (Indianapolis).
Dynamo of Dixie, The (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

Enchanted land of opportunity, Florida.

Find your place in the sun (San Francisco Peninsula).
For cleanliness, thrift and civic pride (Nat. Clean Up Campaign).
Forging a share in victory (Thompson McLaughlin Co.), Portland, Me.
Forward with Memphis, since ’69.

Give them life and make it worth living (United Jewish Appeal).
Give to conquer cancer (American Cancer Society).
Good citizenship is good business (Nat. Clean Up Campaign).
Great state in which to live and work, A (Rhode Island).

Heart of America, The (Missouri).
Heart of the fruit belt, The (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
Help others help themselves (Salvation Army).
Hub city of the southeast, The (Spartanburg, S. C.).
Hub of the Americas (New Orleans).
Hub of the highways, The (Cape Girardeau Bridge, Mo.).
Hub of world flight (Mass. Development & Industrial Comm.), Boston.

Inside the sins of adventure (Manitoba, Canada).
Isle of June (Nassau Development Board, Nassau).
It is profitable to produce in Massachusetts.
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