Postcard advertising Troutner's Men Store

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CreatorWayne L. TroutnerBrowse TopicSociety and CultureSubjectCommunication Artifacts--Documentary Artifact--PostcardDescriptionPostcard is a colored version of the trademark logo in black and white signs Troutner began distributing in the 1950's. The first one went up in Minneapolis, and was followed by 1,000 during the first year, with hundreds added yearly for some time. The sign was modeled after one Troutner had seen for a shimmy dancer, and had the first one painted by a Winslow sign painter, Charlie Holmes. The sign is said to have turned an ordinary business into a very profitable one, and did bring many tourists to Winslow to see exactly what was going on!TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatPostcardsLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionOld Trails Museum / Winslow Historical SocietyCollectionOld Trails Museum Collection HighlightsRights StatementOld Trails Museum retains all rights to this image. The family retains all rights to trademark and copyright.

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City or TownWinslowCountyNavajo CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited States

PlaceWinslow

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Identifier2006.002.038Date Digitized2006Digital FormatJPEG

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