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February 28, 2014 by tomdalzell

Accordion Ads

Gabby had collected and then gifted to my friend an impressive folder’s worth of accordion ads, comics, etc.  No judgment.   No prejudgment.  Here they are:

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Comic Ad 2Comic Ad 3Comic Ad 4

Comic Ad 5

5 Adventure, June 1954 - accordion ad[7]

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Accordion Comic World Musettegiant_accordianimages-1

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04Gretsch_ad 6a011168ca5559970c0120a574830f970c 66vrqofxei0hh7 515b25561805a.preview-620 111404997_1e31ca4ecf_b OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Accordion_Cartoon.357162510 accordion_girls_vintage_ad_postcard-r43f5875c2f5e42deb864ee69ab9abf60_vgbaq_8byvr_512 AdAccordions asm12-accordian big_accordion itwf2 itwf3 LittleAd_AccordionMartHR Magnante12 SCAN0278 copy tune01

There were two more pieces of ephemera in the folder which a note saying – “More to come.”

Animal 1 Animal 2Animals playing accordions.   God save us.  Gabby just doesn’t know when to.  As for the accordion ads and art, my friend’s reaction was simple.

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