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January 11, 2014 by tomdalzell

Cody Advertisements

I think I have the perfect song for this page.

tea-for-the-tillerman

The lyrics don’t fit.  It is the mood of the song.

In 1967, Cody’s ran a series of small, graphically interesting advertisements in the Berkeley Barb.  I haven’t gotten past 1967 with the Barb, but they seem to have tapered off.  We’ll see.  Now, though:

Cody 1

Cody 2 Cody 3 COdy 4 COdy 5 Cody 6

Cody 7 Cody 8 Cody 9 COdy 10 Cody 11 Cody 12

Cody's Last

Cody Ad Bird Cody Ad Blower

Somebody had fun making these ads.  They are great!  I can’t wait to see if they continue in the  Barb and/or Tribe.   Time that I spent in the Berkeley Public Library reading through the Barb and Tribe is as good time as there is.  Love it.

I found my friend rooting through a trunk, obviously looking for something.  He pulled out a board game.

battleship

He claims that he was the model for the boy in this cover art.  This is not impossible, but I would have to say that it is so unlikely as to be beyond discussion.  I know that he had a conventional childhood and that he went off the rails when he got fired from a pin-boy job in a bowling alley.   But was this him?   I am not sure.  I asked his opinion of the Cody’s ads:

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