"You're lucky lad. When I was a boy, starting school, we never had pencils like this one."
"TI-CON-DER-OGA'
America's Favorite Five-cent Pencil
You will like its smooth black lead
Its rounded edges please the fingers.
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How do you like that phone number? 507-W [W for Way-back? Ha ha] It kind of looks like the gentleman in the big chair is holding a cigar, but no, it's the TI-CON-DER-OGA !
Thank you for stopping by John's Island.
Great find on this one! I'm sure the phone number had something to do with the old ringer phones. I still remember mine out in the country as three longs and three shorts. Funny to think of an ad for a pencil, with the rounded edges no less.
ReplyDeleteOh, how our world has changed! An ad for a pencil, a Norman Rockwell scene, and that phone number. I'm glad you are a Way-back guy yourself. :-)
ReplyDeleteSweet! I love that picture.
ReplyDeletewe take things like this for granted every day, don't we?!
ReplyDeleteThat man in the ad looks like he was selling the idea to the boy so the young lad could in turn tell his mom how good the pencil was. (lol) Simple but meaningful post, John.
ReplyDeleteThis post brought back a flood of memories.I always loved the feel and look of a brand new pencil.Even the smell was special.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that phone number right away!
ReplyDeleteNice old ad.
I love the old prints. There is a sense of innocence in them.
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