Re: Oh for a time machine.
I hope this is not too tangential - but the flyer in the OP is full of skilfully and what I would guess to be expensively executed art - drawings of the things for sale, which must have been undertaken just for the ad. It reminds me that my books as a kid were full of drawings, and a reproduced photo ('plate'!) was a bit of a treat - and I am not that old, under 50. Was there something about the binary 'line / not-line' nature of that kind of drawing which lent itself more cheaply to the printing process, as opposed to a greyscale photograph? I do remember photos used to freak out a photocopier, only 30 years ago.
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