Pennies in a Stream: Great Moments in Print Advertising 1918-1984 [Editor, Michael P. Daley]

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Pennies in a Stream: Great Moments in Print Advertising 1918-1984

Michael P. Daley, Editor.

First to Knock, Indiana, 2022. Second Edition. Folio.

Like new, no concerns to speak of.

From the publisher: “The secret history of mid-century America might've been just another Saturday night after all. Pennies in a Stream haphazardly documents the nation's surreal suburbanesque diversions through an illogical dreamscape of 20th century newspaper advertisements—some might call it accidental backpage genius.”

A brilliant compilation of newspaper advertisements ranging from the mundane to downright transgressive. A psychogeography of the backpages, lovingly edited by Michael P. Daley. The sort of book I come back to again and again, mysterious and playful.