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MEASUREMENTS: Approximately 17-1/2 inches wide x 22 inches tall (measured with a tape measure; see photos). Hand-marked \"12-13-1956\" on the edge.
CONDITION: Vintage used condition consistent with a 1956 pressroom piece. Age toning, scattered spotting, several small mounting holes, light waviness along the edges. The raised relief printing surface is intact and all headlines, text, and illustrations remain crisp and fully readable. Sold as-is.
DESCRIPTION: Original 1956 newspaper stereotype printing mat used to print page 10 of The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas, for Thursday, December 13, 1956. Text and images are reversed, as produced for the printing press.
Page content includes:
- Large SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO Christmas advertisement: \"OPEN TONIGHT and every night \'till Christmas\" and \"Give her a Kenmore\" with illustrated Automatic Rotisserie (29.88), Kenmore grill-wafflers (12.88 and 19.95), and small appliances (2-Speed Blender 25.88, 3-Speed Kenmore Portable Mixer 12.88, Cooker-Fryer 15.88, Steam and Dry Iron 8.88)
- AMERICAN GREETING CARDS Christmas ad: \"It\'s always a Merrier Christmas with American Greeting Cards\" with adorable children illustrations
- Dennis the Menace comic strip by Hank Ketcham (\"And when they start callin\' you a great big man, watch out! Somethin\'s gonna hurt!\")
- CONN BAND INSTRUMENTS Christmas ad (\"Christmas Happiness for any youngster\") — Jenkins Music Corner, Market and William
- HAWK PHARMACY ad (\"7 convenient locations ... Say you saw it in the Beacon\")
- \"First CROP Shipment Leaves State\" — Topeka article on the first food shipment for Hungarian refugees sent to Austria (Hungarian Revolution era)
- KANSAS SUPREME COURT group photo caption naming retiring justices, including Chief Justice William A. Smith
- \"Kansas, Oklahoma News\" and \"Home Town News\" sections, \"Errand of Mercy Proves Futile,\" \"Police Ponder Sticky Problem,\" \"Farmers Along Walnut Creek Solve Water Runoff Problem,\" \"Lost a Homing Pigeon?,\" and a \"Birthday for Today\" noting Van Heflin\'s birth on Dec. 13 in Walters, Oklahoma
A wonderful piece for collectors of vintage Christmas advertising, Sears/Kenmore memorabilia, Kansas history, or 1950s print shop collectibles. Displays beautifully as nostalgic holiday wall art.
