This winter I want to share my favorite snowmen from my personal stash of over 1,000 antique collectibles, photographs and artwork. The collection was on display at the Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, PA (and on TV a couple of times). Each day I will post a countdown of the top 100 snowmen, along with a backstory or two.
Picturetown Collection © 2005
Snowman in a Can
As popular as the snowman is now, before this high-tech age, the snowman saturated our culture, especially in advertising. The snowman was a pitchman for everything from the first automobiles to perfume. Here’s another example of the snowman selling just about anything. Snowman brand Re-Usable Can’d Ice, a popular product from the 40s. The snowman selling his own flesh and blood.
Tomorrow, the earliest ad ever with a snowman.
#92.
Today I'm quoted in a news item about the world's smallest snowman. I actually sound intellectual, I mean intelligent.
For more, yesterday there was a short interview with me discussing my writing and stuff on the wonderful writer's site Fictionaut. I highly recommend the site for those here looking to be discovered by agents.
To read about the start of the snowman project, there's an old post here on Open Salon that goes into that.
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Keep'em coming Bob
The article in dscriber (above) also calls you the "international snowman authority"...FYI...I would have given you initial caps for that title--sounds more important.
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Open it. I DARE ya!