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| Text on Button | LEAGUE OF CURTIS SALESMEN CANDIDATE |
| Image Description | Off-white text on a red background on the rim surrounding an illustration of a dark blue paper cut-out style profile of Benjamin Franklin on an off-white background |
| Curl Text | MADE IN U.S.A. |
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| Additional Information | The League of Curtis Salesmen was a male-only organization for high performing news magazine salesmen from the Curtis Publishing Company. The League had a ranking system based on the sales, and higher rankings provided benefits and rewards to the young salesmen including scholarships to cover school tuition costs. The Curtis Publishing Company was established in 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They became one of the most successful news publishers, eventually acquiring Benjamin Franklin's newspaper company, the Saturday Evening Post (formerly the Pennsylvania Gazette). By the 1940s, Curtis Publishing expanded production to boost revenue and began publishing comic books; despite this diversification, the decline in sales continued. Due to the net loss, the company had to cease operations in 1969. Its legacy continues through licensing, loaning, and selling its artwork archive, magazine covers, and various artists' work including Norman Rockwell. |
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The Saturday Evening Post. (2022, March 4). Curtis Licensing | The Saturday Evening Post. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/curtis/ Devadasan, N. (2024, March 22). Curtis Publishing Company. Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. https://indyencyclopedia.org/curtis-publishing-company/ Anacortes American 21 June 1928 — Washington Digital Newspapers. (n.d.). https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=ANACAMER19280621.2.26&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |
| Catalog ID | CL0687 |