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Registration: K58996, 15 Mar 1960
Figure (catalog wording): Comic Dracula wearing top hat
Rule on the sign: POSITIVELY NO TINTING OR DYEING PERMITTED IN THESE MACHINES!
Seen: Coin-Op ads May to Sep 1961; Brooklyn; Rensselaer; Felton CA; Alabama (blue); Park Slope 2019
The record
The 1960 Catalog of Copyright Entries lists this design under the claimant LAUNDESIGNS. The entry reads, word for word:
Don’t dye here. Sign display. [Comic Dracula wearing top hat] Print. Author of the print: Joseph Schorr. © Laundesigns; 15Mar60; K58996.
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, 1960, Works of Art (Class K). Documented
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An open file on the Laundesigns of Schorr Sign Service, Glendale, Queens. Sign images are faithful digital recreations made from photos of the originals; each sign page links to the record. The recreations were generated with Grok, chosen after comparing image quality across several AI models.