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Hello ODK History Lovers

This is the earliest recorded billboard ad I have found for an Australian
lawnmower. It is for an Australian Presto, manufactured by William Adams
and Company
of Sydney. The National Library of Australia dates the ad to
about 1932 (the year the Presto was introduced).

So, alongside Wrigley's and Peters ice-cream (Gosh it's Good) we see the
Presto ad, with its slogan The Magic Mower. It's a pity the Presto ad sits
above the Wunda toilet paper ad ...

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Image: NLA http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152825708/view

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PRESTO - The Magic Mower - c1932

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Simply create a new topic in the Old Soap Box HERE.



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