Original 1972 CHI-LITES Publicity Photo

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I have been contacted by the original owner's Son and Granddaughter and they have passed along this info to me. I very much appreciate it. Robert Curran and Harold Braucht rented a little space at the Oklahoma Publishing Co in the corner of a room in 1933 with one roller press. Robert was in charge of the art & production, and Harold was the sales and promotion guy. The early posters had the art drawn on wood, for each color and the wood carved away to elevate the printing surface. They then used block letter type faces to complete the layout. As the business grew they moved into a couple of locations on their own, and purchased more presses from a firm in Chicago.Those huge presses were so loud, almost all of the printers  had hearing problems later in life.
They were early users of lithography printing, making their own plates and photographic work. They pretty much stayed with entertainment printing. Circuses, and Amusement attractions. They did print a world war 2 bond poster, with the Minute Man and the Pioneer Woman statue on it. One may still be hanging in the state capital.
They did snipe printing for the Clyde Beatty Circus, and Barnum & Bailey Circus. To save the cost of shipping paper, sent the plates to a little shop they established in Lodi Ca.
During WW2, they enticed one of the Carnivals to set up in downtown Okla. City near the Civic Center to entertain the military men stations at Will Rogers, and Navy men from Norman. Later they booked Broadway show touring company's in Okla. City, bought a movie theatre
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COLORCRAFT POSTER COMPANY WAS THE PRINTING COMPANY OPENED IN 1933 THAT PRINTED SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTABLE POSTERS. MOST COLLECTORS ARE AWARE THEY ARE A LEGENDARY PRINTING COMPANY.   To view the other Colorcraft posters I am selling click here
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IN THE EARLY 1980'S COLORCRAFT SOLD OUT ALL INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT TO A FELLA WHO CONTACTED ME. I RECENTLY BOUGHT THAT INVENTORY MINUS A FEW HUNDRED
POSTERS THAT HE HAD SOLD .
IN THAT INVENTORY IS ORIGINAL ART, NEGATIVES, CUTS ETC. IT WOULD TAKE TO LONG TO INVENTORY AS A WHOLE. I AM GOING TO BE PULLING OUT POSTERS AND OTHER ITEMS AND LISTING THEM ON EBAY AS FAST AS I CAN. I WILL BRING OUT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL ART AND NEGATIVES AS SOON AS I CAN
THIS IS A EXTREMELY UNIQUE AND RARE FIND. I LITERALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH BARN BEES BUZZING ME, THOUSANDS OF WASPS AND THEIR NESTS ON STORAGE BOXES. A BABY SKUNK, POISON RECLUSE SPIDERS AND FINALLY A WATER MOCCASIN THAT HAD TO BE KILLED BECAUSE HE WANTED TO FIGHT. SEE PIC IF YOU WANT BY CLICKING HERE
OKIE
RICK HOLLYWOOD SLAYS VICIOUS POISON SNAKE
, I TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM SO NO ONE WOULD THINK I WAS EXAGGERATING
I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY GETTING THESE ITEMS AND WILL BE LISTING AS FAST AS I CAN TO GET BACK SOME CAPITAL
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I got a lot of Colorcraft office material when I bought this collection. Included were a lot of photos used for programs, posters, flyers, newspapers etc.
The photos were kept in file drawers so they were kept out of light, humidity and dirt. They are mostly in real nice condition.
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THIS PHOTO WAS USED FOR MAKING A POSTER, THERE IS AN ORDER RECEIPT ON THE BACK SIDE FROM THE ENGRAVER
I have a bunch of photos that were used for making posters and according to some paperwork Colorcraft also took care of getting copies of the pictures made in bulk.
Original 8x10 b/w, the back is blank
NO PIN HOLES OR TAPE, FINE CONDITION
This is I believe a 1972 photo.
I AM SELLING 100'S OF POSTERS THAT I HAVE COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD,
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I am an honest businessman, I put my name address and phone number on every auction since I joined Ebay in 1997, I have been that accessible since 1980 when I opened as a retail business,
Ebay now requires me to add the following statement before my contact information. It has taken me over 100 hours to add it to all my items. They will not tell me why it needs to be added. However, I think that an honest business should have an accessible way to be contacted by mail, phone, email or a knock on the door :-) They feel they must protect someone by having me say
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RICK TOLER,
RICKS HOLLYWOOD,
PO BOX 1894,
CLAREMORE, OK 74017,
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