Vintage advert: 300 ‘pretty girls’ for one dollar

VINTAGE advert of the day. Back in the day you could buy 300 “pretty girls” for $1. A combination of cheap females and a strong dollar made it all possible. For just 100 cents, Zen Publishers of Elkhart, Indiana, would give you the names and addresses of 300 “pretty, single lonely nurses, teachers, models, widows , farmerettes etc.” Sure, some of these game gals will have moved on by the time you get the list. Sure some of them might have died, changed their names or become men. But with luck on your side and a following wind you’ll be able to travel hundreds of miles across the country and stalk a real life woman…

 

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