PIN-UP GIRLS 1940s CLEVELAND SWITCHBOARD COMPANY Earl Moran Drawings WWII RARE

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PIN-UP GIRLS 1940s CLEVELAND SWITCHBOARD COMPANY Earl Moran Drawings WWII RARE:
$13.75

WWII PINUP GLAMOUR GIRLS: THE CLEVELAND SWITCHBOARD COMPANY, ~1940s.

Drawings by Earl Moran. Published by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, MN.

Approximate Dimensions: 4\" x 9\"

Condition Description: cardboard ink blotter advertisement cards with blue backing andCleveland productson the front covers. Left one-third of the cards frontare Earl Moran color drawings of Pin-up Girls. No rips, tears or tape.All cards are in near fine condition.

Earl Moran Drawings are: \"Foot Loose and Fancy Free\", \"Slipping One Over\", \"A Sweet Job\", and \"Special Extra\".

The Cleveland Switchboard Company was founded in 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio and hadbeen designing and manufacturing AC and DC electrical power distribution equipment. The company has since gone out of business after being acquired by which Filnor Incorporated.Their panelboard switches are still used in many factories today but are becoming incredibly rare. Though it’s hard tofind anymore information about the Cleveland Switchboard Company, it was a staple of the Cleveland manufacturing industry in the early Twentieth Century.

Earl Steffa Moran (December 8, 1893 – January 17, 1984), born in Belle Plaine, Iowa, was a 20th Century pin-up and glamour artist. Moran\'s first instruction in art came under the direction of John Stich, an elderly German artist who also taught the great illustrator W.H.D. Koerner.He also studied with Walter Biggs at the Chicago Art Institute. Moran was a master of pastels andsigned an exclusive contract with Brown and Bigelow in 1932 and by 1937, his pinups had sold millions of calendars for the company. In 1940, Life ran a feature article entitled \"Speaking of Pictures\" which mostly focused on Moran\'s work and made him a national celebrity. In 1941, Moran helped the magazine publisher, Robert Harrison, to launch a new men\'s magazine called Beauty Parade, and he later contributed pin-ups to other Harrison magazines such as Flirt, Wink and to achieveFIVE STARSwith all customers. To do so, please do not hesitate to permit us the opportunity to resolve any issues that you might have with your purchase at the earliest time.

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