Pesco air pump advertisement, 'Performance Controls the Air', fighter planes – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Pesco air pump advertisement, 'Performance Controls the Air', fighter planes. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pesco air pump advertisement, 'Performance Controls the Air', fighter planes
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Pesco, the company behind this ad, was a Cleveland maker of pumps and compressors, and its slogan "Performance Controls the Air" pairs the firm's equipment with the aircraft that dominated wartime skies. Trade advertisements of this kind were common in the 1940s, when manufacturers of industrial hardware tied their products to aviation's rapid development and to the broader war effort. Worth noticing is how the layout leans on the fighters themselves, letting the machines do the selling rather than the product.
| Original scan | 619 × 800 px |
|---|---|
| Reference | 1499 |
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