Saved By the Florist

September 20, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent

Typical 1950's slice of life cartoon appropriated to service a florist's advertising budget.  Looking like so many Saturday Evening Post (remember that?) cartoons, the reader is drawn into the cartoon before realizing the payoff at the end is an advertisement.  A great marketing ploy for its time.  I was only too familiar with Lindsdau's as it was the preeminent florist in Menasha for many decades.