Thanks for all the great responses! The reason I focused on 45-75 MPs is because most of the preWW2 stock was presumably destroyed in the paper drives.
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2018, at 5:51 PM, Cory Glaberson > <00000017dc7aebe9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: > > My understanding was that when they closed all the > Exchanges and ran the company out of Kansas City they > Ordered everything earlier than 1953 destroyed. > The rest of the posters were shipped back to KC. > Of course a lot of the exchange owners that were now out of > A job just kept the paper instead of dumping it. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 18, 2018, at 3:48 PM, Jeff Potokar <jpotok...@ca.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Todd. >> >> Talk about a total, in-house operation! >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com> wrote: >>> >>> Jeff, >>> >>> From what I understood, some of the larger NSS Exchanges had printing >>> facilities and distributed the posters to the other exchanges. >>> >>> Todd >>> >>> >>> From: Jeff Potokar <jpotok...@ca.rr.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 4:40 PM >>> To: Todd >>> Cc: mopo >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... >>> >>> Todd, >>> >>> Did the NSS exchanges or regional locations have actual printing plants on >>> the premises? Or was the physical printing of the posters done offsite and >>> then sent back to the exchanges, where they were then distributed from? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Not a nerdy question at all. >>>> >>>> I can't speak for all of the NSS Exchanges but when I had my connection >>>> with NSS in the mid to late 1970 and early 1980's, my connection was still >>>> able to get posters going back to the 1930's. >>>> >>>> No Casablanca's or Frankenstein's or other possibe Classic titles, but >>>> definitely posters going all the way back to the 1930's. >>>> >>>> Todd >>>> >>>> >>>> From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of MoviePoster >>>> Collectors <moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 4:17 PM >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... >>>> >>>> Just to clarify, I know they were all printed at the exchanges and then >>>> distributed.... >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:12 PM, MoviePoster Collectors >>>> <moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Not sure why this percolated into my brain, but did the NSS Exchanges >>>> systematically purge old posters (i.e.10+ years old) so that by the time >>>> they shut down in the mid-80s they just didn't have older posters that >>>> were not - or could not - have been rescued? >>>> >>>> I heard an interview explaining that a Canadian exchange one day just >>>> tossed out its older posters. I also read that somebody visited the >>>> Atlanta (or Miami) exchange and it didn't have any older posters when it >>>> shut down. >>>> >>>> If the surviving 1945-75 posters didn't originate one way or another from >>>> the exchanges, where the he[ck] did they come from? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mel S. Hutson >>>> Charlotte, NC USA >>>> www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and >>>> Showcase >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mel S. Hutson >>>> Charlotte, NC USA >>>> www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and >>>> Showcase >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
