1953 Kimble Glass Block Ad - "Ever try to bend a sunbeam—Kimble can"

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This advertisement promotes Kimble Glass Block, which is designed to control and direct sunlight in buildings. The ad highlights the product's ability to reduce glare, prevent eyestrain, and improve lighting by bending sunbeams upward to the ceiling for softer, indirect illumination. It emphasizes the benefits for schools, factories, and institutional settings, and offers free daylighting analysis for new or remodeled buildings.

Brand: Kimble Glass Company
Product: Kimble Glass Block
Tagline: Ever try to bend a sunbeam—Kimble can
Publication: Fortune
Year: 1953

Objects in the advertisement: hand, glass block, arrows (representing sunbeams)

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