About this Vintage Print Ad
This advertisement promotes the Thom McAn Bootmaster shoe, emphasizing its value compared to more expensive alternatives. It highlights the use of high-quality materials such as full grain English kidskin and young calfskin, and explains that Thom McAn can offer this quality at a lower price due to their large-scale production and direct sales through their own stores. The ad appeals to practicality and value, suggesting that paying more elsewhere does not guarantee a better shoe.
- Brand: Thom McAn
- Product: Thom McAn Bootmaster
- Tagline: Some people are afraid to pay $15.95 for this Thom McAn Bootmaster. But they'll pay more for one like it elsewhere.
- Publication: Life Magazine
- Year: 1964
Objects in the advertisement: shoe
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