1940s Inky ~ Irresistible Norcross Kitten

  I found this adorable matchbook 

promotional for "INKY" 

 greeting cards made by 

NORCROSS INC. New York

1940s Inky matchbook cover

"INKY" 

was trademarked by Norcross 1947

for "Goods & Services: Greeting Cards, 

Printed Greeting Folders, Calendars,

 Printed decorative Tags, and printed seals"

source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

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Daily Boston Globe - Jun 23, 1948

"... like KITTENS INKY is the new irresistible

 black kitten on NORCROSS cards 

 America's Best-loved Greeting Cards

NORCROSS INC."

This IRRESISTIBLE NORCROSS KITTEN is YOURS

Chicago Tribune - Aug 24, 1948

"SOFT as velvet, INKY is the cutest kitten that ever 

got milk in his whiskers ... a new series of 

GREETING CARDS designed by NORCROSS."

Daily Boston Globe - Sep 1, 1948

"...  Have you seen INKY 's the irresistible black kitten on

 NORCROSS greeting cards 

America's Best-loved Greeting Cards NORCROSS ..."

 

NORCROSS, INC. CORPORATION 
NEW YORK 244 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NEW YORK
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