I came across the official 40 year Sesame Street anniversary photo a few days ago…
I added in a few characters that were missing from my childhood and some of my recent favorites (click to enlarge).
It is great to see the older Sesame Street episodes with my family. Murray and his “Word on the Street” episodes are our absolute favorites.
UPDATE 7/20/21 : Doubled the resolution, changed the base blue background, and added a rainbow to Elmo. Thumbnail should open a full size version.
In a previous post, I mentioned McDonald’s used to give away epic promotional items when you visited their stores.
This was another one of their promotions. The Dallas Cowboys full-size roster poster from 1979.
The front…
The back of the poster should have been a standalone poster in its’ own right. It had detailed stats of the whole team with photos of their previous accomplishments, an “all-time” best chart by position played, and a special “ring of honor” near the center.
I don’t remember anything on how I originally got this poster, but I do remember it kept falling off my wall every year. I kept having to re-mount it, and used everything from putty to glue to duct tape. I had no idea back then how to mount a poster and keep it intact over time, and my lack of experience shows in the condition. I couldn’t get some of the tape off the back when I got it out of storage, and had to help guide this one through the poster scanner to get it through.
Even through this poster was in worse condition than the 1981 version I had, it still did very well rolled up in a cardboard tube in one of my Seward Trunks all these years.
Flickr only allows 300mb uploads, so this is a highly down-scaled version of the original 905mb TIFF scan.
Way back in another era, McDonald’s used to give away epic promotional items when you visited their stores.
Case in point – this Dallas Cowboys full-size roster poster from 1981.
The front…
Tom Landry was still the coach, Danny White #11, Gary Hogeboom #14 and Glenn Carano #18 were the quarterbacks / alternates, and Tony Dorsett #33 was still on the team. Wikipedia has a summary of the season, and I do remember watching the final game against the 49ers with my dad in our living room on the old TV set they had. Funny how a simple thing like this can bring back memories so easily.
The back of the poster had “autographs” of the whole team around their iconic helmet.
I don’t remember the exact details of how I originally got the poster, but I do remember that as soon as I got home, it went up on my wall right above my bed and stayed there even after I went off to college.
The poster did surprisingly well rolled up in a cardboard tube sitting sideways in one of my Seward Trunks all these years, but it took awhile for it to flatten out so I could scan it. I got lucky the tape I used to hang it up back then came right off and left very little residue.
After guiding it very slowly through a poster scanner at max resolution, and a little straightening in Photoshop, here we are.
Flickr only allows 300mb uploads, so this is a highly down-scaled version of the original 900mb TIFF scan.
If you like this one, just wait until you see the Dallas Cowboys roster poster I have from 1979.
