I, as a a dull and dreary academic, have written a chapter on the Walkman for a new design history book being published next year. My editor and I are looking for an image and would like to illustrate it with an early Sony Walkman print advert, preferably like this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/d...31292/in/set-130794/

(But not this one, as it is not of the greatest quality.)

I have been talking to Sony, but unfortunately they don't have any print ads like this in their files (although I know from the Du Gay book that they did when the book came out).

Does anyone on this forum involved with Walkman collecting have an early, preferably colour, print ad for the Sony Walkman that could be used? Of course, full credit would be given.

It's difficult to have access to this images as they are so old, but you can try in google books, as they have a lot of old magazines and many commercials can be seen there scanned.

Then, if you find a specific issue you can search for the original one.

I have an article about the SONY TPS-L2 in my website as well as many photos of it. Maybe you find something interesting.

www.walkmanarchive.com

Regards,

Hugo,

Thanks Hugo, for your reply. The problem is certainly going to be finding high enough resolution images to print.

I will definitely look into your archive and carry on with my searches. In the meantime, if you happen to come across anything that may be of interest, do let me know.