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1 Free Drink - Landing Strip Waupaca, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Landing Strip (bar/establishment), Waupaca, Wisconsin |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in pin-up style shows a scantily clad aviator woman seated astride a four-engine military bomber rendered in colour. The establishment name appears at top in bold stylised lettering flanked by star devices, with location text and telephone number below the vignette. The redemption legend is printed in large pink letterpress text in the lower half. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted plain white paper stock with no design, text, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Bar scrip of this kind — a printed token redeemable for a single drink at the issuing establishment — was common across small-town Wisconsin through the mid-to-late twentieth century, typically handed out as promotional currency during events, radio contests, or grand openings. The Landing Strip name almost certainly references proximity to a local airfield; Waupaca County has operated a general aviation airport since the postwar period, and bars near small regional airports frequently branded around that association.
Genuinely local ephemera. Few were preserved with any intention.