One of two versions of a 1917 Goodyear tire ad featuring the Nikko Inn. Click the image to enlarge it. Who was the marketing genius behind this bit of Jazz Age cross-promotion? The 1917 ads for Goodyear Cord Tires appeared in magazines ranging from

the Atlantic Monthly and The New Country Life to Travel and Forest & Stream . Both feature detailed pen-and-ink drawings of Nikko Inn in the background, suggesting the perfect place you could visit “in superior comfort,” driving your Goodyear Cord

Tire-equipped car. For other posts about the Nikko Inn, click here . Detail of Nikko Inn from the ad above. Click the image to enlarge it. A different version of the ad from the June, 1917 issue of Travel magazine. Share this: Print (Opens in new

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