"What You See Is What You Get"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Is anyone willing to check ProQuest Historical Newspapers to find the
>earliest hit there for "what you see is what you get"?  According to an
>alt.usage.english posting, this phrase appeared in a 1936 Chicago Tribune
>ad for a home movie camera.  I would be interested in the exact date of
>the Tribune ad or anything earlier than that.

_Chicago Daily Tribune_, 2 May 1936: p. 23.

-- Doug Wilson