Dating of "mud flap"?

[Joel S. Berson]

Sorry to be picky, but that should be "Rubens-esque", from the painter (as
it is in the Boston Phoenix).

At 7/12/2005 07:42 AM, you wrote:
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>Don't know about "Rubinesque," but I first noticed the silhouettes in
>1973.  They may not be much older.
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>JL
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>"Sally O. Donlon" <sod at LOUISIANA.EDU> wrote:
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>What about those Rubinesque silhouettes that adorn the mud flaps of big
>rigs on highways across the nation? How long have they been around?
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>sally donlon
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