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Kirby Model 2C Owners Manual from 1937-1939

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1. Information such as the country: USA
2. Age of the sample 1937-1939
3. A pdf scan of the user manual can be found at http://www.kirby.com/consumer-relations/product-manuals/ and look for model 2C at the bottom of the page.
4. I am trying to reproduce the old manual and would like to know the fonts used so I can re-create the manual to be as close to the original one as possible.

Font: 
Kabel Heavy & Bodoni
Solved By: 

The sans serif headline at the top is Kabel Heavy:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/kabel/

The serif text is and subheads are Bodoni:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/bodoni/

This is perfect kthomps5! Thank you so much for all of your help!

Now if my grammar would only improve...yikes, I have to stop typing after midnight.

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