File:Progression of Big Boy logos.png

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Description Captioned "The changing Big Boy", an ordered progression of Big Boy character logos used as trademarks by the Big Boy restaurant chains.
Author or
copyright owner
A. Ben Washam;
B. D.: attributed to Frisch's Big Boy as owner;
C. E. F. G.: attributed to Big Boy as owner (ownership might now coexist with Frisch's)
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Big Boy menus, signage, advertising

Immediate source: Displayed logos are widely documented. Sources include Hansen's The Big Boy Story, King of Them All, images taken or traced from images presented on ebay, and from vector graphics in electronic documents published by Big Boy or Frisch's Big Boy, or available at seeklogo.com.

A. Scanned from: Hansen, Christian, The Big Boy Story: King of Them All, inside front cover. (Orientation reversed as typical.)
A. "More beef to the bite" (Print ad), Van Nuys News, November 8, 1951, Page 23

B. "Frisch's Grand Opening" (Print Ad), Hamilton Daily News Journal, Jun 13, 1952, Page 22
B. 1952 Frisch's Patch (ebay item)

C. 1956 Logo on Big Boy Bib circa 1961
C. Bob's Big Boy matchbook covers with 1956 logo

D. Big Boy logo on 1971 Cincinnati Reds Baseball Schedule
D. Big Boy logo on 1979 Cincinnati Reds Preseason Schedule
D. Frisch's ©1969 Big Boy "Color Me" (among several items)

E. Bob's Big Boy Running Boy Sticker at Burbank Bob's Big Boy site
E. Graphic with "Sandwich of the day" (Print ad) in Petersburg Progress Index, June 15, 1971, Page 3

F. One logo on past Bob's Big Boy Matchbooks
F. Big Boy logo linked from selfimagepublications.org

G. Isolated character portion from logo at seeklogo.com archive (judged perceptually identical at scale)

Date of publication Multiple dates: A. 1937, B. 1952, C. 1956, D. 1969, E. 1969, F. 1981, G. 1988. (As marked on image and noted in caption)
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Big Boy Restaurants
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The set of Big Boy character logos are the specific topic of historic commentary about the progression of logos used and the parallel nature of West Coast and East Coast Big Boy logos that words alone could not convey.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Because they are non-free logos, there are no free representations. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification, on or commentary.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The images are historic, used solely for scholarly commentary, and are presented monochromatically at modest resolution. They are used one time in one article. Any lesser use would be no use.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Wikipedia is not a restaurant nor promoter of restaurants. Use does not impact, detract from, or compete with the business of Big Boy restaurants. Further, reasonably scaled registration symbols were added to each individual logo to directly convey their protected status to those who view the image/page at Wikipedia or where republished.
Other information (B) and (D) are copyright Frisch's Restaurants; all others are copyright Big Boy Restaurants International, by succession, and Frisch's Restaurants, by 2001 and 2008 agreements, exclusive to regional use.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Big Boy Restaurants//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Progression_of_Big_Boy_logos.pngtrue

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current01:00, 27 May 2022Thumbnail for version as of 01:00, 27 May 2022450 × 450 (66 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)Reposted uncropped image of 12:04, January 30, 2017. Good faith cropping by LucasKannou removed white (grey) space, and made the composition appear crowded and amateur, without apparent benefit. Because the image is composed of 8 individual logos, and white space improves the look and feel of the image and article, the size of the image should be permitted to exceed MOS guidelines for that of a single logo. WP:IAR
00:55, 27 May 2022No thumbnail408 × 410 (69 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 22:14, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
00:54, 27 May 2022No thumbnail450 × 450 (66 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)Reposted uncropped image of 12:04, January 30, 2017. Good faith cropping by LucasKannou removed white (grey) space, and made the composition appear crowded and amateur, without apparent benefit. Because the image is composed of 8 individual logos, and white space improves the look and feel of the image and article, the size of the image should be permitted to exceed MOS guidelines for that of a single logo. WP:IAR
22:14, 12 April 2022No thumbnail408 × 410 (69 KB)LucasKannou (talk | contribs)Cropped 9 % horizontally, 9 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
17:04, 30 January 2017No thumbnail450 × 450 (66 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)'''Note: These are eight smaller individual marks, not a single mark.''' Reduced to 50% of previous resolving arbitrary scaling artifacts introduced by malfunctioning Theo's Little Bot. Provides for full scale use preserving details of '''''eight small...
15:56, 30 January 2017No thumbnail899 × 899 (149 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 17:22, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
07:50, 26 January 2017No thumbnail316 × 316 (41 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
17:22, 10 September 2016No thumbnail899 × 899 (149 KB)Box73 (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard
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