Monday, August 31, 2009

Fashion from the very end of the 20's...



From the December 1929 issue of McCall's magazine.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Butterick Quarterly



Don't interrupt her - she's shopping for her 1920's wardrobe!

Ad for the Butterick Quarterly, from 1920.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

"The Better Kitchen Table"



"The only things manufactured in the home are MEALS."

Mutschler Bros. Company,
Porce-Namel ad, 1922.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Palmolive




"Wash your face gently with soothing Palmolive Soap, massaging the lather softly into the skin. Rinse thoroughly, first with warm water, then with cold.

"If your skin is inclined to be dry, apply a touch of good cold cream - that is all. Do this regularly, and particularly in the evening."


This is the "rule" to follow with Palmolive, taken from this 1927 ad.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Danderine is "Beauty-Tonic"



Makes hair seem twice as abundant!
Ad from 1920.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Automatic Garage Heater



"Keep Zero Weather Outside Your Garage" -
ad for "Richardson" Automatic Garage Heater, from 1924.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

Friday, August 14, 2009

Are you Bashful?



Wow, this ad is pretty brutal!
From 1929.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

1922 Fashion Ideas



From La Mode magazine, May 14, 1922.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Ambitious Girls!



"In the modern profession of Commercial Illustrating you are paid as much as a man with equal ability - and the present opportunities for women have never been excelled."

Ad for the Federal School of Commercial Designing, 1920.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Fashion from 1926

Fashion pages from the December 1926 issue of McCall's magazine.




Monday, August 10, 2009

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Good Looks



This is an article from the March 1924 issue of Woman's Home Companion, called "Good Looks: all about the dispensable uglies." It talks about blackheads, oily skin, etc. And the illustrations are actually by John Held, Jr!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Absorbine Jr.



Ad for Absorbine Jr., 1926.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Simmons Bedroom



Ad for Simmons beds and mattresses, 1923.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Lane Bryant ad



An early ad for a Lane Bryant style book, from 1924.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Speakeasy (Movie)



Ad, from Fox Movietone, from 1929.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Sunday, August 2, 2009

This is a Studebaker Year



Studebaker car ad, 1923.