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02.27
2012
turnofthecentury: The Standard, April 1900 “Handle with care - This Side Up”

turnofthecentury:

The Standard, April 1900

“Handle with care - This Side Up”

02.27
2012
turnofthecentury: The Standard 558, May 5, 1900 “Raw! Raw! Raw! Roysterers on the half shell”

turnofthecentury:

The Standard 558, May 5, 1900

“Raw! Raw! Raw! Roysterers on the half shell”

02.27
2012
Savrogram Crackfiller advertisement starring a rather poorly disguised Sherlock Holmes. (from Popular Science Monthly, October 1931 via Weird Universe)

Savrogram Crackfiller advertisement starring a rather poorly disguised Sherlock Holmes.

(from Popular Science Monthly, October 1931 via Weird Universe)

02.27
2012
pearlsnapbutton: questionableadvice: ~ Modeled to Fit, Warner Brothers, c1894via Baker Library, Harvard University(click to enlarge) “For stout ladies of full figure.” I should keep this around for people who want to argue that there were no fat people in the old days.

pearlsnapbutton:

questionableadvice:

~ Modeled to Fit, Warner Brothers, c1894
via Baker Library, Harvard University
(click to enlarge)

“For stout ladies of full figure.” I should keep this around for people who want to argue that there were no fat people in the old days.

02.27
2012
questionableadvice: ~ The Guest’s Handy-Book and Guide to Prominent Points of Interest in New York, Complete with Street Directory, Business Landmarks, and Official Time Tables of Express Trains on Leading Railroads Out of New York (Entertaining, Readable, Valuable & Necessary POCKET DIRECTORY for Visitors and Residents); Hotel Publishing and Advertising Co., 1886“No accidental fires can occur by their use, as they are NON-EXPLOSIVE.” “NO DANGER!” “NO ODOR!” “NO POISIONING!” “NO MORE FIRES!”. I think this “Safety Taper Matches” advertisement needs a bit more work on the art of reassuring customers.

questionableadvice:

~ The Guest’s Handy-Book and Guide to Prominent Points of Interest in New York, Complete with Street Directory, Business Landmarks, and Official Time Tables of Express Trains on Leading Railroads Out of New York (Entertaining, Readable, Valuable & Necessary POCKET DIRECTORY for Visitors and Residents); Hotel Publishing and Advertising Co., 1886


“No accidental fires can occur by their use, as they are NON-EXPLOSIVE.”

“NO DANGER!” “NO ODOR!” “NO POISIONING!” “NO MORE FIRES!”. I think this “Safety Taper Matches” advertisement needs a bit more work on the art of reassuring customers.

02.27
2012
atompunk: soyouthinkyoucansee:  Soyouthinkyoucansee miss Duke “Duke Cigarettes are the Best” say all corseted lady Matadors.

atompunk:

soyouthinkyoucansee:

 Soyouthinkyoucansee miss Duke

“Duke Cigarettes are the Best” say all corseted lady Matadors.

02.27
2012
melisaki: Orlík Czech armored train(former Zaamuret), Yenisei province, Russia, 1919via: firsttimeuser

melisaki:

Orlík

Czech armored train(former Zaamuret), Yenisei province, Russia, 1919
via: firsttimeuser

02.27
2012
hollyhocksandtulips: Mennen Skin Bracer advertisement from 1942. “He-man aroma”

hollyhocksandtulips:

Mennen Skin Bracer advertisement from 1942.

“He-man aroma”

02.27
2012
judaizers: Women! Take Part in the Elections to the Soviets! Uzbek-language poster published in Tashkent, 1920s. The ghostly visage of the Soviet Woman gradually materializes behind the veil as the Communist calls her to action.  This reminds me that Queensland State and local council elections are coming up soon.

judaizers:

Women! Take Part in the Elections to the Soviets!

Uzbek-language poster published in Tashkent, 1920s. The ghostly visage of the Soviet Woman gradually materializes behind the veil as the Communist calls her to action. 

This reminds me that Queensland State and local council elections are coming up soon.

02.27
2012

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The Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., an Antipodean Tory Gentlemen of profoundly Reactionary Views.