1920 Alice Delysia In Costume For "Afgar", A Musical Comedy Which Enjoyed A Lengthy Run In Both London

Let’s start off with more Fleischer promotional art. Why do I find these so fascinating? Perhaps because they echo a time that is so definitely over, yet through these ads, it speaks, it winks, it’s going about its business, like the 1930s never ended.

I mean, place the ads in context: Marilyn Monroe is a little kid. World War II hasn’t started yet. Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland, Ca. The board game, Monopoly debuts.

These ads are like insects encased in amber.

More HERE, and HERE.

1930s-1960s bottlecaps

From Yves Chaland's Bob Fish

An Ad by Achille Mauzan such a weird artist but that’s part of the appeal and why his work is so charming.

1925 “Automobile Number” of Life Magazine.

"In the Arms of the Arctic Ocean. An Essay from the Life of Fishermen" by Pyotr Dobry, cover art by E. Lvov (1924)

A few vintage pulp sci-fi covers. With aliens, Amazons and monstrous Gods you never run out of ideas.

Edmond Kiraz, Jours de France

‘Stroppy!’

‘Patsy Pinup’

‘Jumbo Comics’ (Dec, 1946)

The Independent Record, Helena, Montana, January 3, 1926