Art Deco Cigarette Vending Machine

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.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Russian/Soviet artist, Maĭ Miturich. 1977.

Eugene Hartung (1897-1973)

Mainzer Cats

Edmond Kiraz, Jours de France

1925 John Held, Jr. art for "College Humor" magazine

Title Cards Drawn by Cartoonist Milt Gross for the 1942 Film Roxie Hart. Love these so much they have his natural trademark screwball energy.

Anime & the Economic Miracle Documentary

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By Reamer Keller