Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 110, July 16, 1930. Click image for 706 x 861 size.
"When it's hot
You can't get away with absorbing just any drink; you should use only one, on its own or mixed with wine. Dilute Lithinés du Dr. Gustin in clean water, and you'll obtain a delicious drink, that dissolves the uric acid and combats kidney, liver, bladder, stomach and intestines' ailments."
Monday, June 29, 2009
Lithinés du Dr. Gustin, 1930
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Japanese ad, 1950s-1970s
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Click image for 1120 x 800 size.
Nestlé Permanent Wave ad, 1920
Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977. Click image for 1239 x 827 size.
"The original permanent hair wave
The Nestlé Wave
A visit to the Nestlé Salons and the straighest hair within two hours is transformed into the most beautiful permanent waves or curls, which Sea Bathing, Turkish Baths, or any damp atmosphere intensify.
Wavings from 36/-. Beware of Imitators.
There is no difference between nature's wave and the Nestlé Wave."
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Watteau Hats, 1910's
Click image for 549 x 800 size.
"America Fashions for American Women
The Watteau Hat for the American Girl
Adapted from the Watteau prints Drawings by Abby E. Underwood"
Friday, June 19, 2009
Kalhúa Liqueur, 1982
Scanned from Taschen's "American Ads of the 80s". Click image for 684 x 885 size.
"Frrresh"
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Volkswagen, 1970
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 70s". Click image for 1390 x 872 size.
"We do our thing. You do yours."
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Career Club Shirts ad, 1967
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 60s". Click image for 572 x 800 size.
"Do the skate:
Skate right, clap hands.
Skate left.
Shake shoulders roll hands.
Skaters position, lean forward.
Skate forward right, then left.
Cut Loose in Career lub Shirts
Career Club tapered shirts in cotton broadcloth with new hi-boy roll collar. 15 hot and sweet colors. $4. Slightly higher in the West. Get free dance booklet at your Career Club dealer. Or write to Dance, Truval Shirt Co. Inc., 350 Fifth Ave., N. Y."
Saltratos Rodel, 1946
Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, March 16, 1946. Click image for 428 x 1110 size.
"Good news for sore feet
Here's a simple, fast and economic way to find relief. Soak your feet in hot water, adding a hand full of Saltratos Rodel. This milky bath, rich in oxygen, soothes the pain. Swellings disappear. Soft calluses can be scrapped away with your fingernails. Your feet are free, rejuvenated, relaxed. Start tonight, soothe your feet with a bath of Saltratos Rodel. In every pharmacy and drugstore. Low prices."
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Magazine Bertrand, 1930
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 110, July 16, 1930. Click image for 631 x 800 size.
"Magazine Bertrand
Maintains its supremacy
Read the July number"
Monday, June 15, 2009
Shinobairaku Corporation, herbs ad, 1900-1929
Label for Shinobairaku Corporation - some kind of herb good for pregnant women - for pregnancy and after giving birth. (Can be put in water or tea) (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Click image for 540 x 774 size.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Cadbury's Cocoa Essence
Click image for 540 x 743 size.
"Makers to the Queen
Pure Refreshing Economical"
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Acme Soap ad, 1890
Click image for 640 x 394 size.
"Use Lautz Bros & Cos
ACME cut full lb soap
Buffalo N. Y."
Rémy Martin Cognac, 1981
Scanned from Taschen's "American Ads of the 80s". Click image for 685 x 886 size.
"The ultimate christmas spirit
Three hundred dollars the bottle"
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Kraft Caramels ad, 1978
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 70s". Click image for 527 x 700 size.
"Your mom melted the caramels. You dippes the apples. Together, you made caramel apples. And memories.
Make some memories for your family tonight."
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Groshire/Austin Leeds ad, 1968
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 60s". Click image for 497 x 700 size.
"When they ask Sammy about his Nehru suit, he tells them he had it made. And he's not putting them on.
Sammy is particular. He knows we don't manufacture suits. We make them. Much the way a Saville Row tailor makes his. Mostly by hand. We hand-cut the cloth. Then we shape it. And button-hole it. By hand. In all, we put an average of 40% more hand-shaping into our suits than you'll find in other suits that cost as much. Or more. Why? Because it's the only way to be sure that the suit will fit. Precisely. So when a friend asks Sammy who his tailor is, he tells them.
Groshire/Austin Leeds."
Monday, June 8, 2009
1940
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 152, November 30 1940. Click image for 1098 x 1560 size.
Ads for beauty cream Couto ("Guarantees women lasting youth. To use them is to defend yourself from old age and to look for happiness."); and to the film My Favorite Wife, directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.
Cafiaspirina, 1930
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 110, July 16, 1930. Click image for 819 x 1215 size.
"Thank God
I remembered to take Cafiaspirina, the medicine whose effectiveness on my daddy's clientèle I've witnessed on numerous occasions, including desperate cases. I ordered an original tube from the pharmacist. A few minutes after taking two pills I felt complete relief, and on that very evening I achieved a lovely artistic success.
As I think, so do many others. Try it and you'll be convinced."
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Katori Senkou mosquito coil ad, 1900-1929
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Click image for 668 x 900 size.
On the right an ad for Katori Senkou mosquito coil, King Corporation. Thanks to BNZ and to Paula Wirth for the translation.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Theophile Steinlen, Tournée du Chat Noir, 1896
Friday, June 5, 2009
Phillips 66 Petroleum, 1987
Scanned from Taschen's "American Ads of the 80s". Click image for 1468 x 2001 size.
"Too pretty to get its feet wet.
Shaving by shaving, feather by feather, a wood block takes on life. The shaping of decoys has been a skill in Louisiana for as long as Cajun has been spoken. But this beauty will never flirt with a duck. Her charms are saved for the artistic, the art collectors, for all the admirers of things carved by hand. We at Phillips Petroleum are captivated, too. We try to take as much care when the work we do touches the habitats of wildfowl, as these artists take with their birds. To every last feather."
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Viva Magazine ad, 1975
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 70s". Click image for 522 x 700 size.
"What would your mother say? If you don't care, subscribe to Viva. Viva's not afraid of anything and neither are you."
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Dr. Pepper ad, 1960
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 60s". Click image for 576 x 800 size.
"Nothing is impossible for people who drink Dr Pepper!
It is said that people who drink Dr Pepper can do anything: dance till dawn, have dimples when they smile, make bushels of money.
And we have a laboratory full of wealthy, dimpled dancers to prove it!
Obviously, Dr Pepper is no dull, run-of-the-mill soft drink. It tastes brighter. And it's really much more than refreshing: it's the real pepper-upper active folks need to keep up with the busy lives they lead.
Now that Dr Pepper is available almost everywhere, there's no reason for anyone to fail at anything! Have a frosty bottle of Dr Pepper and face the world with a conquering heart.
Ha-Ha? We try to make Dr Pepper ads funny (more or less) so you'll enjoy reading them. But we're serious about wanting you to try a carton or two. Dr Pepper is as good as we say it is. But please don't take our word for it. Buy some, instead, today."
Monday, June 1, 2009
Primrose Path, 1940
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 152, November 30 1940. Click image for 1110 x 1552 size.
Movie directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. "A vigorous! Humane! Ennobling motion picture!"