Advertisements for meat, corn flakes, candy bars, flour, beer, wine, spirits, broccoli, peanut butter: Here they are.
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Automobile ads kept magazines going through good times and hard. High-ticket items, they could afford to pay for color reproduction when that was too expensive for most other products. Everybody knows something about cars! Some of these ads were created by the best artists in the business. And some of them are just fun to look at as nostalgia; or, if you prefer, ancient history. Trucks here, too. Also wagons and carriages. If you like these, check out this great website of scans of...
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A noxious weed, and an important part of the American economy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, tobacco advertising paid for many an editorial lunch and kept lots of artists employed.
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Here are the ads for the common everyday household things you need to have around to keep the place clean and running. And also the objects of beauty that make life worthwhile. A little bit of decoration, a little bit of dirt removal.
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Clothing and fashions pay the bills at our department stores and shopping malls. We pay the bills for our clothing and fashions. And advertisements in magazines told us what we were going to buy (or make), and why.
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Mainstays of the advertising pages were personal items such as toiletries, beauty aids, perfumes, bath and facial soaps, and the like. Human interactions are important: Flowers, cards, notes.
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Art prints have been around as long as printing has been around. Film, movies, cinema, as an art that moves, only a short time, but fully the memory of living humans. Books and magazines have been the subject of ads as long as the memory of humankind. Or so it would seem. Not only did magazines run ads for themselves and for other titles from the same publisher, they often ran ads for totally unconnected magazine titles. Sometimes they sold the space to the other publisher, and sometimes they...
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Audio, and early video, and records, and entertainment. The beginnings of an industry that is still with us, slowly engulfing (or being engulfed by) the computer industry.
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Build a transportation system, and people and things will travel. Here are ads for all things related.
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Health and medicine ads have supported numberless magazines over the years. Some publishers refused patent medicine ads, and some got rich on them. Ditto for equipment, which can range from something as straightforward as crutches to something as questionable and as "Violet Rays". Techniques can be as simple as yoga and as complex as sequestration in a private hospital.
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Bicycles became vastly popular in the late 19th century and paved the way (sorry!) for automobiles by creating a population that wanted good, smooth, hard-surfaced roads and plenty of them. Motorcycles were an adaption that combined the best and worst of the two. And then there were motorbikes, and scooters, and any motorized conveyance that could spring full-blown from the head of the American backyard inventor.
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Advertisements for outdoor and indoor sports and equipment for them. Guns, rods, racquets, balls; the list is endless.
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Pens and pencils and paper and office supplies. Now we have major national chains providing these materials to the end consumer. Back in the day we needed to see ads like these to decide what to buy. Hey, we still do.
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Without cameras the magazineart.org would be a lot smaller and less interesting. Hail photography!
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Toys. Games. Let's play.
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Find here ads for instruments, sheet music, musical books, accessories, concerts; anything music-related. However, note that phonographs and record players and gramophones have their own section, with radios, televisions and the like.
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What happened when a white man and a native girl met far from civilization. Actually, this is an ad for the new 26-volume set of the works of Joseph Conrad, illustrated by a still from an MGM movie apparently based on "An Outcast of the Islands." This ad was published in the August, 1927 issue of THE AMERICAN MERCURY. Artist: Source: MagazineArt.org Physical Archives Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads, Book Ads: Fiction, magazine...
Woman in elaborate tent wearing a patterned cape, holds it up for you to see. For the "Autumn Pattern Number" of the magazine. Published in the October 13, 1922 issue of LIFE, the Humor Magazine. Artist: Helen Dryden Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
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Buy and bicycle or build it; repair it; add on it; or dress for the occasion.
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Ad for Modes magazine, with pattern included, from the November, 1896 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
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Our magazines, especially those aimed at men, have always been full of ads for neat technology stuff (to use the technical term). Here's the category for all those ads (except for Radio/Audio/TV, which has its own category).
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Always a mainstay of the magazine advertising pages, companies that promise to train you for a new job or educate you for a new role in life or society have given us images that have become part of our popular culture.
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Woman carefully tying her hat on. looking at herself in a mirror, for the "Millinery Number." Published in an early 1920's issue of LIFE, the Humor Magazine. Artist: Helen Dryden Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads, Magazine Ads: General,...
Ad for Arrow Collars and Shirts, with a man standing to display the Trump model shirt and an appropriate collar. Published in the June 7, 1928 issue of the HARVARD LAMPOON. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: Cynde Georgen, Trail End Historic Site, Sheridan Wyoming Restoration by: Cynde Georgen
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Men's Clothing and Accessories, model,...
Ad showing all the great new features of the 1937 Plymouth, with lots of happy drivers and passengers; from the December, 1936 issue of the AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Plymouth Cars, magazine covers,...
The new Ford Deluxe Sedan, an easy car for a woman to drive. Also, a feeling of security with the Triplex shatter-proof windsheld. From the July, 1930 issue of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Artist: Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Ford Cars, lightweight, automobile,...
Money. Ads for those people who have grabbed onto your money, and will only reluctantly give it back to you.
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From every store comes Christmas cheer, says Santa in a note, as International Trucks deliver millions of packages of presents. Published in an unidentified 1939 magazine.. Artist: Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Trucks, Santa Claus, gifts,...
Ad for Chevrolet cars, focusing on economy and how it will help send they boy off to college. The car that is complete! No extra parts to buy. There it is, just outside the window. From the April 30, 1938 issue of COLLIER'S MAGAZINE. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Chevrolet Cars, education, money,...
Viola Dana, celebrity endorsement, Maybelline. Accentuates the lovely sweep and length of her curling lashes by darkening them with Maybelline. From the August, 1926 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Women's Toiletries and Makeup, beauty,...
The American version of the Austin, advertised to rich people in the November, 1930 issue of COUNTRY LIFE. A two-seater. Artist: Source: eBay seller babbettesstuff1 Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Variety of Smaller Companies and...
All that black ink grabs your attention and the pictures of the baked goods attract your hunger for treats. If you don't see it here, read the free cookbook from Royal. Published in the November, 1922 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Bread and Baking, biscuits, cake, pie, tart,...
Woman in blue silk/satiny dress shows off her legs in fine silk stockings. Behind her is a painting or fabric sample in complementary colors, atop a brown cabinet offering contrast. The art does the selling, and the text is minimal. Published in a 1923 issue of the AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Artist: Coles Phillips Source: eBay seller daysoffuturepast, who also sells printed materials from her personal website. Restoration by: jess at daysoffuturepast
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Women's Hosiery, class, slinky, gams, beauty,...
Lincoln sitting in glory in front of Saint Gaudens' statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Stalwart qualities, lofty principles, recognized masterpiece. Published in the April 3, 1924 issue of LIFE, the Humor Magazine. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Lincoln Cars, name, marque,...
Same car, but different people. Less than a penny per mile. The car is safe under a bubble dome, but trips of all kinds besiege it from left and right. Published in a 1930 issue of COUNTRY LIFE. Artist: Source: eBay seller babbettesstuff1 Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Variety of Smaller Companies and...
If it goes on a farm, it goes here.
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Classic Parrish advertisement for Edison Mazda, famous from calendars and prints. Published in a 1918 issue of THE WORLD'S WORK. Artist: Maxfield Parrish Source: eBay seller daysoffuturepast, who also sells printed materials from her personal website. Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Small Appliances, mountains, light, illumination,...
Every picture tells a story, and this 1946 ad from FIELD AND STREAM tells one worthy of a SATURDAY EVENING POST cover. So, anyway, just has hooked whom with a fishing line? Looks like a tricky way for the fisherman to meet the fisherbabe. No indication who the artist was, but we're pretty sure we've seen his work elsewhere. Artist: Source: Renita Ivey Restoration by: Renita Ivey
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Beer, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Advertisement for Victor Bicycles, from the February, 1896 issue of HARPER'S MONTHLY. An astonishing piece of Art Nouveau, and one that has found its way to posters. Artist: Will H. Bradley Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Bicycles and Motorcycles, Bicycles, magazine covers, vintage...
Beautiful ad for Holeproof Silk Hosiery for women, with a model sitting on a wall in front of a thousand pink roses. Published in the October, 1924 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Artist: Coles Phillips Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
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Burnett's Cocoaine for the hair cures dandruff etc. Published in the November, 1896 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
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Coca-Cola ad, showing a wonderful street scene, with two sewer workers toasting each other with bottles of Product; from the May, 1920 issue of HOLLAND'S MAGAZINE
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Picture Hotel Wawa, at Norway Point, on the Lake of Bays. Also a drawing of a rather stunned fisherman working his catch toward the hand net. The "Killarney of America". Published in an unidentified magazine in 1908. Artist: Source: eBay seller PeriodPaper Restoration by: magscanner
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Crochet made easy! Densely packed page includes enough text to make you feel certain you're going to get the guidance you need when you buy this complete guide to crocheting. Take a look at the hints spread across the ad. Published in the September, 1947 issue of WOMAN'S DAY. Artist: Source: Anonymous contributor Restoration by: magscanner
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Ad for the first issue of AMAZING STORIES; published in another Gernsback magazine, the April, 1926 issue of RADIO NEWS.
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Ad for the Anti-Cancer Pipe, from the December 9, 1905 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Too bad it doesn't solve the lung cancer problem; but it might well have helped the ones who got cancer of the lip or tongue (which was a real problem at the time). Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
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Ad for Dher-Kiss Eau de Toilette, and Vegetale, fresh from M. Kerkoff's atelier, and illustrated by a fairy, a rainbow, pixies, winds, flying ballet dancers, and a hoard of gold and diamonds, not to mention other things we haven't yet identified. From the April, 1921 issue of WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. The artist may be Frederick Richardson, who illustrated some children's books in a detailed fashion. Artist: F. Richardson Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Women's Toiletries and Makeup, magazine...
An eerie foreshadowing of the ads from 1943, but here it's all in peacetime and the Santa Fe can haul the largest things made. Coast defense 14-inch railroad guns, with range of 23 miles and weight of 365 tons each; no problem moving them through California. Published in an unidentified magazine in 1937, possibly the Santa Fe company magazine. Artist: Source: eBay seller PeriodPaper Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Travel and Transportation, Railroads and Railroad Lines, magazine...
Ad for the House of Kuppenheimer, with three men of wealth and style out for the day; one on horseback, for fox hunting, one with field glasses, and one dressed for visiting in cold weather. Published in the September 27, 1913 issue of the SATURDAY EVENING POST. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
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Ad for Murad Cigarettes. Not from a magazine as such, but from a 1923 theater program from Henry Miller's Theatre in New York City. Unusually for Murad, it seems to be signed.
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Ad for SNAPPY STORIES, painted by Enoch Bolles, and published in the December 27, 1924 issue of JUDGE. This painting was, in fact, used on the cover of the Second January, 1925 issue.
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Soot toughens tires, prints papers, shines shoes, paints palaces. Carbon black is a valuable product, and more than 50% of America's total carbon black production is shipped over the Santa Fe. Photos show spectacular smoke clouds over the Texas panhandle (cough, cough), the burner houses, tiny gas flames, blackened rubber, a conveyor line of paper bags full of the stuff, and a bulk-loading machine that fills freight cars automatically. Published in an unidentified magazine in 1939. Artist:...
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Travel and Transportation, Railroads and Railroad Lines, magazine...
Ad for Coca-Cola from the August, 1922 issue of the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Snappy poem "The Cat's Meow" cadges subscriptions. Published as a house ad in an early 1920's issue of LIFE, the Humor Magazine. Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
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Ad for Singer Sewing Machines, already by this time at their fortieth anniversary. Published in the November, 1896 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Small Appliances, clothing, repair, maintenance, sew
Ad for the Pierce-Arrow Dual-Valve Six, an elegant state carriage to pick you and your date up after a night out in some big city. Published in a 1926 issue of HOUSE AND GARDEN. Artist: Source: eBay seller daysoffuturepast, who also sells printed materials from her personal website. Restoration by: jess at daysoffuturepast
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Pierce-Arrow Cars, wealth, status,...
Art nouveau fantasy for McCallum: rich beauty receives a suitor's card, handed her by her liveried servant. Published in an unidentified early 1920's magazine. Artist: Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Women's Hosiery, class, romance, wealth,...
Infant child has gone to sleep sitting in his high chair in a modern Standard kitchen. Published in the January, 1926 issue of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Artist: Andrew Loomis Source: Susan Mac Gregor, who sells printed paper and ephemera at Whimzy Treasures Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Plumbing and Fixtures, home, happy, safe, safety, nap
Another nice duotone ad for the Line of Beauty, the fourteen inch step-in of brocade and elastic. From the January, 1929 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Undergarments, lingerie, stockings, girdle,...
A scene from "Oberon" illustrates just how great the Columbia Grafonola record player will sound reproducing grand opera. From a 1920 magazine. Artist: Gene Pressler Source: Renita Ivey Restoration by: Renita Ivey
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Radio, Television, Phonographs, and Recordings, Phonographs and...
Ad for Standard Plumbing Fixtures, from the mid-1920's, and possibly published in WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. Note basic design and layout similarity to the 1925 ads.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Plumbing and Fixtures, magazine covers, vintage...
Gossard's "Mis Simplicity" line is the undergarment that dare not speak its name. But it will achieve perfect princess lines on you. There's a name by her ankles, but we can't make it out. Published in the November, 1930 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Undergarments, magazine covers, vintage...
Ad for Smith & Wesson revolvers, from the May, 1911 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. With thumb-piece and barrel catch forming two positive locks [for safety], ...the greatest advance in revolver design since 1893. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Sports and Guns, Guns and Ammunition, magazine covers, vintage...
Ad for Jell-O, from the December issue of MODERN PRISCILLA. Economic recession in 1920! Artist Norman Price shows us a clue.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Published in the May, 1912 issue of MODERN PRISCILLA.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Ad for Arrow Collars and Shirts, published in the February 9, 1927 issue of the HARVARD LAMPOON. Man in white tie attracts woman in exotic tropical costume. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: Cynde Georgen, Trail End Historic Site, Sheridan Wyoming Restoration by: Cynde Georgen
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Men's Clothing and Accessories, romance, status
Shaft-driven, the aristocrats of motordom, and oh so cute. Is someone driving this? Published in the January 15, 1910 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Source: Steve Kirch, collector, and creator of a great website about SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the past Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Electric Automobiles, class, money,...
Probably modeled by Charles Beach, this shows Arrow and JCL pushing the quality, class, and status buttons for the collars. Published in an unidentified magazine, probably in 1913. [Note, however, that this ad is shown in Michael Schau's book J. C. Leyendecker with a 1910 date. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Men's Clothing and Accessories, wealth,...
Five passenger electric can be driven from both the front and rear seats; all passengers face forward. When riding alone with your wife sit beside her and drive from the rear seat. Don't sit in front and look like a tired chauffeur. When riding with three or four people drive from the front seat and have an unobstructed view. Artist: F. X. Leyendecker Source: Galen Handy Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Electric Automobiles, bimodal,...
Beautiful woman at her dressing table, with a maid stolen from Coles Phillips handing her the product. It makes her feel good, so good she's going out decollété tonight. In the privacy of your own boudoir soothing electric massage brings back the roses of youth into your cheeks, keeps your hair and scalp in fine, healthy condition and develops your figure into one of graceful lines and girlish contour. ...for fatigue, nervous headaches, insomnia. Ask the folks at Good Vibrations. From the...
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Medical Equipment, stress, relief, sex,...
An ad for a catalog, invoking all the spirits of radio at one of it greatest times. Names like Hallicrafters, RCA, Weston, Airline, Brush. Published in the December, 1936 issue of RADIO NEWS. Source: Magazine collector Steve Davis Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Radio, Television, Phonographs, and Recordings, Radio Sets, amateur,...
Ad for Jell-O, from the December, 1912 issue of McCALL'S MAGAZINE. The woman's face has been painted (or at least heavily hand-worked) onto a photo of a woman with a shopping basket full of food for Christmas dinner. The food items have all been colorized, as have her face, and gloves. The drawing of the Jello box has surely been pasted into her hand. Note the typical turkey of a century ago; it is definitely not one of the bloated beasts we buy today.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Ad for "Direst Process" plates for printing colored magazine covers. The covers shown are from late 1904 and early 1905. Published in a 1905 issue of THE INLAND PRINTER. Not exactly an ad for a magazine, but definitely an ad about magazines. We made this one extra large so you can see more of the detail.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads, Magazine Ads: General,...
Ad for Jell-O, from the October, 1923 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Cute little girl makes Jell-O to show her doll how easy it is. If she can do it, so can you -- and so can your doll. Famous artist illustrates so you can understand. Artist: Norman Rockwell Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Elegant young woman shows she is mistress of the situation, demonstrating the smooth shine of her silk stockings. Nice classic pose, but cloth rendering maybe a little rough. Published in the March, 1912 issue of the WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Women's Hosiery, dress, style, fashion, hose,...
