February 23, 2006

American Art Archives, advertising art, magazine covers, movie posters, propaganda and

cheesecake from the last century. (it still feels weird to say 'last century')

posted by islander 18 years ago
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  • 1950s porn is teh hot! Also, what sort of slogan for ciggies is Not a cough in a carload fer chrissakes!
  • Bookmarked for much further perusal. An absolutely wonderful site, islander. Simple, no-fuss design and high-quality images; everything I like in an art site. And the old ads are a treasure! In a capitalist economy, the history of advertising is so closely knit to the history of the nation. Students of hstory should be exposed to these gems. I was struck by the trying-hard-not-to-be-racist, but still racist, Jell-O ad from 1922. At a time when every black person over the age of 57 was a former slave, we see: "Mammy sent dis ovah." JELL-O is known to all sections as "America's Most Famous Dessert." IN the SOuth, for instance, it is inexpensive enough to be found in the cabins of the old plantation. It is delicious enough the meet the standards of good living at the "Big House." It is dainty enough for milady's afternoon tea. It is appealing enough to turn the sinful, of any color, away from his naighbor's melon patch. And this was from a company based in New York, with its factory in Canada!
  • This is one I'll be looking at for a while. ))) !!!
  • Am I the only one that finds navigation on this site to be rather annoying?
  • racy stuff indeed!