We Should All Be “Rubbing Thumbs” Instead of Kissing Everyone, a Suggestion From 1919
This post was originally published on this siteThis was the alternative for kissing during the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1919. Will it work for COVID-19? […]
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22 Amazing Vintage Superhero-Themed Cards for Your Valentine’s Day
This post was originally published on this siteExchanging cute Valentine’s Day cards featuring fictional characters and romantic phrases is a holiday tradition as old as […]
VROOOOM! Batman Is Out to Get You on Valentine’s Day!
This post was originally published on this site1966 was the debut of the massively popular Batman TV series. However, the show debuted so early in […]
Grotesque Music Sheets From Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male (1542)
This post was originally published on this siteThe 16th-century scribes of Bruges had a lot of fun illuminating this musical manuscript, because it’s full of […]
Controversial Springmaid Fabrics Ads From the 1940s and 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteSprings Cotton Mill traces its beginnings to the organization of the fort Mill Manufacturing Company when it opened […]
“The Next to Go. Fight Tuberculosis!” Posters for the American Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign
This post was originally published on this site“The Next to Go, Fight Tuberculosis” was a poster commissioned by the Red Cross to encourage support for […]
Ludwig Hohlwein: The Munich Poster King
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Wiesbaden, Ludwig Hohlwein (1874–1949) was a German poster artist, a pioneer of the Sachplakat style. He […]
Vintage Posters for the Early ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoons in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteTom and Jerry is an American animated franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by […]
45 Amazing Posters by Leonetto Cappiello in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1875 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italian-French poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello mainly lived and worked in […]
Stop Germs Spreading: Vintage “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” Posters From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this site“Coughs and sneezes spread diseases” was a slogan first used in the United States during the 1918–20 influenza […]
Fabulous Cover Photos of La Vie Parisienne in 1927
This post was originally published on this siteLa Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine founded in Paris in 1863 and was […]
Amazing Portrait Photos of the Indian Tribes of North America in the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America is held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library. Indian Tribes of North […]
“Breastypes! What’s Yours?” – This Crazy Little 1940’s Dirty Pocket Comic Has to Be a One-of-a-Kind Find
This post was originally published on this site“A flimsy wisp of gossamerSheltering shapes we hold so dearBehold the truth and shed no tearThese are the […]
The Physiognomic Heads by Charles Le Brun: 17th Century Sketches Show the Relationship Between Human and Animal Physiognomies
This post was originally published on this siteCharles Le Brun (1619 – 1690) was a French painter and art theorist. Declared by Louis XIV “the […]
Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]
26 Amazing Photos of Motor Vehicle Designs in the early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteA set of amazing photos from The Motor Book by R. J. Mecredy in 1904 that shows some of […]
Beautiful Illustrated Vintage Travel Posters in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this site Take a look at these 25 beautiful vintage travel posters of the ‘30s: America. Cairo. Chicago World’s […]
Beautiful Illustrated Travel Posters of the London North Eastern Railway in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteTake a look at 30 beautiful vintage illustrated posters, produced for the London North Eastern Railway to promote […]
Amazing Mid-20th Century Illustrations by Walter Molino
This post was originally published on this siteThese illustrations of people in various states of peril were painted by the extremely prolific Italian artist Walter […]
18 Gorgeous Vintage Public Health Posters From the 1930s and 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1936–1943 the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned over 200,000 works from American […]
Will We Move Around the Town Like This?
This post was originally published on this site (Illustration by Walter Molino, 1962) Translation from Italian: “Will we move around the town like this? Here’s […]
Death, Blood, and Mayhem: A Collection of 48 Scary Vintage Dutch Workplace Safety Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThese posters, which represent over 50 years of finger-wagging, are mostly terrifying, but each is also pretty gorgeous […]
A Collection of 20 Vintage Soviet Health Propaganda Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThe USSR really cared about its citizens – well at least about their health – because if they […]
25 Cool Illustration Pics Show What Bathrooms Looked Like in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this site20th century bathrooms, even those that are fairly early, resemble in most respects the bathrooms we have today. […]
You Put Someone Horns on Its Head
This post was originally published on this siteThis is a German figure of speech. “Jemandem Hörner aufsetzten” – You put someone horns on its head. […]