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More Old Norwegian Posters

Left: Hardanger cider – Right: Riganol toothpaste Left:Kaba electric ovens – Right: Ata powder soap From my own collections Filed under: Advertising, Design, Ephemera, Illustration, Norwegian,...

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Grand-daddy’s Sauce – Part 22

All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977 Driving In The Victorian Days Motor-car Driver: Get out of my way! Victim: Why, are you coming...

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The Lure Of The Mad Men – Part 2

Text from the ad: Glance in the mirror, lovely lady. Be glad you’re so slender, so easy to dress so admired wherever you go. Then take time to bless your good fortune for making you what you are. It’s...

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A Day At The Beach

This picture might have been taken sometimes around the turn of the 20th Century, but it is actually taken just a few years ago. A little playing with the colour settings and filtering on PhotoShop...

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When Will They Meet Again

An article from Physical Culture Magazine – November 1914 They had a hard life those old time Hollywood stars. Here to day, gone tomorrow. Although it must be said that the bloke that wrote this...

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The Sunday Comic – The Boyfriend

Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Boyfriends, Patience

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This Week’s Girliemag Article – On The Right Lane

In England the right lane is the wrong lane. You know they drive on the left lane which to us is the wrong ‘lane. After much confusion we found the right lane is the wrong lane and the left lane is...

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Margaretha Geertruida "M’greet" Zelle MacLeod aka Mata Hari

Margaretha Geertruida "M’greet" Zelle MacLeod (7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and...

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Gaston Bussière – French Symbolist Painter And Illustrator

Gaston Bussière was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator, born in Cuisery on April 24, 1862 and died at Saulieu on October 29, 1928. Biography Bussière studied at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in...

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Victorian Inventions – Part 23

From “Victorian Inventions” by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972 Monsieur Francois Barathon of Paris has developed a swimming-buoy that can be propelled like a velocipede...

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XXth Century Health & Pleasure Resorts Of Europe – Part 9

From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 SPORTS AND PASTTIME RESORTS RECOMMENDED BATHING (Sea) BELGIUM: Blankenberghe, Breedene, Ceq-sur-Mer,...

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The Lommedalen Line

Most Norwegian valleys with a bit of self respect has a railway line. Østerdalen has the Røros line, Gudbrandsdalen has the Dovre line, Valdres had its own railway until thirty years ago ,...

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Doppio Sogno – Double Dream

That the Kessler Twins could sing is a well known fact, just have a look at the scoptitone movie below where they do a delicious version of “Quando Quando”. That the blonde German twins enjoyed taking...

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The Athletes Of The First Winter Olympics

When I opened my mail box this morning I had received a marvellously entertaining mail from Russ over at Russ & Gary’s and since I guess a lot of you have been following the Winter Olympics these...

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Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background – Part 3

Moxie’s Café’s Regular Patrons – Part 2 Angelique Antonia Zeederhøk Drunk Home Maker Adian’s Wife Eivor Maria Solvang Sylte Congregation Minister Severin Kjartan’s Mother Adrian Zeederhøk Swedish Stock...

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This Week’s Softdrink – Kalas-Must

Kalasmust (Party Must) is the name of a soft drink manufactured by Värnamo breweries. Kalsmust is also used as an  euphemism in cartoons for alcoholic beverages such as wine or whiskey. Kalasmust have...

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Man, What A Wall Paper

I’d love to paste this beauty on the bedroom walls, but if I do I’ll probably end up a bachelor so I guess it’s not worth it – Ted Filed under: Design, Illustration, Nudes, Pin-ups Tagged: Wall paper

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Early On A Bright Spring Morning….

Early on a bright spring morning in 1900 a large horse-drawn van arrived at the workshop of Chicago camera builder J. A. Anderson. His most recent construction, the world’s largest camera, was ready...

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Futhark – The Nordic Runes

The word rune comes from the Norse rún which means mystery. No one knows exactly when, where or by whom the runes were invented. The only thing archaeologists can confirm is that the oldest runic...

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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Helensburgh

Helensburgh (Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. Helensburgh was...

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