The Ephemerist
Thriving in the margins since 2002…
Archive for the 'Vintage' Tag
Thanks to Dad !
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
This old ad (from The Adventures Of Alan Ladd #2), reminded me of an article I read in a Flemish newspaper the other day, which claimed that of all the members of a household, father gets the least presents with Christmas. It’s just something I wanted to bring out in the open, so to speak. So there…
And another thing - are there still men who address their wives as “mother” ? Or is she really his mother, and has she aged very well ? We’ll never know…
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Sneakers and batteries
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Le Genial Barbizet
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Fleer Comics
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Two rather exquisite Fleer comic ads, from Big Town #1 (1950) and #20 (1953), respectively.
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The Blimp Man
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Selling dreams in the 1940’s, from Crash Comic Adventures #1, as published by Holyoke in 1940). If only I had a belt like that, and if only it worked.
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Not so dumb
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Mother’s little helper…
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Frank Robbins advertisments
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
These have been up for quite a while, but I only came across them over the weekend.
The inimitable Leif Peng (of Today’s Inspiration) has collected a whole series of advertisments by Frank Robbins on his Flickr page. They’re very cool : not only do you learn about the benefits of brushing your teeth, but you also get some good lessons in life as well. Useful, I think, if you still live in the 40’s…
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Scrappy
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Dan “Mr Toast” Goodsell showcases a few Scrappy Candy Wrappers, paper bags used in the 1930’s by the Runkel Brothers Company to wrap their candy in (obviously). They featured a cool cartoon character, reminding me of Our Gang and other street urchins. Very nice find, Dan !
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