Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
O Século Ilustrado V Flickr Set
O Século Ilustrado V, a set on Flickr.
Just testing Flickr's new thingy.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947
Click image for 1088 x 1522 size.
An Egipcian wedding. Clothes made from glass fibre.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Goa, India, 1947
Click image for 1100 x 1523 size. Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947.
At the time a colony in the Portuguese empire.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor, Lustre-Creme Shampoo, 1957
R. I. P., Elizabeth Taylor.
Click image for 616 x 883 size. Scanned from Taschen's All-American Ads of the 50s.
"Hollywood's favorite Lustre-Creme Shampoo...
Yes, Elizabeth Taylor uses Lustre-Creme Shampoo. It's the favorite of 4 out of 5 top Hollywood movie stars!
It never dries your hair! Lustre-Creme Shampoo is blessed with lanolin... foams into rich lather, even in hardest water... leaves hair so easy to manage.
It beautifies! For soft, bright, fragrantly clean hair - without special after-rinses - choose the shampoo of America's most glamorous women. Use the favorite of Hollywood movie stars - Lustre-Creme Shampoo.
Never Dries - it Beautifies!
Elizabeth Taylor
co-starring in M-G-M's
Raintree County
Filmed in M-G-M Camera 65 and Color"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Japanese White face Powder, 1940s
Click image for 724 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"White powder that is the 'newest in the world'" (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Ice-skater Barbara Ann Scott, 1947
Click image for 1106 x 1544 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Ice-skater Barbara Ann Scott, 1947
Click image for 1104 x 1540 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Japanese Moisturizer, 1940s
Click image for 725 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japanese Face White Powder, 1940s
Click image for 715 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"We are proudly introducing a powder that protects your skin from sunlight" (this is a white powder for your skin, sold prior to WWII.) (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947 - 17
Click image for 1087 x 1545 size.
A legs model; skater Wanda Norton being helped by her mother before presenting herself before the jury; and cartoons by Baltazar.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Portuguese painter Eduarda Lapa, 1947
Click image for 699 x 650 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hollywood stand-ins, 1947
Click image for 1111 x 1531 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947.
The stand ins for various famous movie stars, such as Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Paulette Goddard, Lisabeth Scott, and Dorothy Lamour.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Japanese Cosmetics, 1940s
Click image for 719 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"Fine beautiful skin for you -- When you put the cream on your face, you can get beautiful skin." (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Mishi for translating!)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Japanese advert, 1950-1970
Click image for 800 x 557 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".