Click image for 548 x 822 size. Scanned from O Século Ilustrado, n.346, 19 August, 1944.
"To your health!
A toast often linked to eating and drinking, when we inadvertently go to far. When you feel your stomach is feeling the consequences, and you start feeling pain, acid burping, heart burn and discomfort, take Magnésia Bisurada."
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Magnésia Bisurada, 1944
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
George Petty, August 1947
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Fixina, 1944
Click image for 686 x 900 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, no. 346, 19 August, 1944.
"The new formula of Fixina, created in 1944, fixates, gives shine and does not dry your hair. Demand Fixina 1944."
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Alvin Lustig, The Great Gatsby, cover, 1945
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Medicinal Dentifrice Couto, 1944
Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, n.346, 19 August, 1944.
"Pyorrhoea means slow death for teeth that are not washed with a medicinal product
Medicinal Dentifrice Couto
Is no ordinary toothpaste, it is medicinally prepared, it avoids and treats all mouth diseases."
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Laxobac, 1944
Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, No. 346, 19 August, 1944.
"Smooth but firm
That is the effect of the new laxative Laxobac."
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Júlio Neuparth, A Nossa Missa, book cover, 1954
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse
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Tintz Red Hair Shampoo Soap, 1946
Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, March 16, 1946. Click image for 673 x 900 size.
"Keep the beauty of your appearance with this wonderful American product. By washing your hair with this product you can: keep your scalp clean, avoid hair fall, invigorate your hair, make it satiny and it holds the additional important advantage of keeping your natural colour or make it the colour you wish it to be.
Sold in all good houses."
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Fósforo Ferrero, 1946
Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, March 16, 1946. Click image for 864 x 1239 size.
"In all ages... it is necessary to strenghten ones bones and muscles to avoid breakdown and illness.
Super vegetable food with high nourishing and fortifying power."
Monday, September 13, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, E. C. Bentley, Trent´s Last Case
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, Edgar Wallace, The Clue Of The New Pin
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Embryodine, 1946
Click image for 665 x 800 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, March 16, 1946.
"A new and original way to beautify your hair"
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Gillette, 1946
Click image for 541 x 800 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine O Século Ilustrado, March 16, 1946.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, Edgar Wallace, The Sinister Man
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, Leslie Charteris, The Saint In Angels Of Doom
Via O Gato Maltês blog. Click image for 832 x 1272 size.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Sândia, Stendhal cometics, 1947
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947.
"Beauty is a promise of happiness!
Stendhal
Sândia has created
3 new products that synthethyze the latest aquisitions in beauty matters, whose formulas were invented by a specialized chemist.
Sândia or beauty within everyone's reach!"
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The farmyard picnic
Mentholatum, 1947
Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947.
"Be careful! Catahrr is serious! At the first sneeze aply Mentholatum on your chest, throat and nose."
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Cândido Costa Pinto, John Creasey, A Knife for the Toff, 1940s
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