Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year

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Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 4, August 1939

Click image for 828 x 2040 size. Scanned from the book "Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina" by Irene Flunser Pimentel, published by A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.

Young girls learn how to cook, so they can be good house-wives.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Gertrude Abercrombie, White Cat, 1935-38

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Gertrude Abercrombie, American, (1909-1977).

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Greta Garbo



Greta Garbo, originally uploaded by twm1340.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

1922 - Coca-Cola



1922 - Coca-Cola, originally uploaded by clotho98.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Palmolive soap, 1930s



the 1930s -ad for Palmolive soap, originally uploaded by april-mo.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

George Owen Wynne Apperley, Peacock Shawl, 1927


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Durania Zigaretten, 1924



Durania Zigaretten (1924), originally uploaded by Susanlenox.

Merry Christmas


Underwood Typewriters Christmas, 1922.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Coles Phillips, Good Housekeeping, March 1914


Good Housekeeping March 1914, originally uploaded by plaisanter.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Fado la Goya - sheet music cover


Fado la Goya - capa, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from a sugar packet.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Coles Phillips, Life magazine, For Divers Reasons, 4 August 1921



For Divers Reasons, originally uploaded by plaisanter.

Jorge Barradas, Magazine Bertrand, 1927

Via Dias que Voam blog.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Ilustração Portugueza, Salão da Trindade, 1920s

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Photo by Serra Ribeiro: high society people enact a play for charity.

Ilustração Portugueza, Salão da Trindade, 1920s - 6a

Monday, December 20, 2010

Ilustração Portugueza, 1920s

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Opera singer Branca Bellincioni-Stagno, photo by Pinto. Painter João Reis, piano player Raymundo de Macedo, actress Jesuina de Chaby, actor Chaby Pinheiro, and painter Carlos Reis, photographed by Maria Sampaio Coelho.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Ilustração Portugueza, 1920s

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Children in a Red Cross orphanage.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Ilustração Portugueza, 1920s

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Children in a Red Cross orphanage.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Ruth Mary Hallock, Kansas Second Reader, 1920


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 4, August 1939 - cover

Click image for 1000 x 1435 size. Scanned from Portuguese book "Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina" by Irene Flunser Pimentel, published by A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.

Mocidade Portuguesa was a fascist organization for kids in Portugal.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 4, August 1939

Click image for 1004 x 657 size. Scanned from the book Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina by Irene Flunser Pimentel, publishing house A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina was a fascist organization for young girls in Portugal.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 7, November 1939 - cover

Click image for 772 x 1118 size. Scanned from the book Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina by Irene Flunser Pimentel, publishing house A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina was a fascist organization for young girls in Portugal.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Stuart de Carvalhais, Fado do Cigarro, sheet music cover



"Fado do Cigarro", originally uploaded by cheryldecarteret.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 5, September 1939

From the Book Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina by Irene Flunser Pimentel, published by A Esfera dos Livros, 2007. Click image for 1000 x 1439 size.

Hats worn by girls of the Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, a Portuguese fascist organization for the youth.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 8, December 1939, Menina e Moça, Nº41, October 1950

Click image for 1580 x 2275 size. Scanned from Portuguese book "Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina" by Irene Flunser Pimentel, published by A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.

Mocidade Portuguesa was a fascist organization for kids in Portugal.

Friday, December 10, 2010

L. Leslie Brooke, Ring O' Roses, 1920s



Ring O' Roses, originally uploaded by ElfGoblin2.

Japanese Matchbox Label



japanese matchbox label, originally uploaded by maraid.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter, 1922


"The machine you will eventually carry"

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Ads for Pagéol, urinary tract antiseptic, and Urodonal, kidneydetoxifyer, 1923

Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração Portugueza, Nº 904, Junho 16 1923. Click image for 1000 x 1503 size.

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Ilustração Portugueza, Nº 904, Junho 16 1923 - 2b

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Ilustração Portugueza, Nº 904, Junho 16 1923 - 2a

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Design for Living, 1933



1933, originally uploaded by hyPIERgorgeous.
Fredric March, Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins.

Monday, December 06, 2010

Lois Lenski, Jolly Rhymes of Mother Goose, Mary Had a Little Lamb, 1922


Ilustração Portugueza, Nº 904, June 16 1923 - back-cover

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"Stock" farm tractors.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Greta Garbo, 1924


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Último Fado, sheet music cover


Último Fado, sheet music cover, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Friday, December 03, 2010

Fado do Ganga, sheet music cover


Fado do Ganga, sheet music cover, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from a sugar packet.

Thursday, December 02, 2010

A Alma da Guitarra, sheet music cover

Scanned from a sugar packet.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Washerwomen, in Coimbra, Portugal, 1923

Click image for 1000 x 1503 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração Portugueza, Nº 904, June 16 1923, cover.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

George Hurrell, Joan Crawford, 1930s


Monday, November 29, 2010

Ilustração Portugueza, Estudantina Madrilena, 1920s - 1a

Spaniards.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Diniz Fragoso, Bertrand Magazine, The Role of Men, 1927

Via Dias que Voam.

"A vision of the future

Well, if women smoke, play football and drive automobiles...

If they ride horses, go to the barber's and give conferences...

Who will take care of the pots and pans and the children! ...If not men?!..."

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Tamara Toumanova



toumanova_tamara, originally uploaded by bossyk.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Jorge Barradas, ABC magazine, 1921 - cover

Via Dias que Voam

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Jorge Barradas, ABC magazine, 1922 - cover

Via Dias que Voam

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Roberto Nobre, Civilização Magazine, 1929

Via Dias que Voam.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Cyclax Cosmetics, 1936



Art Deco Cyclax Cosmetics Advert, originally uploaded by glen.h.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Civilização Magazine, The Punishment, 1930

Via Dias que Voam.

Man: No matter what I won't stop following you until you accept to date me.
Woman: Jerk! It'd serve you right if I married you!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Arraial de Sto. António, 1931


Arraial de Sto. António, 1931, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Sheet music cover. Scanned from a sugar packet.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Fado da Boa Hora


Fado da Boa Hora, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Sheet music cover, scanned from a sugar packet.

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