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Posted 8 months ago
ho2cultcha
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I purchased three more 1920s Arts & Decoration Magazines through AbeBooks last week. Here are a few of the very interesting advertisements in this very posh, pre-1929 crash, 5th Ave magazine. The second pic shows Joan Crawford in an ad for one of those electric vibration belts to keep fit. My mom had one of these when i was a kid and my siblings and i would play on it whenever we could - despite getting in deep trouble for it. The RCA radio ad in the 3rd picture has some very beautiful deco artwork.
AdvertisingFrom colorful Victorian trade cards of the 1870s to the Super Bowl commerci…
Art DecoArt Deco was an international design and art movement in the 1920s and ’30s…
Oooh - I like that RCA Radiola ad.
thanks mustangtony. that rca ad is one of the most beautiful deco advertising designs i've seen. the rookwood pottery ad is pretty nice too!