Sunday, 19 May 2013

Dashing Knitwear

If I had a son this is how I would dress him for school.
From Practical Family Knitting Illustrated, 1947 reprint.

Friday, 17 May 2013

Esquire Fashion Guide

Revised edition, 1962.

Saturday, 11 May 2013

Scouting for Girls

McCartney (Bill Ward) cartoon from Rugged, August 1957.

Friday, 10 May 2013

Beat it Baby


Susan Price in Eyeful, April 1955.

Monday, 6 May 2013

Betty Page 4

Betty in Eyeful, April 1955.

'Pat Steno'

Joy Love in Eyeful, April 1955.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Absinthe Still

Diagram of an absinthe (and similar perfumed spirits) still. From Spon's Workshop Receipts, 1885

Friday, 3 May 2013

If Gals Did as Men Do

From Eyeful, April 1955.

Monday, 29 April 2013

Laura Lane

From Eyeful, April 1955.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Roma Paige

Cover of Eyeful, April 1955.

Fountain Pen Gun

From Titter, December 1950.

Razionale Typeface

Razionale from the Nebiolo type foundry, 1935.
From The Encyclopaedia of Typefaces by Berry, Johnson, Jaspert; third edition, 1962.

Saturday, 27 April 2013

Stadion Typeface

Stadion by Grundeis, 1929. From The Encyclopaedia of Typefaces by Berry, Johnson, Jaspert; third edition, 1962.

Monday, 22 April 2013

Jackie Wanter

From Titter, December 1950.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Fighting Girls

From Beauty Parade, December 1946.

Friday, 12 April 2013

Laura Gordon

Laura Gordon in Beauty Parade, December 1946.

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Design for Industry 11/59

Cover of Design for Industry magazine, November 1959.

Victoria Valentino 2

Victoria Valentino in Playboy, September 1963.

Saturday, 6 April 2013

Smoking Boy

From Grossbild Technik, 1959.

Friday, 5 April 2013

Gillian Tanner 2

19 year old Gillian Tanner in Playboy, 1963.