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Description of  Popular Advertising Cuts of the Twenties and Thirties (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Commercial artists and others looking for distinctive illustrations to enhance their various projects will be impressed by the attractive graphics in this comprehensive collection. Selected from rare magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other printed materials from the 1920s and '30s, over 900 cuts cover a wide range of categories: men, women, sports, animals, food and refreshments, communications, entertainment, holidays, trades and services, and much more. Here are lively illustrations of old-time radio announcers, pianists and other musicians, a barbershop quartet, a ukulele player, ballroom dancers, orators and town criers, candlelit Christmas trees, Santa Claus, horses, roosters, storks, hairstyles for women, and many other images. Sure to bring period charm to any graphic assignment, these sharply detailed, eye-catching illustrations will also intrigue nostalgia buffs with their fascinating commentary on lifestyles of the early 20th century. Read more