11 Saturday Nov 2017
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November 11 is Veterans Day, and I’m marking the occasion with this World War II-era cover illustration from the Saturday Evening Post. This G.I. certainly seems to be enjoying the customer service he’s receiving at the perfume counter.
Illustration by John Newton Howitt (1885-1958) for the Saturday Evening Post, published January 17, 1924.
03 Monday Jul 2017
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Have a happy (and safe) 4th of July!
Edward Penfield, 1894. Lithograph. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters, Gift of Leonard A. Lauder, 1984, 1984.1202.75
29 Monday May 2017
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Floyd Davis, “GI in a Perfume Shop,” 1944. Oil on canvas. Via SOLDIERS.
16 Sunday Apr 2017
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An advertisement for 4711 Eau de Cologne, dated 1928. That’s a lot of leg for a religious feast day, no? but I agree that 4711 is an excellent gift for any occasion.
17 Friday Mar 2017
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Wishing you “the luck of the Irish.”
This wee silver perfume bottle (just over an inch high!) was probably made to be worn on a woman’s chatelaine.
