This is a magazine called "Movies and Plays" - (still in print) - January issue. (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Movies and Plays, mag cover, January 1900-1929
Friday, June 15, 2007
Travel, magazine cover, 1940s?
(Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Travel to Okuniko, 1940s?
This is a poster for travel to Okuniko, Japan. "Why don't you go to Okiniko"? For a train company that goes to Okiniko from Kusatsu. (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Pompholin for athlete's foot, 1930s
"For your athlete's foot -- Beauty line of your feet, loving your feet, gets rid of athlete's foot." (advertisement in the form of a poem for an athlete's foot remedy.) (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Lightbulb ad, 1930s
"Are you using Japanese domestically produced lightbulbs in your home?" (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Japanese facial moisturizer, 1930s
Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
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