#Historic Magazines

[deadpresidents]

Another great ad from The Century Magazine's October 1901 issue in case anyone is searching for underwear that "Insures Freedom from Colds, Catarrh, La Grippe, and Rheumatism".

You wouldn't want to wake up with Catarrh or La Grippe, would you?

[fashion-from-the-past]

La Mode Illustree 1890

[quona]

walk the streets of japan 'til i get lost -------------------------------------------

prints | ko-fi | commission [edit: prints available for this one]

AZIRAPHALE DISCOVERS JAPANESE STREET FOOD IN EDO PERIOD JAPAN, HOW COULD I NOT DRAW THIS This piece is one of THREE that I painted for the VERY FIRST ISSUE EVER of /r/GoodOmensAfterDark's WINGZ Magazine, a filthy smut rag that all of us---editors, directors, writers, and visual artists alike---are very proud to present to you. Check it out here: WINGZ Mag Spring '24 (Reddit) Direct link (PDF, 90MB) Direct link for Mobile (PDF, 8MB)

Detail shots in full res after the jumppppppp

title from Audioslave's "Doesn't Remind Me"

i walk the streets of japan 'til i get lost cause it doesn't remind me of anything with a graveyard tan and carryin' a cross cause it doesn't remind me of anything

@goodomensafterdark

[curiouscatalog]

Lovely ladies' fashions of the 1870s.

Godey’s Lady’s Book (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1840). Philadelphia, Pa: L.A. Godey, 1840-1892.

AP2 .G56

[eyesfullofmoon]

"Chorus girls watching the Ed Sullivan television show at the Roxy Movie Theater dressing room, 1958."

Photographed by Peter Stackpole.

[gooberscollage]

1950s McCall and Simplicity Pattern Illustrations taken from Blueprints of fashion : home sewing patterns of the 1950s by Wade Laboissonniere

[cookinguptales]

so American Girl's new historical characters are from 1999, look almost exactly like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and are worried about Y2K. They listen to the Spice Girls, have tamagotchis, and use gel pens. The word "sk8r" was used unironically in their description.

I literally had the AG slumber party book that's part of the Pizza Hut BOOK IT set. The exact AG magazine that's in other photos, too.

my childhood... is historical now...

just put me in the ground...

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BONUS: I texted my mother:

[nyhistory]

Margaret Bourke-White never let an important moment escape her. A pioneer in the field of photojournalism, she worked across genres and was a frequent contributor to LIFE and Fortune magazines.

By 1930, Bourke-White moved into offices on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building. She befriended the stainless steel gargoyles that lived outside of her window (affectionately nicknamed “Bill” and “Min”), and even found opportunity to take her camera out onto one of the Art Deco beasts to capture images of New York City’s changing skyline.

The Patricia D. Klingenstein Library holds a number of Bourke-White's letters from this era, all part of the Time Inc. records. What they reveal is a businesswoman and creator at work, battling to preserve the pay and credit she felt she deserved. 

On view now at the New-York Historical Society: Cocktails at Three Paces: A Closer Lens on Margaret-Bourke White

Copy of the Time Inc. company newsletter "FYI" from July 2, 1965.

[lionofchaeronea]

Chicago--City of Contrasts (for Look), Stanley Kubrick, 1949

[gentlyepigrams]

Lyssie Pero, Gertrude Clarke and Madame Sassau modeling dresses at Bergdorf Goodman, in a photograph taken by Edward Steichen for the May 1928 issue of Vogue

[deadpresidents]

I was researching some stuff in old periodicals (this is The Century Magazine from October 1901) and totally lost track of what I was doing because I was having so much fun just reading the advertisements.

I love how there are ads for floor finish, radiator valves, opera glasses, foot power lathes, and "invalid rolling chairs" all on the same page. It's almost like an irresponsible editor was trying to advertise products that could be dangerous if purchased together.

[fashion-from-the-past]

1873

[pastlivesfinery]

Lady’s Magazine, 1834

[childishchickens]

[isabelle-primrose]

La Mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille, 1882

[eyesfullofmoon]

Women testing weapons at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, 1942.

Photographed by Bernard Hoffman and Myron Davis for the February 1, 1943 issue of LIFE Magazine.

"The women come from everywhere. Many have husbands in the Army. Others have husbands who also work at Aberdeen. They wear bright-colored slacks, and their ‘firing fronts’ are a rippling blend of pink, blue and orange, mixed with white and black powder from the guns. They serve on crews of all weapons up to the 90mm A.A.’s [anti-aircraft guns]. They handle highly technical instruments. They drive trucks, act as bicycle messengers, swab and clean vehicles."