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Offline Wirelizard

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20s/30s Advertising
« on: 04 March 2010, 09:45:11 AM »
BBC: In Pictures: Railway's Golden Age - a short collection of mostly 20s & 30s advertising for UK railways.

Some nice period colour!

The images are imbedded in a Flash gallery so they can't easily be saved for repurposing, but there's always Print Screen...

Online Burgundavia

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #1 on: 05 March 2010, 07:05:12 AM »
Isn't a flash gallery. See:

Offline JollyBob

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #2 on: 05 March 2010, 09:35:43 AM »
Well I wouldn't want to be the girl on the left...  :o

Offline Trencher

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #3 on: 07 March 2010, 12:16:31 PM »
How about these:





Sure, these are only box-art pictures, but IMHO they have something "pulpy".
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Offline fastolfrus

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #4 on: 07 March 2010, 05:52:40 PM »
Well I wouldn't want to be the girl on the left...  :o

Which girl do you want to be ?
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Offline Capt Croft

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2010, 07:16:28 PM »
try this guys site

http://www.danmation.com/billboard10.html


billboard artist for sky captain, make sure and hit the right and left buttons about 10 total

Offline Christian

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #6 on: 12 March 2010, 07:40:59 AM »
Does the UK still look like that? I want to go!

Offline Ignatieff

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Re: 20s/30s Advertising
« Reply #7 on: 12 March 2010, 03:02:40 PM »
Well I wouldn't want to be the girl on the left...  :o

We still sell tickets to girls like that........
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