Monday, September 6, 2010

Ideals in the 1930s: School Project Scrapbook?

1933 Packard ad. Stately bodystyles illustrated, but Packard also had some beautifully sporty bodies this year. I think the artist may have gotten the wheelbase wrong on the Victoria coupe at the bottom...

1933 Cadillac ad. Elegance and sportiness for four hardy individuals.

No copy for this illustration. Not sure what it went with.

Tea Time: Good to the Last Drop. Ad? Art? 

M Y   C O L L E C T I O N — These page scans are from a scrapbook my mother put together in '32-'33. She would have been 15-16 years old, so I'm guessing it was some sort of high school project—Home-Ec? These pages have fallen out, making them easier to scan. The whole book consists of magazine clippings showing different ideals of life in the thirties.

3 comments:

  1. NOE YOUR SHOWING THE CARS I CAN RELATE YOU. I WANT ONE MARIUS. LOL
    GRANNY

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  2. Casey,

    These pages from your mom's scrapbook are wonderful! I think that the woman with the dog might be from the "(S)he drives a Duesenberg" series of advertisements. I've never seen this particular one but the style of illustration looks like the ones I've seen from that series.

    Paul, NYC

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  3. I find the lady with the dog quite beautiful - confident but not over bearing, I think she is very comfortable with who she is.

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