Vintage Postcards: Year of the Monkey

Japanese postcard by Takahashi Haruka, 1932

ephemera assemblyman: Year of the Monkey Postcards
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Animation: Ferdinand the Bull

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Filmography: Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
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Ephemera: Boulangerie

Agence eureka: Céramiques de Sarreguemines , petit catalogue CGCB (~1930)
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Fetish: Legs

Au carrefour étrange: Jambes n°2 - Janvier 1933 (NSFW)
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Illustration: 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution

30 Ways to Die of Electrocution
"Here are 30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern. These diagrams outline causes of electrical accidents." From bre pettis' Flickr. (Blog). And, no, it's no joke. It's from a 1931 illustrated German or Austrian book on electric safety.

Via WFMU's Beware of the Blog
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MGMT - Electric Feel
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Ephemera: Gulf Road Map

Judy's Postcards Plus: "Vintage 1935 Ohio Road Map, Gulf Refinery"
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Comic Cover: Rex Dexter

The Fox Comic Covers 1939-1942

Illustration: The Animal Clinic

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Clinique bestioles at Agence eureka.

Vintage Cartoon: Joie de vivre

Joei de vivre
(Anthony Gross & Hector Hoppin/1934)

"...in this case a sophisticated version of Perrault's Cinderella. Instead of working from designs from children's illustrated books, this film incorporates elements from French art nouveau posters, the fine art of Matisse and visual ideas from the Post Impressionists and Italian Futurists. The choreography is very imaginative, and constantly plays with the movement of the two dimensional abstractions in three dimensional space."

You'll find a QuickTime movie link in the ASIFA article: An Animation Salon: What Is An Animated Film?

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Ephemera: Berlin Olympics 1936

As you all know Berlin hosted the Olympics in 1936. This image shows some of the programs, brochures, tickets etc which the Swedish couple Algot and Amanda Gunnarsson brought home with them after visiting Berlin during the games.

In the National Archives and the regional state archives of Sweden

Ephemera: German Culture Magazines

Flickr profile nyctreeman says about his set "German Culture Magazines": "From Art Deco, Bauhaus, High Fashion, and Modern 1930s German Life...
These images are taken from Illustrirte Zeitung Magazine. There are about 1200 of these magazines from 1930 to 1939. This is going to be a big set." - Let's hope so!


Via Las Insólitas Aventuras de Pez

Music: Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander, The Shortest Distance from Hitler to The Velvet Underground. (WFMU's Beware of the Blog) The article contains wonderful mp3:s!

More about Zarah Leander (Wikipedia)


Via PCL LinkDump

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