martin klasch

Book Covers: Per Åhlin

~~There are new additions to our Flickr group called, quite simply: Per Åhlin.~~

"Per Åhlin is a Swedish illustrator and animator born in 1931. He is mostly known for his animations but in fact he was one of the most productive Swedish illustrators of paperback covers in the 60s and 70s.

~~This is an attempt to collect and document as many of his book illustrations as possible. However the group is called just "Per Åhlin" to mark that it is open for his other illustrations too."~~

~~So far the contributing members are P-E Fronning and David at The Klockarp Institute. Maybe you'd like to join as a member too? Contributing or not you are welcome.~~
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Art/Illustration: André de Lorde

I believe this is his letterhead logo ;)

Deadlicious: André de Lorde - Memorabilia
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Book Covers: Thirty Polish Ones

A Journey Round My Skull: Thirty Book Covers from Poland
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Vintage Ads: Full Half Gallon

Vintage Ads: Ritz
...ad or is it a label?
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Art/Illustration: Jing Wei

My Love For You: Jing Wei / Jing Wei
via This Isn't Happiness
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Gif Animation: Thriller: A Cruel Picture

Gif animations made by myself from Hooker's Revenge (USA) (reissue title) They Call Her One Eye (USA) (censored version) Thriller (Sweden) (short title) Thriller: A Cruel Picture (USA) (1974)
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my other gif animations
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Art: Edik Katykhin

Edik Katykhin: Flickr and website.
via Meathaus
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Poster Art/Book Covers: No Blade Of Grass

Movie Poster: No Blade of Grass (1970) from IMP Awards
Book Cover: No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (1967) from here. Alternative book cover.
About the book on Wikipedia.
About the movie on IMDb.
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Gif Animations: The Andromeda Strain

Gif animations made by myself from The Andromeda Strain (1971)
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my other gif animations
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Propaganda: Komsomol Choir

Ленин - Партия - Комсомол "Только так победим", 1983
Lenin - The Party - The Young Communist League "Only in this way we will win", 1983

(find more here)
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Komsomol Wikipedia
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Vintage Postcards: Year of the Monkey

Japanese postcard by Takahashi Haruka, 1932

ephemera assemblyman: Year of the Monkey Postcards
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Book Covers: Penelope

Lolita Classics: Penelope (1966)
via This Isn't Happiness
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Art: War

All Things Amazing: war art
via This Isn't Happiness
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Vintage Games: Strongman Machine

Photos by P-E Fronning

This is a vintage Swedish coin-operated game machine which measures your strength as you try to press a couple of handles together (They are not seen in the photos I'm afraid). Judging by the funny illustrations I'd guess the machine is from the 60s. The results of your efforts vary from "infant" to "world champion" via "maiden", "drunkard", "clerk", "half-strong", "ladies' man", "lumberjack", "athlete" and "fighter".

Is there a good name in English for such a machine?

Update:
Sarah of Meet Me At Mikes says: "It's not a very good name, but here in the US those games are called "Test Your Strength""
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