When Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane compiled their Folk Archive in 2007, the two gathered evidence of all kinds of unofficial activity, … More
Month: November 2011
Nov 29 2011: How To Wash Clothes The Modern Way (Pioneer Washing Machine Brochure, 1950s)
Produced by Pioneer Washing Machines in partnership with Rinso washing powder (because “it’s so important to use a rich, penetrating, … More
Nov 28 2011: British Printing and Communication Corporation: A Personal Message from Robert Maxwell (E. Hannibal Flexidisc, 1980s)
A bit of a curiosity here, as clients and businesses within the British Printing and Communications Corporation are sent a flexidisc … More
Nov 27 2011: Milan Tourist Guide and Map (English Language Edition, 1964)
Roman pillars contrasted with the latest in sixties system-built architecture to contrast ancient and modern architectural styles in Italian fashion … More
Nov 26 2011: Dinosaur Fights, Early Humans and Trilobites: Drawings from Purnell’s Book of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals (1977)
Alongside the photographic dioramas seen in yesterday’s selection are these curious drawings, sometimes designed to show sizes of dinosaurs relative to, … More
Nov 25 2011: Photographs from Purnell’s Book of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals (1977)
This isn’t the first time dinosaurs have featured here and it probably won’t be the last, should any other interesting … More
Nov 24 2011: A Gallery of Twenty-Nine Postcards from Modernist Argentina (Early 1970s)
As with previous galleries featured here, showing urban landscapes from Pakistan, the Soviet Union and Japan, these pages – from … More
Nov 23 2011: Stars of Stage and Screen: Park Drive Cigarette Card Collection (c.1930s)
I picked up what looked like a school exercise book (the name Nora Simons written on the front) at the … More
Nov 22 2011: A Selection of Random Graphics, Photographs and Other Images from M.D. Magazine (1967)
To round off the past four days’ galleries of advertising from 1967 issues of MD Magazine (the other three can be … More
Nov 21 2011: Twenty-Three Graphic Medical Advertising Pages from M.D. Magazine (1967)
Back in July, I posted a gallery featuring a few selected images from selected issues of M.D. Magazine, a lavish … More