Monday, March 18, 2013

"But mustn't you tire of looking for at and illustrations of glasses of orange juice, Inflammammal?"  No, but if I did:




Inflammammal spends a lot of time thinking "Is this item too racist to post?" about certain images, regardless of how nicely designed they are.  (One encounters this problem a great deal with Native Americans and certain other indigenous peoples on fruit and can labels, as there are just so many.)  Typically I just skip the post, erring on the side of caution.  In this case, I am posting despite its exoticization of the Hawaiian womanfolk and their shirtlessness.  It's right on the line, but look at those pineapple chunks!



No theme to this, just some can labels I enjoy.  "Below U.S. Standard" does not applies to the first's contents.


Everything's more attractive and affecting with a lighthouse on it!


Wish my scanner could better pick up the shiny gold-foil details on this one.  Still Apollonian without it.




Sunday, March 17, 2013

Old matchboxes covers/labels have always been a category in which I've only been interested in the piece if I *really* loved the subject matter.  With that, I give you, coming in at a mere 1 3/8 by 2 inches,


And, at an expansive 2 7/8 by 4 3/8 inches,




Inflammammal sees any number of ways this 1951 ad could have been improved, but it's still tasty enough to feature.


Saturday, March 16, 2013

One sometimes see ads advertising the nonavailability in a product, during the WWII requisitioning and rationing of (formerly) consumer goods.  All else aside, it's a fascinating advertising phenomemenon: You can't have these.  Sure be nice when you can, though, sometime in the totally indefinite future, huh?"  From 1942:




My final category of postcard interest is a mystery to me - factories and (manmade) plants.  Doesn't fit well with the rest of my niches, but look, it's so neat somehow:


All in the geometry and composition I suppose.  Bu unnaturally bright night scenes remain my #1: