Great Vintage Ads From 1915

These two ads I found in one of my antique Danish magazines. They are wonderfully detailed and I couldn't resist scanning them at 1600 DPI and then scaling the DPI to 300 to enlarge the pictures. Then I retouched them a little bit to remove some blotches they had gained over the past +100 years, and finally I removed the background, so they really came to their right. It worked out nicely I think. They are for sale as digital images at my Etsy shop. The woman is 31,547" tall at 300dpi and the girl is 14,023" tall.

Mr. Wonderful has Arrived

I found this at my grandparents place. It is an old Danish ad for a men's clothing store. The ad - when unfolded - is 80 cm tall and 30 cm wide. I believe my grandparents kept the ad because there is a map of Europe printed on  the back.

The ad says "Mr. Wonderful has Arrived". Now, I think that is pretty funny in itself but then inside it continues with these words "- and Everybody falls for him".

The other half of the ad is a fold-out of Mr. Wonderful. I have scanned each piece and put it together as best I could. The texts accompanying the pictures are dated and fun. For example at the top it says "Your Clothing Store - Presents the New Male Sensation". The small pictures tells us that the there is a "Success Suit" and the "Auto-Coat". Enjoy!

When having electricity was a sales argument

Some photographers used the back of the photographs to advertise for more customers. Some only stated name and address while others used graphic art and sales pitches. My favourite is on a photograph from my great-grandparents shoebox.

Here comes a translation for those of you whose Danish is a bit rusty:

"The Only Studio in Denmark

that offers Picture Taking by Electrical Light

in the Studio if Ordered in Advance

untill 11 P.M.

V. Jensen & Co"

The address and then at the very bottom it states:

"Original Waiting Rooms"

"Toilet and Dressing Rooms"

I would also draw your attention to the half-naked lady, standing on a globe while holding a gigantic light bulp in her hand. Advertising really hasn't changed that much in a 100+ years.