CONTEST ENTRY: Inclement Weather

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**But first, a note** LJ is switching its scrap book image hosting files to another thing (which they'll still call scrap book).  Mine were already switched and now MANY of my images in entries here have vanished. D:  BEWARE YOUR IMAGE FILES HOSTED IN LJ MAY NOT SURVIVE THE TRANSITION.

Okay, well I'll start:   inclement (unmerciful, harsh) weather

Calvert Whiskey, 1970

CONTEST ENTRY: Inclement Weather

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U.S. Gaytees, 1950s advertising posters

A brand of all-weather boots, with a fashionable twist. 


full size 1085x1000  (Originals sell for upwards of $400)  One of three versions. 
( See the other two here! )

contest entry

[misstia]

Contest Entry - Weather

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1929 Ford Model A

Very interesting to show a convertible in the rain.

Not contest entries, since they're not ads, but in the spirit of the contest

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March 1933 McCalls cover


1950s raincoats


1963 "Debteen" raincoat

CONTEST ENTRY - Rain (1960)

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Contest Entry - Weather

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This might be a stretch for the contest. I will let the Mods, decided.

Contest Entry: Inclement Weather

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Also, saw this on Time magazine site about Mad Men era ads:
A new book, Advertising From the Mad Men Era, released this month by Taschen, offers a glimpse at how women in the 1950's and 60s were depicted, from "Little Fibber" girdles to men's cologne that turns pretty gals into trophies — literally.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2112981_2112979_2112963,00.html #ixzz1teXH4jxw

Some really great ads to check out from the book