booksandcheeses.livejournal.com ([identity profile] booksandcheeses.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2015-09-15 07:53 am
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One day event - Hosiery



This ad is from 1919, so I am guessing the man in the wheelchair might be WWI military?  Or would that be wrong?
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[identity profile] karinmollberg.livejournal.com 2015-09-15 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...Unless, c'est la Belle du Jour?!

[identity profile] cuddyclothes.livejournal.com 2015-09-15 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Good guess! Beautiful ad.
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[personal profile] pronker 2015-09-15 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, WWI would seem to be it - and that is a lovely pose and depiction of her to sell the hose -- and the dress, too!

[identity profile] tomspisak.livejournal.com 2015-09-16 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
he's a Lieutenant (O-3 in Navy whites

[identity profile] hutchlover.livejournal.com 2015-09-16 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You're probably right.

Regardless, it's a great ad, and very forward thinking using a disabled person.
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