Vintage Ads

My favorite architect is Frank Lloyd Wright. Here's a Sunday Dozen of vintage Frank Lloyd Wright ads for you!

Let's start with this incredible and unexpected find - an ad for his Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, now no longer standing because - hey, it was old and took up space. /o\

"In 1967 Wright’s Imperial Hotel lobby and reflecting pool were moved to the Meiji-Mura (Meiji Village), a Japanese open-air architectural museum." LINK

Special baker's dozen video surprise: The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust has used 3D digital modeling and original plans, photos, etc. to recreate the entire Tokyo Imperial Hotel in a photo-realistic video both outside and INSIDE, including rooms, lighting, etc., as if you were there.  You have to see this to appreciate how wondrous it is to be inside a long-gone building.

VIDEO HERE YouTube - about 13 minutes total / set it to full screen view


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Lincoln Logs - created by Frank's son John Lloyd Wright

They actually made these miniature houses for LIFE magazine (Wright's is #6) and I'm obsessed but unable to find any for sale.

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( FLLW FURNITURE )
( FLLW FABRICS )
( FLLW BUILDINGS )

( Tasteful Underwear - 1A? or 1B? Which gets your vote? )


( NOT-very-tasteful Underthings - 2A, 2B, or 2C? Which one wins? )


( All-American Briefs - 3A? 3B? or 3C? )


( Bataille française: 4A ou 4B? )


And by executive decision, the rest of these are all winners!

 


#418 for me please



BONUS #13:  That shaving mirror is very well hung.

It's like a parade of nations, all done in the style of Ripley's "Believe it or Not".

Europe

( Czechoslovakia, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden )

Africa/Middle East

( Egypt )

Australia

Van Houten's, Van Heusen, Van Camp's, A Japanese Van, North American Van Lines, and VANS

( Van Houten's Cocoa )

( Van Heusen )

I thought "ugh" but on closer reading, I'd make it, just not in a pressed mold (ffs why?)



translation?  and explanation of the animal?


( North American Van Lines )

( VANS )