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Friday 17 July 2020

Apples & Diving Belles: Sepia Saturday

This week'Sepia Saturday prompt photograph is a brightly coloured advert for Californian apples, c.1920s.  On the princple that "attractive models sell products", there is a model of a  young girl diving into a  lake - so a lot going on.   

My response ranges om pretty models, to fresh fruit, to vintage adverts of food and drink. 

 La Belle Epoque Vintage Poster:   posters@la-belle-epoque.com

A colourful  poster from 1925  advertising  my birthplace - the  north west seaside resort of Blackpool.  The model is wearing a swimsuit and adopting a pose  akin to the Statue of Liberty! 


 Illustrator A. H. Sands - www.robertopiecollection.com

Another  colourful  1920s poster, this time advertising Hartley's Jams, first produced by William Hartley in 1871 - a magnficant bowl of fresh fruit, including of course. apples.


Market scene of fresh fruit and vegetables  - in Boston, Mass. 1966

Fair, People, Women, Oranges, Apples
Another market scene - courtesy of Pixabay


Onto less colourful food and drink  promotions

From Beamish|Open Air Museum in north east England  where life in the first half of the 20th century is recreated. 

Another pretty girl selling cocoa.


 




 


Two fun signs from the  Isle of Mull off Western Scotand - where Highland cows are the stars.

 



 

A Bavarian sign promoting  the grape



 

                 In Chatres,  France  - an invitation to eat and drink!

 
Back to bright colourts  - 
A shop in Bad Ischl, Austria advertising its handmade biscuits - Lebkuchen, 


And finally -  from California to the Scottish Borders by way of apples  - here growing on a tree in Yetholm, a village on the edge of the Cheviot Hills, on the border between Scotland and England. The village also marks the end of Britain's first long distance footpath,  the  268  miles Pennine Way.




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9 comments:

  1. Lots to like here and a neat match to the prompt. I love vintage things, so the Blackpool poster caught my eye for sure. And the pretty maid advertising Rowntrees Cocoa, likewise. The Austrian sign advertising biscuits looks good enough to eat itself, and the village of Yetholm is so pretty & inviting. Would we have seen it from the highway over Carter Bar (if it hadn't been raining cats & dogs, that is!) or is that in a different area? Enjoyed your post very much! :)

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  2. Great selections -- but hands down, that first Blackpool poster is the best! One could spend hours looking at a larger version for all of the detail, especially the clothing styles.

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  3. Great post. I'd love to learn more about these companies like Rowntrees.

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  4. Interesting to see similar styles of advertising art. Gimmicks like the sign of the bull were a practical way of advertising in olden times when people were illiterate. And even though most everyone can read now, we are still dependent on recognizable symbols, designs, and mascots.

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  5. A fabulous selection of ads. Love the Highland “coos” and market shots.

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  6. When I first saw the prompt, I had no idea we could all have so much fun considering signs and ads.

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  7. I enjoyed seeing all the ads you've collected here for us.

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  8. Now I have to go have a cup of hot chocolate. See what you've done!

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  9. Great posters. My favorites are the ones of the market scenes and the one of Blackpool.

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