Showing posts with label 1917. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1917. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2018

Ready to Blossom?

You heard it here, folks. It's June; there are butterflies flitting through the fields, and the season is neigh for menswear customers everywhere to "blossom forth with the flowers!"



I love the bold deco look of this 1917 advertisement from The Clothier and Furnisher. I believe that the illustration is meant to be used as a detachable window card, since there is a cutting line below it. I wonder if it was featured in any shop displays when it was first published. It certainly is eye-catching.

Here is the backside of the page: