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Here are the lovely, full colored, illustrated shoe advertisements that make up the last 2 pages of the 1924 Saint Louis Fashion Pageant magazine. What decadence! I almost hated to be at the end, and I hate that this is the last in my series of 1920s fashion scans. The advertisements are for Hamilton-Brown Shoes [...]
Here are four scans of shoe advertisements from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. Can you believe that there were this many, and more, shoe companies, designers, and shoe factories in Saint Louis? Scanning this fashion industry publication has been an adventure in learning about the history of St. Louis, and how we used to [...]
Here are 3 more pages from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. I really like the shoe advertisement the best, with the lovely lady wearing an off the shoulder dress in an Oriental inspired setting. Such 1920s decadence! The other ad is a very plain one for Finkelstein, and the final advertisement is for “Classy Jean Dresses” [...]
This full color advertisement section of the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant was delightful! There’s a full page ad for International Shoe Company with a lady wearing a green and yellow drop waist dress, a full 2 page spread for Rice-Stix, and finally a full page red and black advertisement for Garrison Wagner Printing Company.
These 1930s catalog scans start with the postage rate chart for 1935, and includes the next 13 pages of shoe advertisements! It’s interesting to see how much they charged for postage in the 30s… prices have gone up, but not as much compared to the price of shoes it seems! “Thrilling Styles, Priced Low”. Practical [...]
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