At first I thought that the artist might have been employing sarcasm with this caption. But then I thought, what woman doesn’t live to wait on her man hand and foot?
Archive | August, 2009
Tags: Hawaii
To Ask a Blessing
Posted on 11 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This hula dancer is far more lovely than any pinup, but Michelle’s comments from Honolulu have led my wife to conclude that I am developing an unsavory reputation.
Tags: Albert Edelfelt, Finland, Venus
The Temple of Venus
Posted on 11 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt produced this piece two years before his death at the age of 51. Clearly, his appreciation of the female form never waned.
Tags: China
Lobowl Medical Company, 1918
Posted on 09 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This calendar poster shows various medicines available for purchase – yet their spokesmodel makes do with some herbal tea.
Tags: Postcard Friendship Friday
A Stiff Breeze
Posted on 07 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
My grandmother used to hang out clothes to dry in the wintertime, but never quite got results like this.
Tags: New York
Turkish Bath, NYC, 1904
Posted on 06 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Most of the Byron Collection photos are documentary in nature, but this one’s a bit odd. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the man in this picture is a woman with a false mustache.
Marlene’s Footprint
Posted on 05 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Feminity is possessed of more curves than those seen above the knees.
Yes
Posted on 04 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
The ‘Yes’ girl, shown in this 1946 painting, typifies the bathing beauties created by famed artist Haddon Sundblom for Coca-Cola in the 1940s.
PinUpCards.com #11
Posted on 03 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Here’s another of a series of vintage pinup postcards, and this blog’s raison d’être: a nude woman with mom hair. Compared with modern advertising imagery, this photo is far more innocent.
Tags: South Korea
The Art of Lee Joong Seop
Posted on 02 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
A postcard featuring some watercolors and sketches by Lee Joong Seop (1916-1956), of Jeju Island, South Korea. Mr. Lee certainly had a unique view of the female form.
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