An adoring group of female admirers have gathered to pay homage to the courage and skill of the neighbourhood snake handler.  Look closer an...

Following up a post from July 2007 - more examples of postcards publicising the availability of Lipton’s Tea.  Lipton made full use of trad...

Another set of 6 Liebig collectors’ cards – this time from 1909. Six panels describe the process beginning with the planting of seeds. I...

Above are some Visit India poster designs featured in an advertising insert in Commercial Art magazine for June 1929 (Vol 6, No 36). O...

William Spencer Bagdatopoulos (WSB) is the unsung hero of early Indian advertising illustration. In his hands, the familiar stodgy univer...

The disembodied brown hand of a native bearer enters the room through a Vorticist explosion of colour, gripping a brass tray laden with ta...

More advertising from the Raj, with the focus on transport and communications. These sectors were more likely than any other to play up the...

Today’s images are, with th exception of the Ovaltine ad in monochrome, from Times of India Annuals of the 1950’s. They reflect the post...

This is a follow-up to a posting on August 18th. last year. These images are from Times of India Annuals of the 1930’s. The products on...

The images above show contrasting views of India as an exotic visitor destination as visualised in the advertising pages of the Illustrate...