100 pictures of pin-up cuties with their legs in the air

Years ago I noticed how many pin-up poses are repeated over and over. No big mystery...there are only so many poses available for the human body. What is fun is that of these 100 pictures, except for a couple of Bettie Page scattered here and there, all of the girls and all of their costumes are different. I collected these from a variety of Internet sources.

Hooray for gorgeous chicks with their legs — often wearing high heels — reaching toward the ceiling!

I’ll trade you a “House That Jell-o Built” for a “Bradley Fertilizer Company”

In my last post I said that American Heritage is one of my favorite magazines, now sadly defunct. What appeals to me are well-written articles on historical topics, but also the beautiful layouts of articles like “Trade Cards,” which appeared in the issue dated February 1967.

These cards, according to author William G. McLoughlin of Brown University, were popular from the 1870s until after the turn of the century. The cards shown are outstanding examples of the craft of advertising when color printing was still a novelty. As eye-catching as they are, my favorite is the one with a child running in the path of a locomotive...to promote a cold remedy! That is what I would call shock and awe advertising.

The article is Copyright © 1967 American Heritage Publishing Co.