Posters part 4
We continue our mini-series on ads in the form of posters featuring nude males. Today, posters from the 1930s and 1940s. Above, a poster for a Swiss spa, 1930s.
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A 1931 falconry gathering in Split, Croatia.
An anti-Fascist poster from the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.
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Poster for the British Empire Games held in Sydney, Australia in 1938.
World War II (1939-1945) brought a series of nude or partially nude U.S. posters. Above, apparently this guy has been cleaned out at poker, literally losing his shirt (and everything else), but "You can't lose with a GI bond."
A World War II poster telling soldiers not to waste water.
A World War II poster from the U.S. Public Health Service.
A World War II poster from the War Department showing soldiers taking a shower.
We end with a 1943 pro-Nazi poster from German-occupied Norway, showing a happy family on a nude beach under the Nazis versus death under the Communists (symbolized by the red star).
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The soldiers taking a shower is a close relative to the Canon Towel ads, showing soldiers 'having fun.'
My favorite of these posters is the "War Department showing soldiers taking a shower." If I were showering with these three hunk soldiers, I'd take a bath every 15 minutes.
Great post, Larry.
Love the Keep Clean, take a bath every day you can.
Sex verkauft sich, insbesondere männliche Nacktheit :)
Kreative männliche Aktdarstellungen für künstlerische, kommerzielle und politische Zwecke sowie Beratung zur persönlichen Hygiene.
Bad Ragaz-Pfäfers ist auch für sein Schloss und Benediktinerabtei sowie sein Thermalbad bekannt. Einer der vielen Kurorte in der Schweiz.
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Interesting that all these posters featured nude men. I distinctly recall that my Boy Scout manual from years ago featured a section on hygiene. It had a drawing of a nude scout (rear only) standing under a shower. The whole, "A boy scout is clean, brave, and reverent" motto. I'm wondering if current manuals would allow such a drawing.
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