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Woman Picking Blossoms with a Motor Car in the Background

DescriptionEnglish: Woman picking blossoms with a motor car in the background, from a 1926 perfume advertisement
Date1926
SourceAdvertisement for Cappi perfumes and cosmetics in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/photoplay3031movi/page/n151/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorAnonymous

“Interpreter of Dreams—Cappi, Perfume of Youth”

The Censor Bird, by Rollin Kirby

DescriptionEnglish: “The Censor Bird,” by Rollin Kirby, from a 1926 movie magazine
Date1926
SourcePhotoplay (https://archive.org/details/photoplay3031movi/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorRollin Kirby

Excerpt from the article this cartoon accompanied: This is the Censor Bird, skunkus avis, a native of the United States. It is a creature of devastating habits and flourishes in Kansas and Pennsylvania. Just now it is trying to make its nest in Washington. The Censor Bird is a destructive vulture that lays waste the land it inhabits. Its ways are most peculiar. The sound of laughter or merriment throws it into an unreasonable rage. The mention of sex sends it shrieking through the land. Although near-sighted, it is able to see filth that is invisible to the ordinary human eye.

March of the Rurales on Mexico’s “Fourth of July,” by Frederic Remington

Cinco de mayo
DescriptionEnglish: Illustration by Frederic Remington from Collier’s. The original caption:

MARCH OF THE RURALES ON MEXICO’S “FOURTH OF JULY”—THE GREATEST FÊTE DAY, MAY 5

The Fifth of May, or as it is known in Mexico, el Cinco de Mayo, is a national holiday of the Mexicans. It is practically the equivalent of the American Fourth of July. On that day, in 1862, a force of Mexicans defeated at Puebla the French invading army that was trying to set up Maximilian on the throne as emperor. Maximilian was captured in 1867 with his two generals, Miramon and Mejia, and shot on June 19 of the same year. The Mexicans make a great military fete day of el Cinco de Mayo. The picture shows the famous “Rurales,” or rural police, parading in celebration of the day
Date1902
SourceCollier’s Weekly (https://archive.org/details/colliers-weekly-v-29n-06-1902-05-10.-colliers-darwination-ia/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorFrederic Remington

Below, the illustration with its original caption.