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- 03/28/2024 - The Merry Smoking Men of China: 1940s Robin Hood Cigarettes Hand Fan
- 03/17/2024 - A Colorful History: 1940s Chinese Advertising Poster for Indanthrene Dye, featuring actress Nancy Chan
- 02/23/2024 - Mei Lan Fong – The Queen of Peking Opera’s Starring Role in the Tobacco History of China
- 02/10/2024 - Happy Chinese New Year!
- 12/24/2023 - The Mei Foo Shield cover from December 1925: Merry Christmas from the MOFBA!
- 12/13/2023 - 1940s EWO advertising calendar: Chinese beer in India and German prisoners in Tobruk lead to a heartbreaking Old Shanghai murder story
- 12/08/2023 - 1920s LUX Soap Trade Card with a Love Triangle Story that eludes even the Genius of Hollywood
- 12/01/2023 - Bitter Pills to Swallow: The Haunting Aspirin Influencer Saga in 1930s China
- 11/24/2023 - The Astor Affair: A Century-Old Shanghai Crime Mystery At One Of The World’s Most Famous Hotels Finally Solved
- 11/16/2023 - Shanghai U.B. Beer branded ashtray from the 1930s
- 11/08/2023 - Lever Brothers 1930s Chinese Advertising Poster with Matching Bar of Sunlight Soap
- 10/30/2023 - Halloween Special! Advertisements for foreign brands & local businesses in Shanghai, China 1938
- 10/25/2023 - The curiously-named COCK-CHOP worm tables medication for children
- 10/19/2023 - Sun-Maid Raisins Advertising Poster, ca. 1930s
- 10/13/2023 - 1946 Chinese advertisement for Eng Aun Tong Tiger Balm
- 10/04/2023 - Early 1920s Pirate Cigarettes promotional mirror
- 09/26/2023 - 1937 Munich Beer trademark registration certificate of the EWO Brewery in Shanghai
- 09/18/2023 - How Pond’s Vanishing Cream and its ad agency Carl Crow Inc created the quintessential Chinese Modern Girl
- 09/12/2023 - Wall Dogs of Old China: A 1930s postcard documents the forgotten art of billboard advertisement painting
- 09/05/2023 - Lactose and Loyalty: A Timeless Tale of War and Honor on a 1917 Horlick’s Chinese Calendar Advertisement
- 08/27/2023 - Challenges of Heritage Marketing: The History of the “Real” Shanghai Aquarius Water & Soft Drink Company
- 08/22/2023 - A Match Made in Heaven: 1940 Shanghai U.B. Beer hand fan advertisement featuring the Chinese comedy duo Han Langen and Yin Xiucen
- 08/16/2023 - Pre-Roll Ads & Pen Diplomacy: The Fascinating History of Parker Pens in China
- 08/07/2023 - Chocolatey Challenges: What this 1915 Cadbury’s Calendar Poster tells us about the Centuries-long struggle to sell Cocoa to Chinese consumers
- 07/31/2023 - Summer Break: 1930s Chinese Coca-Cola Print Advertisement
- 07/24/2023 - Summer break: Original Candy Box from the Shanghai Chocolate Shop
- 07/17/2023 - Summer Break: 1940s Advertising Sign for Shanghai Hazelwood Ice Cream
- 07/08/2023 - The Tobacco Tale of A. Lopato & Sons from Harbin: China’s Largest Foreign-Founded Cigarette Manufacturer
- 07/05/2023 - An Ode to the Ford of Heaven Part 1: Tianjin Astor House Hotel Booklet, ca. 1935
- 06/27/2023 - Return of the Force: The surprising origins of the cult sneaker brand Warrior’s Chinese name
- 06/20/2023 - The Chocolate Czars of China: The Mars Chocolate & Candy Factory from Harbin
- 06/12/2023 - From Ancient Egypt to Republican China and beyond: Hang Zhiying’s Pioneering Commercial Art exemplified by this 1927 Chinese Palmolive Advertising Poster
- 06/04/2023 - Online-to-Offline in Old China: Ca. 1925 Pass Book for the Shanghai grocery retailer Dombey & Son
- 05/29/2023 - Hai-Alai Heartthrobs: An advertising hand fan for the Shanghai Auditorium promotes world’s fastest sport which once was all the rage in China
- 05/22/2023 - Mysteries at the Shanghai Park Hotel: Sloppy German, Secret Signals & Suspicious Swiss Neutrality
- 05/17/2023 - Spies, Lies & False Advertising: The Gripping Story behind a bizarre Press Photo
- 05/08/2023 - Omega Watches Celebrity Endorsements: The Who-is-Who of China’s 1930s Superstars
- 05/04/2023 - The Jintan Conspiracy: How a Japanese brand not only shaped fashion trends in China but allegedly helped start a war
- 04/24/2023 - Shanghai ’49 - Last Brand standing: The Rise and Fall of Major Drapkin in Republican China
- 04/17/2023 - Gate-Crashing China: A Century of Cow & Gate's Struggle and Success in the World's Largest Infant Formula Market
- 04/10/2023 - From a Crying Shame to Craved by Millions: The unlikely Success Story of State Express 555 Cigarettes in China
- 04/03/2023 - Coca Cola, Candies & Combat: The History behind an Iconic Shanghai War-Time Photograph
- 03/28/2023 - “Shanghai’s Leading Hotels”: Sir Victor Sassoon’s Old Shanghai Hospitality Empire
- 03/05/2023 - The Unsweetened History of Kellogg’s Cereal Struggles in China
- 02/27/2023 - Pastilles, Cloth & Property: The Hanbury Family’s vast Old Shanghai Business Empire
- 02/15/2023 - 1937 Shanghai Union Brewery Commemorative Booklet: A Poignant Legacy Preserved in Ink and Concrete
- 02/06/2023 - 1930s Vitamin Cigarettes by Taifon Tobacco Co. Ltd.
- 01/30/2023 - Doan’s Dubious Remedies: How Canadian Quack Medicine Men Helped Establish Modern Advertising in China
- 01/23/2023 - Posters Of Prosperity: A.S. Watson's Pioneering Role in Chinese Calendar Advertising
- 01/16/2023 - An Oriental Skyscraper: Commemorative Advertising Booklet for the Shanghai Joint Savings Society Building opened in 1934
- 01/09/2023 - An Advertising Fairytale: Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning Spinning Colorful Yarn in China
- 01/02/2023 - The Manchurian Brand Candidate: An Actress unknowingly caught up in Soaped-up Propaganda
- 12/25/2022 - Merry Christmas from the M.O.F.B.A.! (and the Sun Sun department store)
- 12/18/2022 - Soccer & Cigarettes: Big tobaccos foul play in 1930s China
- 12/12/2022 - Chocolates & Opium: How J.S. Fry & Son’s China pipe dream went up in smoke
- 12/05/2022 - Cookies, Crime and Lasting Legacies: The category-defining success story of Sullivan’s Bakerite biscuits
- 11/28/2022 - Tientsin Press Ltd. Christmas Cards Advertisement
- 11/21/2022 - Branded Kerosene Lamp by Jebsen & Co.
- 11/14/2022 - 1925 Chinese version of the "Quaker Oats Book Of Health"
- 11/07/2022 - Miss Butterfly Hu Cigarettes: „1933 Tobacco King meets Movie Queen”
- 10/28/2022 - 1932 City Directory Map of Shanghai by Millington Inc
- 10/24/2022 - Loo-Lay-Sha-Ya-Dong: How Chewing-Gum Conquered China
- 10/17/2022 - Dragon Head brand advertisement by the Yutai flash light factory
- 10/10/2022 - My Dear: Old Shanghai’s most famous cigarette brand
- 08/22/2022 - Hatamen Cigarette Cards
- 08/14/2022 - Mysterious Shanghai Noir Style Chinese Hosiery Box
- 08/07/2022 - 1930s Chinese Yuen Kiang Cigarettes Advertising Poster
- 08/03/2022 - Pinhead Cigarette Pack and Wall Poster
- 07/22/2022 - Bird's-Eye View Of Shanghai 1900
- 06/27/2022 - Vintage Shanghai 1930s Agfa Film Wallet
- 06/22/2022 - U.B.C. - The Beer With A Kick
- 06/20/2022 - Shanghai Sincere Co Art-Deco Design Tea Tin
- 06/06/2022 - The Curse of Kung-Fah
- 05/30/2022 - The Captured Eagle: A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
- 05/22/2022 - Ruby Queen Cigarette Tin Box
- 05/15/2022 - “The Ikatsu” (胃活及人像) Advertisement Poster on the old Shanghai City Walls
- 05/14/2022 - 1933 Tablet PC from Outerspace?
- 05/11/2022 - Photos of Chinese consumers admiring the famous 1920s - 1940s calendar posters
- 05/09/2022 - The Teachings of Western Civilisation: Illustration from the 1938 book “Maskee” by Austrian-Jewish Shanghai resident Friedrich Schiff
- 05/02/2022 - 1940s Paperboard Advertising Sign for Ever-Ready Razors: Hairy Problems in Old China
- 04/25/2022 - Chinese Bayer Advertising Thermometer
- 04/18/2022 - American Indians, Harpies & Aeroplanes: The Bizarre Advertising Adventures of an Austrian Soap Brand in Old China
- 04/11/2022 - Late 1920s / early 1930s Chinese advertising poster for Cycle cigarettes
- 04/09/2022 - Chinese opera singer Yan Huizhu (言慧珠) posing for Omega watch endorsements in the 1940s
- 04/04/2022 - A “Mysterious” Advertisement
- 03/29/2022 - Printing Blocks, Battleships & Batteries – how a fearless Chinese brand beat its biggest American competitor, just to eventually be crushed by a White Elephant…
- 03/26/2022 - Honesty in Advertising (from the The China Weekly Review Sep 1, 1928)
- 03/21/2022 - Earth Balm brand poster, promotional postcards & products
- 03/21/2022 - Lai Chong Studio, General “Ko-Lin” Daguerreotype: The allegedly earliest known photograph by a Chinese photographer is almost certainly a forgery
- 03/08/2022 - Selling the Drama - The tragic irony and exploitation of a 1934 celebrity endorsed advertisement
- 03/03/2022 - Have a try or die? Advertising lessons in Chinese numerology
- 02/21/2022 - Dupont Ponsol dye advertisement & tin can
- 02/20/2022 - The most bizarre Old Shanghai tale you have never heard of
- 02/14/2022 - The Retail Battle of Tientsin Part 1: Chung Yuen (中原公司) – the Treaty Ports first modern Department Store
- 02/07/2022 - Late Qing Dynasty Ogden's 'Guinea Gold' cigarette cards
- 02/01/2022 - Happy Chinese New Year 2022!
- 01/24/2022 - 1930s Tobralco fashion guide cover
- 01/17/2022 - Bayer Aspirin Paperweight
- 01/10/2022 - Ca. 1936 German DKW refrigerators sales brochure featuring China case studies
- 01/03/2022 - 1940s Swann's Spearmint Chewing Gum advertising poster
- 12/26/2021 - Christmas Special pt 3: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from James Neil & Co
- 12/25/2021 - Christmas Special pt 2: Wing On department store wrapping paper
- 12/24/2021 - Christmas Special pt 1: Santa Face Cream Box
- 12/20/2021 - Bayer Gardan Chinese print magazine ad
- 12/13/2021 - Sightseeing in and around Shanghai - late 1930s tourist guide by American Express
- 12/06/2021 - 1930s EWO beer branded round hand fan
- 11/29/2021 - 1925 Sun-Maid Raisins Calendar Poster created by Carl Crow Inc.
- 11/22/2021 - Three Cats cigarettes newspaper ad
- 11/14/2021 - One-of-a-kind Player’s Clipper cigarettes poster design mockup
- 11/08/2021 - I.G. Farben Chinese Ponceau SL dye tin
- 10/31/2021 - Early 1930s Martell 3 Star Cognac print advertisement
- 10/25/2021 - Pirate Cigarettes Basketball Ad Poster
- 10/18/2021 - You'll be her first choice! "Crane" Store wrapping paper
- 10/15/2021 - The China Record Museum in Xiamen (formerly Amoy)
- 10/12/2021 - The Asahi Building in Tientsin then and now
- 10/11/2021 - 1940s hand-drawn ad poster mock-up for Gammexane by BM&Co – “an I.C.I. product”
- 10/05/2021 - The newly opened Shanghai Municipal Archives
- 10/04/2021 - Lever's Health Soap (still) sold here!
- 09/27/2021 - Remington sponsored bookmark inserted in the China Journal August 1927
- 09/22/2021 - The Retail Battle of Tientsin Part 2: Quanyechang Industrial Bazaar (天津劝业场) - Nobility obliges
- 09/20/2021 - Marvelous Eye-Matched Makeup by Richard Hudnut
- 09/19/2021 - Oldest elevator still standing in China
- 09/17/2021 - 1930s newspaper advert of Pan-Chinese Advertising Agency, Shanghai
- 09/13/2021 - 1927 Sketch of a proposed "ricsha advertising plan for Shanghai"
- 09/13/2021 - Pirate Cigarettes promotional giveaway leather wallet
- 09/07/2021 - Trademark Registration Office Tientsin ca. 1903 to 1906
- 09/05/2021 - Brunner, Mond & Co Building Shanghai, erected 1922
- 09/03/2021 - Bus advertising in Shanghai 1935. Booked by British ad agency Millington Ltd.
- 08/30/2021 - Sun Sun Sky Terrace Restaurant Wine List
- 08/24/2021 - “When a trademark becomes old” – humorous take on the Pirate cigarettes brand from the 1936 cartoon magazine “Caricature Circles” (漫画界)
- 08/23/2021 - 4 in 1 Toilet Soap by Oriental Merchandising Co
- 08/16/2021 - Hatamen cigarettes tin box
- 08/10/2021 - AEG, Siemens & Ellison switchgear at former Shanghai Xinhe Spinning Mill
- 08/09/2021 - Ice cold Ovaltine print ad
- 08/02/2021 - 1937 Road map of Shanghai & Yangtze River Delta sponsored by Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. brands Socony & Gargoyle Mobiloil
- 07/26/2021 - Framed 1930s Indanthrene print ad
- 07/19/2021 - Indian balm sachet
- 07/12/2021 - Wing-On department store box in art deco design
- 07/08/2021 - Retro style Qingdao Beer metal bottle edition
- 07/05/2021 - 1930s Shanghai International Dispensary advertising poster
- 06/30/2021 - Re-creation of a 1930s style Chinese general store
- 06/28/2021 - 1920s Pirate Cigarettes promotional merchandise table mirror
- 06/25/2021 - The China Soap Company Ltd factory built in 1923
- 06/22/2021 - First ROC era style murals at China Soap Company factory built by Lever Bros 1923
- 06/21/2021 - Wing-On department store monthly customer magazine
- 06/17/2021 - Fiaker Viennese Restaurant in Shanghai with frescos by illustrator "Schiff"
- 06/15/2021 - 1943 French Concession vaccination card
- 06/14/2021 - 1931 Folger's print ad with matching coffee can
- 06/11/2021 - Pathé Records building Shanghai
- 06/07/2021 - 1940s Hazelwood ice cream telephone delivery ad
- 06/04/2021 - Bank Of Communications building Bund No. 14
- 06/02/2021 - Historic Shanghai Historic Beer & Buildings Walk June 20th 2021
- 05/31/2021 - February 1941 Shanghai groceries supplies & prices
- 05/29/2021 - 1930s Shanghai advertisement poster style grafitti wall
- 05/26/2021 - Shanghai Doumer Apartments
- 05/24/2021 - 1925 B.A.T. cigarettes brand Hatamen print ad
- 05/21/2021 - The Yuanli Pawnshop on Wuting Road
- 05/17/2021 - Documents from the construction of the Shanghai Park Hotel 1934
- 05/16/2021 - Bank Of East Asia building on 299 Szechuen Rd.
- 05/12/2021 - The British American Tobacco (B.A.T.) company building on 22 Museum Road (now Huqiu Rd.)
- 05/10/2021 - 1930s Indanthrene label by IG Farben
- 05/09/2021 - Retro-style Qingdao beer can
- 05/05/2021 - Shanghai’s Original Coffee Brand: The bitter-sweet History of C.P.C. Coffee
- 05/05/2021 - Bills Motors, old Shanghais premier Ford dealer on Ave. Foch and Route Cardinal Mercier (now Yan'an Rd.& Maoming Rd.)
- 05/03/2021 - 1930s Tissot watch magazine advertisement
- 04/29/2021 - The Hongs: Shanghai EWO Building by Jardine Matheson
- 04/26/2021 - Wing On Co. department store 1930s seasonal fruits gift box
- 04/24/2021 - The building of the former Shanghai Chamber of Commerce
- 04/19/2021 - 1932 Dr Williams' pharmaceuticals brand magazine cover "China in reform" 改革中之中華
- 04/16/2021 - Urban Exploration: Famous Shanghai ad agency Carl Crow Inc's offices through the years
- 04/14/2021 - 1930s Ladies and Gentlemen's accoutrements on display at the Shanghai Peace Hotel
- 04/12/2021 - Chinese Red & Blue Cigarettes advertisement poster
- 04/10/2021 - Shanghai Shun Pao newspaper offices on Hankow Rd now & then
- 04/06/2021 - Collage of old China brands at Shanghai Fengshengli (丰盛里) Shikumen lanes
- 04/05/2021 - 1936 Pirate cigarettes "Girl by Riverside design" advertisement poster prepress proofing with remarks & sign off
- 04/04/2021 - Shanghai Ruihua Villa (瑞华公馆)
- 03/29/2021 - Hormspermin print advertisement
- 03/22/2021 - Bayer Gardan Chinese print advert
- 03/15/2021 - Craven "A" And Other Stories: Ashtray and Print Ad
- 03/08/2021 - Fortune Magazine 1/1935: The Shanghai Boom
- 03/01/2021 - 1939 My Dear Cigarettes newspaper ad
- 02/22/2021 - Three Flowers Cream print ad
- 02/18/2021 - White Cat Stocking advertisement poster
- 02/11/2021 - Happy Chinese New Year! Ovaltine is the perfect gift for the occasion claims this 1930s ad
- 02/08/2021 - Longines late 1930s print ad
- 02/01/2021 - Chlogen detergent advertisement poster
- 01/25/2021 - Indian brand cigarette card collection advertisement
- 01/18/2021 - 1931 Frigidaire print ad
- 01/11/2021 - Gossage's Magical Soap
- 01/04/2021 - Lion Dyestuff advertisement poster
- 12/28/2020 - The Shanghai Beer Bottle Battle: Print ad for the short lived NBS beer
- 12/26/2020 - Christmas Special pt 6: "Old Man" brand smokin' Santa ad
- 12/25/2020 - Christmas Special pt 5: Sincere Company Christmas wrapping paper. Merry Christmas from the M.O.F.B.A.!
- 12/24/2020 - Christmas Special pt 4: Capstan smoking Santa ad
- 12/23/2020 - Christmas Special pt 3: "Old Man" brand cigarette tin
- 12/23/2020 - Christmas Special pt 1: Sincere Company Christmas wrapping paper
- 12/22/2020 - Christmas Special pt 2: 1940s Zheng Ye electrical appliance company Santa Claus ad
- 12/14/2020 - Golf cigarettes advertisement poster
- 12/07/2020 - 1943 receipt by the China Commercial Advertising Agency
- 11/30/2020 - Pirate cigarettes "Magnums" print ad
- 11/16/2020 - Avian cosmetics newspaper ad with coupon cut out
- 11/09/2020 - 1938 Bayer promotional notebook
- 11/02/2020 - Polar Bear Skincare Advertising Poster
- 10/26/2020 - Golden Calf Orange Squash print ad
- 10/19/2020 - Grena's Spearmint Toothpaste print ad
- 10/12/2020 - Olinsol disinfectant piggy bank
- 10/05/2020 - Rolling Skincare pin-up girl ad poster & matching products
- 09/28/2020 - 1930s Delphin Water Filter – “Made in Austria”
- 09/21/2020 - Bayer Aspirin advertising poster
- 09/14/2020 - 1935 Colgate's dental powder print ad
- 09/07/2020 - Pirate Cigarettes Copycat Warning
- 08/31/2020 - 1933 China Trademark Directory Volume I
- 08/24/2020 - Worker painting Lux soap advertisement on Shanghai building 1949
- 08/17/2020 - Nestlé Lactogen infant formula ad
- 08/10/2020 - Ruby Queen cigarettes ad
- 08/03/2020 - Golden Griffin: Selling tea to the Chinese
- 07/27/2020 - Neo-Sypharsan syphilis medication
- 07/20/2020 - 1938 Pirate cigarettes poster with proofing remarks
- 07/13/2020 - Suggestive gonorrhoe medicine ad
- 06/30/2020 - Buick: The Last Emperor's Automobile of Choice
- 06/29/2020 - Coca-Cola: Famous around the world
- 06/22/2020 - Gillette 1940s Super Speed razor and corresponding ads
- 06/19/2020 - Darlie Toothpaste to finally rebrand Chinese name
- 06/16/2020 - Shell's Toothpaste Advertisement Poster
- 03/01/2020 - Nestlé's Malted Milk Print Ad
- 02/10/2020 - Don't forget to frequently wash your hands with soap!
- 01/22/2020 - 1937 Shanghai International Settlement window display
- 01/17/2020 - Nestlé Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk Advertisement Poster
- 01/10/2020 - Philips China radio print ad from the 1930s
- 12/19/2019 - 1930s Chinese Hohner harmonica and print ad
- 12/06/2019 - Red Star Rising: TEXACO in China
- 11/28/2019 - China Barbies: Early 1930’s Schering Veramon Pain Relief Advertisement
- 11/20/2019 - Of Pirates and Plagiarism: The Story of “Pirate” Cigarettes
- 11/15/2019 - LUX: Pioneering Celebrity Endorsements in the 1920's
- 11/08/2019 - Royal Baking Powder Advertising Banner
- 10/28/2019 - Pin-up girl bubble gum ad from the early 40's
- 10/24/2019 - Early branded content marketing from the 1930's
- 10/15/2019 - Quaker Oats 1920's ads and packaging
- 10/08/2019 - Bayer 1930's promotional merchandise
- 09/23/2019 - 1927 IMCO 105107 IFA pocket cigarette lighter
- 09/09/2019 - 1930s Chevrolet Sales Brochure
- 09/06/2019 - 1920s OSRAM light bulb
- 08/25/2019 - 1934 Shanghai afternoon drinks
- 08/23/2019 - Fan of Death
- 08/21/2019 - Ahoy! Captain Cigarettes Advertisement Poster
- 08/20/2019 - Coca Cola over Shanghai in the 30's and 40's
- 08/16/2019 - Commercial Directory Of Shanghai 1928
- 08/15/2019 - The World's Greatest Tonic
- 08/14/2019 - 1930's Agfa photographic material enamel advertising sign
- 08/13/2019 - 1938 Eveready Batteries Advertising Poster Mockup
- 08/11/2019 - Shanghai Sanyi Advertising Print Company Key Visuals Catalog
- 08/10/2019 - Don't forget to drink your Kool-Aid!
- 08/08/2019 - From FORTUNE Magazine 1943