Posts tagged with "pin-up girl"



30. January 2023
1920s Doan's Ointment advertisement (兜安氏皮膏病新篇) in Foster-McClellan's Chinese customer magazine. Illustration by 叔达. From the MOFBA museum.
A lovely and innocent Chinese girl in 1920s fashion, advertising a skin medication by Foster-McClellan in Shanghai. A check in the historic “List of American firms at Shanghai” by the US consul identifies the company as “importers of patent medicines”. What dark secrets could this fair facade possibly mask?