Advertisement for Beauty powdered makeup, featuring a young girl applying the product.
This public domain advertisement is from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The subject of the ad is a young girl powdering her cheek with a large powder puff applicator. One assumes that the powder is “Beauty,” the product being sold by R. Wilson & Co. This advertisement was published in the form of a tobacco label.
The pre-1923 publication date associated with this advertisement indicated that this image is in the public domain.
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03.20.10
A very old but beautiful image of a lady standing in front of the mirror with a puffin hand the subject of the image would be beauty and has got a old textured look with light yellow colour with grey colour mixed in it for getting that look , a person would at a glance react as if it is some antique picture and represents the tobacco manufacturing company.
03.22.10
It is the beauty of a girl child. She wants to be a charming girl. She uses a large powder puff applicator. The surroundings show us that the child belong to a royal family. The golden color in the picture is clear and attracting. The fact that one sees may be different from reality. The girl child is in fact a beautiful girl. Her attires are not enough covered on her small body. But she does not care that she is half naked. The lack of dress is an important problem facing the poor world. The art found in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division is the desire of the mind of the female for beautification. When we see the world’s most beautiful woman, we would be amazed that why such a beautiful woman tries for artificial beautification on her body, especially on her face. Such an approach is not generally found among the men. The habit of smoking is such a beautification to men. The advertisement certainly invites attention to all and the picture is an extraordinary one. The aristocracy within the frame is also notable. The font is unique. The picture is rated to the royal standard.
03.23.10
BEAUTY IN MAKE UP:
The girl in the white dress was looking like an angel, that was in make-up trying the earthly products from heaven. Her attire was the angel wearing it after shower. The dress was not fit but the dressing was not completed and it will be completed after the make up was over. But I wonder why a naturally beautiful girl needs make up further. But the girl looks so innocent that she was trying it for the first time. I would be her royal mothers dressing table where the girl was trying to come like her mother’s outfit. For every girl child the first beauty the are impressed would be her mother. If we ask a girl child who is the prettiest person she like the most?? the answer she would tell is her mother. She was holding the brush in such a way like she is an expert in doing make up. Her other arm is gently holding the jar which was placed on the plate filled with golden flowers which adds more beauty to the picture. The the mirror coverings and the dressing table on the hole shows that the girl was from a royal family.But it is also true that the people from upper middle class are much aware of the beauty products and it was them who was afford to buy it too.