El Famoso Kangaroo Boxeador -- January 17, 2025

El Mundo (San Juan, PR), 31-January-1925

Marvelous Merville must have had an interesting act.

Rube Goldberg -- The Cross-Word Puzzle Addict -- January 16, 2025

Norfolk Ledger-Star, 07-January-1925

Cartoonist, engineer and inventor of Goldbergian devices, Rube Goldberg, was a native of San Francisco. In this item, he addresses the epidemic of crossword puzzle mania. Crossword puzzles were a hot topic in 1925.

Oh! Margy! -- Lots of Girls do Naughty Things -- January 15, 2025

Norfolk Ledger-Star, 05-January-1925

I like the drawings of John Held, Jr. He helped to define the look of the flapper. The snowman is cute.

Frederick Childe Hassam -- Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904 -- January 14, 2024

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

Frederick Childe Hassam was a pioneer American exponent of impressionism. He did some work in California. I hope to post a few of his works, including "Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904".

Fine Cameras Almost Given Away -- January 13, 2025

Boston Globe, 14-January-1925

This ad offers two cameras which competed with Kodak. The Premo used plates and the Hawkeye used roll film.

La Kodak en Carnaval -- January 12, 2025

El Mundo (San Juan, PR), 31-January-1925

Kodak encouraged Puerto Ricans to take photos of Carnaval.

Drink Dr Pepper King of Beverages -- January 11, 2025

Waco News-Tribune, 01-January-1925

I have had trouble finding ads for Dr Pepper. In this ad, The Dr Pepper Bottling Company wishes a happy 1925 to its friends.

I like Dr Pepper.