Late 1920s Chinese advertisement for Gillette razor blades.

Look at the size of this thing! Ca. 1920s matchbox for "New Style Tank" safety matches, made in China.

Has been away for a while. In preparation for a class, I'd like to share some cigarette trading cards, this one: Passenger barrow in China, from W. Duke, Sons & Co., in 1888; originally used for stiffening cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands...

I have an article in the Autumn 2024 issue of Arts of Asia ‘Pictures of One Hundred Beauties: A Set of Cigarette Cards from the Chinese Republican Era’. Please read if you have time! There are 30 cards & I’ll post one every day. Plenty to read on ceramics too! Louise Edwards

Mothers also need brandy! 1948 Chinese print ad for Hennessy...

Unknown Shanghai restaurant in the late 1940s with a large Coca-Cola advertisement.

A pretty 1930s swimsuit beauty on this Chinese matchbox label.

A magnificent lobby card advertising the 1932 film Shanghai Express.

1930s print advertisement for EWO beer, brewed in Shanghai, China.

Advertisement hoardings by Carl Crow Inc at the Metropole Hotel in Shanghai ca. 1931

Ca. 1910 advertising poster for the French waxed linen thread brand Fil au Chinois.

Photo of the famous Cocolate Shop in Shanghai, China during the 1930s. Here is it's story: x.com/mofbacn/status…

Chinese letter writer. Notice that the Chinese characters are made up by the artist, similar practice seen from other artists drawing China around that time. Cigarette card, from W. Duke Sons & Co. in 1889.

The famous Shanghai-style ("Haipai") advertisement poster designs became popular across South-East Asia during the 1930s. This one for the Medical Office in Singapore was created by China's most acclaimed commercial artist Hang Zhiying.

Charming 1930s Chinese advertising poster for various cigarette brands of the Toa Tobacco Co.

Ruler, coat of Arms and Flag, picture of prominent man shown as rule rof China (more Mongolian looking to me); the custom picture says that "our average sale are over two million per day!". Cigarette card, from W. Duke Sons & Co. in 1888.

Late 1940s print advertisement for Coca-Cola in Hong Kong.

Card 11 day 11 A woman sketching (c.1915). Cigarette card and periodical. Together with a later poster that also appears in my Arts of Asia article. Sincere thanks to MOFBA • Advertising History in China for supplying this image.

A NBS branded National Beer truck delivering its delicious brew on the infamous Blood Alley in Shanghai, China during the 1930s. 🍻

1940s advertisement for "The Brandy" cigarettes by the Dah Tung Nan Tobacco Co. from Shanghai, China.