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Kodak Girl (lots! 1910's - 1930's)

In the early 1900's, Kodak ran a whole series of these ads featuring Kodak Girl, who would take her Kodak into various situations. The image above was a typical example. I like the style. Although, it is hard for me to imagine high heels as a beach shoe.

Some other examples, mostly the 10's and 20's.

In the 1910's, they even put a live action Kodak Girl on top of a gigantic camera and drove it around. I hope she was well harnessed into that, because a single sudden stop and Kodak Girl goes plummeting to her death from that height!

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Range of sources, I didn't save every URL but here's one from the Univ of Toronto,

https://library.torontomu.ca/asc/files/2013/10/DSC_0329.jpg

Main image in the post from,

https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/310000/velka/kodak-camera-vintage-poster.jpg

Also I didn't know it at the time I made the post, but there's a whole wikipedia page about the Kodak Girl. I'm off to read it now! It has a few other examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Girl

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You are welcome. I also found this, after I made the main post. Kodak Girl has got a pretty comprehensive wikipedia page -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Girl

Lots of talk about the cultural impacts, even the impact it had on real life fashion where her striped dress style was in for a while.

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Did a quick search.

Kodak cameras were black and white until around 1935.

If you wanted color in an ad it was simpler to just do a drawing.

TIL

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Standing on top of a wet, mossy rock while wearing heels ... what could possibly go wrong?

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