Department Store Artwork vs. Photography

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Department Store Artwork served as the foundation of newspaper retail advertising for over a century. Department store artwork vs. photography Ads from D. H. Holmes and Maison Blanche Department Stores in the Times-Picayune, 4-March-1976. The Holmes ad presents ladies sportswear illustrations. The Maison Blanche ad features photographs of models wearing London Fog coats. Department Store art departments The artists that worked for Holmes, MB, Godchaux's, and Krauss provided the ad copy to the newspapers. While some manufacturers offered "camera ready" artwork of their products, the store artists usually fashioned their own interpretations. They transformed illustrations and photos of anything from...