Good Housekeeping magazine ad

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From a 1954 press and journalism annual issued by the National Magazine Co. Ltd., an advert singing the praises of Good Housekeeping. The magazine was the 1922 British offshoot of the American parent that had first been published in 1885 and has been owned by the Hearst Group for over a century.

The advert has a certain period style to it with the quite florid initial letters and title that is backed by a spiral of lines.

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