Vintage 1950s Exhibit Card "Caught in the Draft" Pin Up Calendar Girl by Gil Elvgren

Postcards : Pin Up Calendar Girls

 

The precursor to the exhibit card was the Mutoscope card, which were dispensed from an arcade machine and featured pin-up art from some of the most distinguished pin-up and calendar girl artists. They were popular in the 1940s.

These exhibit cards were produced by Louis Dow from 1950 to 1954. Although they share some art and titles with their Mutoscope relatives, they are distinctly larger by some 1/8" in both height and width. Calendar Girls 1 cards (produced in 1950) are marked 'Litho in USA', as is this one and each of the other two that we now have available.

This one is titled "Caught in the Draft" and is a Gil Elvgren creation. The card has a stormy blue sky background with a pretty blonde in matching hat, dress and shoes with the wind blowing up her skirt hem to show her lacey slip and gartered stocking!

The card measures 3 and 3/8" by 5 and 3/8". There are some creases in the card, the corners are bit bent. Please see all close-up photos.

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These are really great collectibles; we're happy to offer them separately, but will discount for multiple item purchase, and combine to reduce shipping, if interested.

We will be protecting these between layers of cardboard, rather than just popping them in an envelope, thus the rate of postage rather than just 42c (or whatever it is currently).

~~~ We'd like to thank Kevin Freeman and his website for his background information about these precocious collectibles.

Item ID: PC-008