MOMENT | Abdulla Advertisements of the 1920s


The 1920s never fail to impress me—these cigarette ads by the British company Abdulla are another example of women being portrayed in advertising as strong, sporty, and capable, from the tennis champ to the Channel swimmer to the safari adventuress. They're by no means perfect, but given how misogynistic cigarettes ads got much later in the 20th century, I thought these were a pretty cool find.