Extravagant Advertising for This Whiskey Bottle

Harry Pristis · Jan 19, 2016

I was amazed and delighted to find this advertisement on Wikimedia. Apparently, the image is very popular because it is available in multiple sizes and exposures. The thing is, I can't figure out (beyond being eye-catching) what the harem scene has to do with Kentucky whiskey. Is one of the ladies the former or future "Belle of Nelson"?!

Privyprowlerz · Jan 19, 2016

Certainly an odd advertising for whiskey, with the opium pipe and harem.

maybe someone more familiar with the product can fill us in ....

a really nice advertisement.

Jim

cowseatmaize · Jan 19, 2016

SOOOOO many WIki to chose from. How do you pick? https://www.wikimedia.org/

Bass Assassin · Jan 19, 2016

I think what they meant was: if you drink our whiskey you'll be surrounded by beautiful naked women. Lol. I don't know, just thought I would throw it out there

foster2100 · Jan 19, 2016

Maybe the man was saying "Geez ladies put some clothes on!" LOL.

anj2006 · Jan 19, 2016

Fat bottom girls you make the rockin world go round!!! Lol

anj2006 · Jan 19, 2016

Or drink our whiskey and you will think you will be surrounded by naked woman!!! Lmfao

saratogadriver · Jan 22, 2016

Back in the day, before the world went "modern" (during and after prohibition), bars were primarily male only. There was a bad societal connotation then for, gasp, a WOMAN who would go in a bar. In those days, a lot of the artwork in the bars involved some degree of female nudity. I think part of the theory was that the boys would get wistful and drink more hooch. You see quite a bit of hard liquor advertising with nudes from pre-pro. Don't know about the harem aspect or the interracial suggestion. Both would have been, I suspect, HIGHLY risqué back in the day.

Jim G

Interesting. Great graphic piece.

Harry Pristis · Jan 22, 2016

I think the male in the voluminous garb is the eunuch serving the harem, cleaning the shisha pipes in this case.

We don't know how this illustration was used . . . wall-hanging poster to drink coaster . . . because it has been reproduced and re-sized so often. I lean toward poster on a tavern wall, myself. It wouldn't have been used in a newspaper (maybe a men's magazine). Maybe it was printed as a trade card, the equivalent of a "French" postcard.

andy volkerts · Jan 22, 2016

Just a neat piece, that proves sex sells!!

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