Dieselpunk: Grock

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Grock

Poster by Paul Colin
1930

via Vintage Poster

4 comments:

Larry Amyett, Jr said...: This is certainly an interesting poster. It appears to be advertising a record company but I can't quite tell. Do you know anything more about the subject?; January 18, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Lord K said...: I gather it's an advertisment for a comedian-musician Adrien Wettach (Grock) who performed in music halls.; January 18, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Nebris said...: I wonder if that's where Heinlein got the term?; January 19, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Lord K said...: To Nebris:
that's exactly what I thought. Chances are slim but who knows?; January 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM

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