PopKulture's photos with the keyword: NRA

A coy maiden is courted by a determined suitor in this playful lithograph for El Benedicto cigars.

A deliciously dated label - from the discounted cigar price to the NRA insignia to the style of the cab! Dated, but no less eye-catching, and a true cross-over collectible for transportation aficionados. Factory 348, 1st District, PA.

The inner label for Mohawk Chief brand cigars offers a striking profile and colorful woven background. Factory No. 1888, 1st District, Penn. Circa 1934.

"I swear, if you don't stop playing with that radio...!" Short Wave Craft radio magazine - March 1935 issue.

"Why are you always tinkering with that silly old junk?" Short Wave Craft radio magazine - September 1934 issue.

Turnabout's fair play! "Honey, I've got tickets to the Met..." Short Wave Craft radio magazine - May 1935 issue.

Overwhelmingly, it was the women of the pulps who found themselves trussed up, but there's a bit of role reversal on this old Thrilling Ranch cover.

Vintage photograph of the Blue Bird eatery and ice cream parlor, which once stood at the crossroads of Rand Road and Dundee Road, near modern-day Palatine, Barrington, and Arlington Heights, Illinois. The photo is mistakenly identified in the ballpoint inscription added sometime later as dating from the "1920's" - this is clearly not the case as an NRA (or National Recovery Administration) sign can be spotted in the window left of the door. It therefore dates from 1933 or after, which is consistent with some of the other signage. Chicagoans have long utilized Dundee Road to Rand Road en route to vacation destinations like the Chain of Lakes region in Illinois or Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This is a highly developed area now with the usual glut of suburbia, but in the days prior to World War II, it was chiefly farmland, as can be seen in the background. The Blue Bird surely provided a welcome sight for many a thirsty or hungry traveler.

Whatever danger lies ahead, my lovely senorita, we'll face it together! Western Romances - July 1934 issue. Cover art by long-time pulp artist Rafael DeSoto.

A lawman digs in his spurs and battles for his quarry on this compelling, vintage cover. Cowboy Stories - April 1934 issue.

The compound propeller pictured here is one of the most dubious "inventions" ever pictured on any amateur mechanics mag, but the illustration is captivating nevertheless. Mechanics and Handicraft - Winter 1933 issue, first issue.

This iteration of Henry George cigars got an interesting Depression-era update, celebrating four aspects of society: agriculture, commerce, industry, and academia. Boxes that display the N.R.A. or National Recovery Administration stamp date almost exclusively to 1934.

Can you imagine the legal department signing off on a cover project like this today?? Americans had a fascination with electricity throughout the early 1900's, thinking they could shock themselves into better health! Penny arcades even had coin-operated machines that would dispense dubious doses of electrical elixir. Science and Mechanics - November 1933 issue.

Kay Francis and one heck of a parasol as painted by John Rolston Clarke for the August 1934 issue of Silver Screen.

Physical Culture - November 1934 issue. Cover art by R.C. Kaufmann.