JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There is an indeterminate quality of quiet malice in these pictures, somehow--they seem bland and also threatening in some way. Perhaps it is the assumption of these Human Types that is so off-putting, with this 1939 pamphlet happy to categorize people into three major "types". "Active Man" seems like an aspiring non-perspirer, eager to let someone else do it; "Thin Girl" seems to be daring her simple classification; the "Housewife" needs to prove her name is accurate not only with the apron, but with a pot as well; "Mature Person" is urgently directing attention to high-attentioned-bits while maintaining a stiff unwrinkled nature; and "Office Girl" is stiff-backed with a pencil knife at ready. The whole cover for this diet regimen just seems softly-defined creepy--perhaps not so much for the titles, or the postures, but for the aggressive contrasting color.
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