Mele Mode e Novita Per Signora Poster food medical Tell it to the Marines

Tell it to the Marines

Stadiongasse 6-8"

Burlington

The text on the poster promotes a particular brand of laundry detergent

Mele Mode e Novita Per Signora Poster food medical Tell it to the MarinesVintage poster for the E&A Mele department store in Naples, Italy. Emiddio and Alfonso Mele were two brothers who opened one of the first department stores in Italy in 1889. The brothers took inspiration from other famous European shopping establishments, like Paris' Galeries Lafayette, and hoped to bring that same Belle Epoque glamour to Italy. The subsequent advertising campaigns released for the store are some of the most iconic posters of the era,