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The Art of Marbling Books.
Marbled paper has been used for centuries in bookbinding, generally as endpapers—front and back—sometimes as outside decorative covers. It is made by floating pigments upon a mucilaginous “size”,...
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What is Printed Ephemera?
“a little museum of common printed things, to illustrate at one and the same time the historical development of our social life and the development of printing” The term ‘printed ephemera’, although...
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A Short History of Postcards.
Postcards are extremely popular to collectors because they portray a lot of subjects, from picturesque landscapes to portraits of famous people. They can even portray various forms of art, architecture...
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Fish Market Trade Cards.
Although several nice versions of this Prichard & Knoll trade card with novelty fish lettering were produced in the later 19th century, you might say they are now endangered. These two came from...
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Japanese Hand-Tinted Postcards, c. 1900.
These hand-tinted Japanese postcards are part of an exhibit titled “The Traveler’s Eye.” The postcards, produced in the early 20th century as Western visits to Japan increased in volume, show off the...
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‘Flying into San Francisco’ c.1920s.
In 1925, the United States Postal Service began to give airlines contracts to carry air mail all around the country. A company named Western Air Express applied to be awarded the air mail route from...
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Hot Metal Type Pictures.
One panel of a folder for a tea merchant. This is an amazingly creative piece of work, with letters formed from “printers flowers” and border elements, and the letters made structural parts of a scene...
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The Birth of the Christmas Card, 1843.
Cultures have enjoyed sharing written New Year’s greetings for centuries. The English-speaking ritual of sending holiday cards, however, dates back only to the middle of the 19th century. Some sources...
View ArticleClassic ‘B Movie’ Posters.
Spewed from Intergalactic Space… Bizarre titles, even stranger storylines, cheesy effects and dead-serious acting (I am not acting in a B-movie, what are you talking about? This is the defining point...
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Olde Christmas Cards.
Anthropomorphic birds and animals were another popular theme, as seen in this Christmas Reversed scene, where raw dinner ingredients get in a party mood. Sending Christmas cards was a habit...
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