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McCormick-International Harvester Collection
An extensive and very interesting collection of historical advertising (and other images should you choose to wander around the site) for the McCormick-International Harvester Corporation. The images, when viewed in historical order, serve as an almost perfect encapsulation of early to mid 20th century commercial art trends and expressions...
via the always informative Coudal
Link: McCormick-International Harvester Collection.
May 31, 2005 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Early Boys' Life Magazine
An interesting site (in progress, according to its owner) detailing early issues of Boys' Life Magazine, the official periodical of the Boy Scouts of America. Beautiful covers and strangely compelling article Headers...
Link: Boys' Life Magazine.
May 31, 2005 in History | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Meccano Catalogs & Instruction Sheets
A huge archive of advertisements and literature relating to Meccano--a (presumably) British children's construction kit with features like its American cousin, the Erector Set.
Link: Wes' archive of Meccano paper.
May 26, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Antique Liquor Bottle Labels
Memories of Benders and Jags long departed...
Link: Old Liquor Labels at Herz zu Herz.
May 4, 2005 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Danceteria Flyers
A penultimate moment of the cut-and-paste, DIY design aesthetic--Flyers (Circa 1982-86) for the NY nightclub, Danceteria.
Link: Danceteria Flyers.
May 3, 2005 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
