I had a more substantive post planned for this week but I took a little detour and so here I am with menus. I started to write about my experience as a tour guide at the Phillips House of Historic New England, as I’m in my second year and I thought it was time for some reflection. …| streetsofsalem
I stumbled across this gem at an antiques fair and instantly knew it was coming home with me. The Tron Storybook, printed in 1982, is a slice of pure nostalgia from one of my all-time favorite film…| Starport75
A friend who worked at Walt Disney World sent me this copy of Eyes & Ears for the opening of the new version of Star Tours in 2011. It came with a removable, two-sided poster for the attraction…| Starport75
In Vilém Flusser’s Towards a Philosophy of Photography he describes photographs as harbingers of the post-industrial information economy – their value as unique objects is negligible because what is…| c4 journal
Scan of the “America On Parade” Booklet from 1975| Starport75
The self has been on standby recently. My unread emails badge is something to behold, the blog is looking cobwebby, the unread books are piling up, the knee is misbehaving. Need to get proactive about this, but also want to be gentle and forgiving while the kids are so young and sleep so ephemeral. Sweet…| Piper Haywood
Can’t believe I hadn’t come across Roy McMakin’s furniture before. I was scrolling through Bluesky the other day and Shannon Mattern had shared his article “Some Chests of Drawers I Have Known” on Untapped. His work, and that essay, catches in the throat.| Piper Haywood
Accidental pocket field recording at our best local pizza place.| Piper Haywood
Two Salem-born authors competed for best-seller status in the 1850s, but it wasn’t really much of a competition: Miss Maria Cummins’s Dickensian novel The Lamplighter: or An Orphan Girl’s Struggles and Triumphs (1854) far outpaced Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) in this decade, and after. Hawthorne’s …| streetsofsalem
This unique collection of vintage medical ephemera includes three authentic prescription-related pieces from the early 20th century—perfect for junk journalers, […] The post Vintage Prescription Ephemera appeared first on The Old Design Shop.| The Old Design Shop
Happy trails 💔| Piper Haywood
My name’s Dawson, and over the summer I worked as an intern at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library in DC. I’m currently an Art History and Visual Culture more »| Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
The Zoological Gardens and Aquariums Ephemera Collection began as an all-call for interesting memorabilia relating to zoos, aquariums, gardens, or the societies that support such institutions. Many items were received, more »| Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
I came across a sparrow yesterday on the busy corner near B&A’s daycare on the way to pick them up. It looked like a tiny pile of leaves on the concrete, and people kept coming *this close* to stepping on it by accident. I realized what it was in exactly the same moment as a…| Piper Haywood
BB’s second snowman, just slightly taller than him! I think we’ve come a long way since last year. Next year, we’re going to work on our emotional reaction to the realization that other kids might take the carrot and the snowman will melt eventually. ❤️| Piper Haywood
I put BB to bed last night for the first time in a little while and asked him what song he wanted me to sing, as usual. He said, “I don’t want a song.” A| Piper Haywood
On my trip back to Washington (as seen in two of my recent photo posts), I was able to visit my friend Scott (of Click Clack Ding!). He'd bought quite a big lot of Alpina ephemera from Germany (seriously, a lot of cool stuff, which will eventually be posted to his blog) and was generous enough to let me take any duplicates he had and post them here for you!| x over it
I recently made a purchase from a Finnish used bookstore, and while trying to find a few more things to buy to take better advantage of the flat rate shipping I came across this wonderful brochure. The seller kindly threw it in for free.| x over it
I recently bought this little pamphlet on ebay. Along with some nice graphics, it also shows the colors and typefaces available at the time (which I presume is 1929) and mentions how special keyboards could be procured at no extra cost.| x over it
1961 | Neckermann Brillant Super | 4011123| x over it
Mitteilungen vom Hause Seidel & Naumann| x over it
2016 | We R Memory Keepers Typecast| x over it
Corresponding with artists can often mean translating decorative words and images into simple sentences. Beginning in 1952, Graphic Arts curator Gillett Griffin (1928-2016) wrote to the American artist Joseph Low (1911-2007), inviting him to Princeton University to give a demonstration in linoleum block and stencil printing. The two became good friends and a lively correspondence […]| Graphic Arts
Claud Lovat Fraser by Marion Neilson, gelatin silver print, 1913. National Portrait Gallery NPG P966 From 1911, when Claud Lovat Fraser left a law clerkship to devote himself to art, until 1921 when he died at the young age of 31, this prolific artist was responsible for dozens of poetry broadsheets, magazine and book designs, […]| Graphic Arts
Here is a shabby and aged vintage yellow receipt. The receipt dated February 17, 1906, on behalf of the Henry W. Plant Co., located at 56 Leonard Street in New York, shows that several afghans (knitted or crocheted blankets) were sold to the Atherton Furniture Co. of Lewiston Maine. The Henry W. Plant company was... Read More The post Vintage Yellow Receipt appeared first on The Old Design Shop.| The Old Design Shop
Here are three typewritten antique railway letters, on behalf of the Norfolk and Western Railway Co. The first letter, dated September 7, 1901, is addressed to E.F. Gray, Esq., A.G.F.A., C.P. & V.RR., of Cincinnati,, Ohio, from J. R. Ruffin, D. F. A. (Division Freight Agent). There is a faded purple date stamp of September... Read More The post Antique Railway Letters appeared first on The Old Design Shop.| The Old Design Shop
IBM Selectric Composer Type Style Portfolio 1970 :: USA :: IBM This is a catalog of fonts available for the IBM Selectric Composer electric typewriter. It uses interesting ‘font balls’ that allow the user to swap out the font that they are using for their typewriter. Language: English| archives.design
How do you plan to survive 1986 :: California :: Apple Computers It’s a… earthquake survival guide by Apple? I found this completely randomly and believe that it was for employees, but I couldn’t find any other documentation about it. The layout of the spreads is incredibly playful and uses cut and pasted images that remind me of Dada collages. They also make the type feel like it is in an earthquake, which is really fun. Language: English| archives.design