Tulips from the The Temple of Flora

printcollection — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:37:18 +0000

Robert John Thornton, Tulips from the The Temple of Flora folio published in London between 1977 and 1807 as a Aquatint and mezzotint with stipple engravings and completed by hand. Original work printed at 17¼ x 13½ in. (438 x 343 mm.)

Rogers, Peet & Co. Aerial Map of Manhattan in 1879

printcollection — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:12:40 +0000

Wonderful aerial map illustration of Manhattan in 1879 by J.W. Williams produced by the Rogers, Peet Co. Department Store. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Including indexing for points of interest. Original at 24 x 19 cm.

Youngster Solves Parking Problem

printcollection — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:29 +0000

Washington, D.C., March 30. Transportation and no parking worries. Nelm Clark, 16-year old Washington youngster, solved this problem by combining a lawn mower motor with a set of motor cycle gears to make this unusual midget auto. Costing $60 to build the contraption weighs only 150 pounds--the weight is its main feature--and if you run out of gas you easily push it or tuck it under your arm and walk home, 3/30/1937. Photographed by Harris & Ewing on 4x5 glass plate negative.

Krazy Kat Lounge

printcollection — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:02 +0000

Photographed in 1921 by the National Photo Company on 4x5 glass plate negative.

The Young Swell, 1869

printcollection — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:36:06 +0000

Lithograph by Hatch & Co. 218 Broadway, Herald Building, N.Y., Created in 1869 as a colorlithograph. Print of a tobacco label showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of a dog dressed as a man, facing front, wearing monocle, with a bottle of champagne, a pipe, and a bag of pipe tobacco in the foreground. Copyright by W.P. Kittredge & Co.

Fanny Corbin, the Mother of Twenty-Two Children

printcollection — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:33:12 +0000

Mother of twenty-two children, in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Photographed by Arthur Rothstein in October of 1935 on 35mm film.

Mother and Baby

printcollection — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Mother and baby of family of nine living in field on U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee, near Tennessee River. Photographed by Carl Maydans in March of 1936 on 35mm film.

The Commercial Vampire

printcollection — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:24:07 +0000

Illustration by Leon Barritt created in 1898 as a chromolithograph llustration shows a bat labeled "Greed" with human head seated on nest ringed with human skulls identified as various commercial establishments.

Boston - Allegheny Airlines

printcollection — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:07:02 +0000

Created as a color silkscreen at 91.6 x 61 cm. Travel poster for Allegheny Airlines showing Paul Revere on horseback, the Old North Church, the Mayflower ship, and Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

En Grèce, 1930's

printcollection — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:53 +0000

Poster promotiong travel to Greece by Pierre Commarmond in the 1930's. Original size was 105x 75 cm and published in Paris by the L'Innovation Publicitaire. Travel poster showing ancient Greek ruins.

Jantzen by Binder

printcollection — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:21:09 +0000

Joesph Binder created this ad for Jantzen in 1947. Showing man and woman skiing.

On the Job for Victory

printcollection — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:01:58 +0000

This poster was produced by the Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y. and sponsored by the United States Shipping Board in 1917 as a color lithograph at 71 x 52 cm. Poster showing a workman in a shipyard.

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Mammoth Navel Oranges from California

printcollection — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:04:59 +0000

California's Finest. Navel oranges collaged together with the train car by Edward Mitchell as part of a mammoth series of various vegtables that that take over transportation vehicles and other novel interpretations. This version is a postcard showing boy standing on an orchard rail car marked "S.P. 79265" flanked by two life-sized navel oranges. Published in San Francisco, CA and Made in America by Edward H. Mitchell at San Francisco, c1909.

High School Track, 1924

printcollection — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:39:52 +0000

Now this doesn't look staged does it? But still love those experssions. I've gotta find out more about the National Photo Company photographer, he really look to have a great time on shoots. This shot in May of 1931 taken on 4x5 glass plate negative.

Five Women in Swimsuits on Icy Beach

printcollection — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:02:31 +0000

Five women take the polar plundge on an icy beach February 23, 1924.