I came across this vintage german lotto board game on Etsy and couldn’t help but notice the funky type. I couldn’t find any information on the game, so the date is TBD. Still good typographic inspiration though!
For Sale on Etsy.
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Middlemiss & Hunter Photo Back
Vintage Canadian photo card. It reads: “Middelmiss & Hunter , Late Ewig & Co. Artists & Photographers, to H.R.H. Prince Arthur, 39 & 41 King’s St. West, Toronto”
Posted on SnapHappy’s Flikr. Go here to see the larger sizes he has posted.
Vintage Ephemera
These are just a tiny taste of what you’ll find over at Sheaff-Ephemera. Check out their gigantic collection here!
Chalky Goodness
Yep. It’s a trend. The vintage style, perfectly hand-drawn chalkboard lettering. So what if it’s overdone and cliche now. I love it and you can’t stop me! muahahaa..
Via Designspiration. Anyone know the actual artist of this?
Est. 1843, Revised 2012
I could have sworn these were actual vintage pieces until I started reading them and saw the url.. Color me impressed. This is a series of ads for The Standard restaurant, a place established in 1843 that’s still evolving and staying on top! Tee marriage of the old style from when they first opened in the 1800s, for their modern restaurant today, is pretty perfect.
Via Ads of the World. By the Bohan agency in Nashville, TN.
Vintage Jetons
These are French game tokens (called “Jetons” in French), from the 1940s. Via Tongue In Cheek Antiques.
Farmer Bros. Photo Backs
This here is a what you call a fancy schmancy find. All of these are from the same photographer’s studio, (in what I guess to be the 1800s) The Farmer Brothers in Hamilton, Ontario. vintage photo card, folks.
They would put their photos on these cards (much thicker than today’s photos), which acted as the frame and double as a trade card (aka business card). I love how over the top some of these get. I’m a girl…I like frills :)
I wonder what caused the jump from the organic, flourishy design to the much simplified, geometric style?
Image by John Rochon, via his Flikr.
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