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.
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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.
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.
Vintage Beauties at Sheaff Ephemera
When I started this blog I mentioned one of my all-time favorite sites: Sheaff-Ephemera. Here’s another sampling of some of their collections. They’re always adding to it and it’s a phenomenal resource for inspiration. All images are owned by Sheaff Ephemera. Go to their site to drool over their amazing collections!!
Vintage Swiss Air Posters, 1950s
1956 Swiss Air Posters. Does it seem like Swiss Air was always on top of their design? These were in the collections Michael Stoll has on Flikr.
Two Arms Inc. (my new obsession)
I feel like a little kid. I just discovered these geniuses and I’m in love :) I saw it and was like a kid in a candy store. I had to get them and post them. STAT. (I needed this to kick my butt in gear with the blog. Starting a small business is quite time consuming!)
To make up for my lack of posts, I give you this: A feast for your eyes! Via Two Arms Inc.
All work beautifully crafted by Two Arms Inc – aka Michael Tabie and Karen Goheen, an illustrater and designer that work together to be super awesome. Go see more of their work at their website.
John Whiting’s Brushes Ad, ca 1880
This trade card (ca 1880s) is advertising John L. Whiting & Son, a brush-making company that made brushes from fine artists brushes to brooms and shaving brushes. They were unique in their advertising by marketing towards both black and white business owners, something that was very uncommon for the 1800s.
Via the blog for the Princeton Graphic Arts Collection’s.
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