I love these vintage Butterfly Brand labels. They’re from the 1880s and have a very distinct style. These particular ones are actually up for sale on Etsy for very reasonable prices. Buy the Pumpkin one here, and the Bean one here.
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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.
Hygeia Hotel Menu, 1884
From the Buttolph Collection of menus at the NYPL.
Mail Steamship Menu, 1883
1883 Menu aboard a Mail Steamship traveling from Santiago to Cienfuegos. Via the Buttolph collection of menus online at the NYPL. The exterior is so exquisite, but then you look inside and the dishes are doodled in by what I assume were some very board members of the wait staff..
See the doodles inside the menu- Read on!
Hand Colored Maps, Late 1800s
1884 map of The City of New York. You can see more photos of it here.
1865 Hand-Colored Mitchell Street Map of Boston, Massachusetts. See the other photos here.
1864 Hand-Colored Mitchell Street Map of Orleans, Louisiana. See the other photos here.
All images via Etsy in Bananastrudel’s shop. These particular ones are sold, but you can still see all the close-ups of them, and they also have a massive collection of other maps and prints.
Album De Lettres, France 1882
These gorgeous pages are all from the French book, Album du peintre en batiment, published in 1882. Needless to say, I went crazy like a cat in a pile of catnip.
More alphabets inside the post! Continue reading →
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Typography from 1880-1920, Pt.1
More vintage eye candy after the jump! Continue reading →
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