Belated July 4

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on July 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I can’t believe I missed this poster around Independence Day, what a great specimen!  Read More

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Posters for the People Archive

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The Posters for the People online archive officially launched on November 5 and you can now search and view posters created under the New Deal’s Federal Art Project. “Posters for the People searches private and public holdings to create the most comprehensive Web-based database of known posters – a living archive. We preserve our American graphic design heritage through research, outreach, site visits, photography, and archiving.” They... Read More

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Vintagraph

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on January 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

I saw this poster and nearly fell off my chair from shock and then laughter. Can you imaging this being posted in the 1930′s? It’s a great piece of work and looks like those college knock-off posters. There are some great posters on Vintagraph where you can view and purchase prints of the posters for your own collection. View these posters and whole lot more on Vintagraph. And some very relevant artwork to our status in this country... Read More

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Shorpy

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on January 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

I love this website called Shorpy featuring a collective of vintage photographs. I wonder why there isn’t an online archive of vintage graphic design.  The site would probably crash from so many onlookers. But Shorpy is filled with very unique photographs and is basically what the site says: Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after... Read More

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