Department D

Graphic Arts, Design, Typography and Ephemera: the Inspiration & Appreciation Desk of Department D. Visit us at http://DepartmentD.com

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Ohio ~ Belmont by e r j k . a m e r j k a Via Flickr: Belmont, Belmont County, Ohio. The Belmont Market House is one of several gems I found in this small rural village. The tin facade and the ghost it hides are a fun find.

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Wilhelm Deffke, cover artwork for magazine “Maske” 1926. Magdeburg, Germany. Via Nosbüsch Stucke

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Barcelona - Enric Granados 106 i Photo by Arnim Schulz on Flickr

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The inference is that the submarine is an enemy submarine which sank the liner, acting on information received through indiscrete conversation.

This may be a New Zealand-produced poster, but we don’t know the artist who designed it; in any case copies were displayed widely throughout New Zealand from 3 November 1941 as part of a “Don’t Talk” campaign. (See a photograph of such a poster hanging on an office wall). Advertisements with the same wording were published in periodicals such as the NZ Mirror, and NZ Listener in November and December 1941.

Artist unknown :Lest we regret … don’t talk. [1941].

Eph-D-WAR-WII-1941-02

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Vintage travel poster for the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, circa 1947. The Canadian travel poster reads: “The vacation-land that has everything! British Columbia. Ask your travel bureau or the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Department of Trade and Industry, Victoria, B.C., Canada.”

(British Columbia travel poster - Vintage Travel Posters)

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Not shown: pissed-off moose.

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Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey throwing out the first pitch for the Minneapolis Millers at Nicollet Park on April 27, 1948 via MNHS

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Folio breithalbfett kursiv by Walter Baum and Konrad Friedrich Bauer for Bauer Types, 1959 #typespecimen

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Reflexschrift Helios from Ludwig Wagner, 1928 #typespecimen

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La Province de Québec poster. Vintage Canadian travel poster reads “La Province de Québec.” This circa 1930s Québec travel poster was created for the Province of Québec Tourist Bureau.

(La Provinde de Québec poster | Vintage Travel Posters)

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Looks to me like that moose doesn't like other guys horning in on his fishing hole.

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Japanese Poster: Morisawa. John Maeda. 1996

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Bottle Cap Buffet. 

It gladdens me to see someone else collecting quirky typographic or lettering ephemera. I saw this wonderful assortment of bottle caps, replete with all kinds of lettering examples, over on Gail Anderson’s website. 

Gail Anderson is a highly awarded designer based in New York, currently working on several typography books with Steven Heller. She admits to a love of ‘stuff’, and has also collected over 300 pairs of salt and pepper shakers, a wall full of Mexican crosses, and a modest group of cast iron toys. 

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For New Scientist. #tomgauld #cartoon #science #dinosaurs #jurassicpark

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Vintage Canadian travel for “Lovely Lake Louise as seen from Chateau Lake Louise.” Illustrated by Charles James Greenwood. Circa 1930s.

(Lovely Lake Louise poster - Vintage Travel Posters)

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House-museum of the Casa Navas in Catalonia Furniture for the home in the 1900s was designed by Gaspar Omar. Fireplace tiled and surrounded by a wooden carving. Benches covered with sheepskin.

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Deborah Griscom Passmore, Blackberries, 1899. Watercolor. USA. U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Beltsville, MD. USDA