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May 24, 2012
293 notes
WANT. Via postagedue: A postbox with a beautiful patina and tiny bird carrying a letter/envelope.

WANT.

Via postagedue:

A postbox with a beautiful patina and tiny bird carrying a letter/envelope.

(via teachingliteracy)

Tags: mailbox Post vintage design patina bird

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May 24, 2012
204 notes
A bookplate for Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin. Arthur Gaskin, from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896. Via oldbookillustrations. (Source archive.org.)

A bookplate for Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin. Arthur Gaskin, from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896. Via oldbookillustrations.

(Source archive.org.)

Tags: profile illustration vintage black and white ornamentation bookplate

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May 24, 2012
99 notes
Percy Dearmer, front cover from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896. Via oldbookillustrations. (Source archive.org.)

Percy Dearmer, front cover from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896.

Via oldbookillustrations.

(Source archive.org.)

Tags: yellow book vintage cover design Boston illustration

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May 23, 2012
434 notes
Vintage ad design, via hoodoothatvoodoo: Naughty ‘Nudies’ Glasses

Vintage ad design, via hoodoothatvoodoo:

Naughty ‘Nudies’ Glasses

(via numberoftheday)

Tags: vintage ephemera glasses ad design

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April 24, 2012
99 notes
stampdesigns: Cuba postage stamp: May 1 c. 1964, symbolic numeral “1” in honor of Labor Day(designer unknown)

stampdesigns:

Cuba postage stamp: May 1

c. 1964, symbolic numeral “1” in honor of Labor Day

(designer unknown)

Tags: vintage postage Cuba 1 design 1960s

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April 04, 2012
125 notes
John Griffiths’s Penguin Classified List from 1958. Via the Guardian.

John Griffiths’s Penguin Classified List from 1958. Via the Guardian.

Tags: vintage design Penguin John Griffiths

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March 31, 2012
116 notes
iconoclassic: (via Ai Mouraria - Goncalo Viana Illustration)

iconoclassic:

(via Ai Mouraria - Goncalo Viana Illustration)

Tags: vintage design music album cover

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March 31, 2012
615 notes
Vintage payphone iPhone case, from onyourcasestore on Etsy.

Vintage payphone iPhone case, from onyourcasestore on Etsy.

(via teachingliteracy)

Tags: iPhone case vintage telephone rotary payphone

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March 31, 2012
137 notes
Modern Plastics, Sept. 1955. Alex Steinweiss cover. Via iconoclassic: (via AIGA | Alex Steinweiss)

Modern Plastics, Sept. 1955. Alex Steinweiss cover. Via iconoclassic:

(via AIGA | Alex Steinweiss)

Tags: vintage design plastics AIGA 1950s

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March 29, 2012
246 notes
The Smile Analyzer - offensive vintage game. Creepy. Via iconoclassic: (via christian northeast - journal - New York Times_Science front page)

The Smile Analyzer - offensive vintage game. Creepy.

Via iconoclassic:

(via christian northeast - journal - New York Times_Science front page)

Tags: vintage smile analyzer design illustration face

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March 29, 2012
94 notes
Vintage postage - Netherlands. From PresentCorrect. Via goodmailday: (via Hobbies. « Present&Correct)

Vintage postage - Netherlands. From PresentCorrect.

Via goodmailday:

(via Hobbies. « Present&Correct)

Tags: vintage postage stamps Netherlands Dutch children

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March 29, 2012
315 notes
Cuba: Ideal Vacation Land. Vintage poster, 1951. Via oldadvertising: Cuba, the Ideal Vacation Land by paul.malon on Flickr. Via Flickr: 1951.

Cuba: Ideal Vacation Land. Vintage poster, 1951.

Via oldadvertising:

Cuba, the Ideal Vacation Land by paul.malon on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
1951.

(via adventures-of-the-blackgang)

Tags: Cuba travel vintage design tourism

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March 29, 2012
115 notes
The French Novel: From Gide to Camus. Vintage cover, via Montague Projects.

The French Novel: From Gide to Camus. Vintage cover, via Montague Projects.

(via typographie)

Tags: French paperback vintage design cover literature

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March 28, 2012
26 notes
numberoftheday: Parker Enterprises ad, 1960 From BustBright’s set of mid-century ads for Los Angeles printers.

numberoftheday:

Parker Enterprises ad, 1960

From BustBright’s set of mid-century ads for Los Angeles printers.

Tags: vintage design

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March 28, 2012
11 notes
Vintage Alain Grée design - French book. Via Lesley Barnes on Pinterest.

Vintage Alain Grée design - French book. Via Lesley Barnes on Pinterest.

Tags: vintage Alain Grée design game French