Graphic Finds

Here’s a beautiful, recent find of a vintage postcard depicting Lucy the Elephant standing in front of the Elephant Hotel) in Margate City, New

Some looks at the design & content of a 1943 Camp Fire Girls “Certificate of Membership” including the tenets of the Camp Fire Girls

Scans of an antique “Crispettes PopCorn Confection” wrapper, a gift from the collection of the artists Betty Cleeland and Kate Ingold. There isn’t a

Ephemera specimen (in high detail): a 1945 photo processing envelope from the Pacific Palisades Drug Co. (which was within a beautiful, land-marked building that

A view from the past. A color transparency slide from the 1960s or 70s showing a backyard pool with two inflatable toys (a whale

A selection of scans from a recently acquired air mail envelope from 1934 (name & address removed for privacy). Interesting that “Air Mail”was written

Entered into the Hanttula Dept. of Future Antiquities, a collection of old transit and tax tokens. Scanned in high resolution for your inspiration and

A wonder-filled illustration from 1916 detailing the then-new Mt. Wilson Observatory 100-inch telescope. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.), Sunday, August 20, 1916. Full

While digging through one of my record collecting groups (as part of my work on the Endless Exotica archive project), I came across an

Vintage matchbox art from the Fijian Travelodge chain. On the back are the locations of “Suva, Savusavu, Nadi, Taveuni.” Text on the side of

Vintage promotional/collector’s card for “Wampole’s Preparation” stimulant tonic. With illustrations of: Red-headed Woodpecker, Varied Thrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, American redstart, Blue Grosbeak, Black-capped Chickadee,

Box art from a vintage spool of Olivetti typewriter ribbon. Era unknown.

Vintage box of Washable Crayons from “the CRAYOLA makers” — but, I guess, not considered Crayolas?

The Ocean Dunes Resort Motel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina “Home of the Brass Anchor Club”

Artwork from the Aloha Village tiiiiiny matchbook. Aloha Village was a @bestwestern hotel on the Florida gulf (Okaloosa Island, Fort Walton Beach)#tiki #matchbookart #vintagematchbook

Vintage invite with two people (the hosts?) swimming inside a giant cocktail. Given that they’re without clothing, maybe this invite wasn’t for a party

I LOVE this 1987 design of #LAX‘s “Theme Building” – on a plastic shopping bag. Gorgeous, straightforward design. Not sure where the cityscape of

A 1905 stereo view of the Avalon harbor on Catalina Island (off the coast of Los Angeles).