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Contains 4 Results:

Alphabet Advertising Cards for Blake's Great Piano Palace

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: 080-04
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of 26 chromolithographed advertising cards, one for each letter of the alphabet, that feature exaggerated depictions, primarily of misbehaving children. The cards are stamped with "Blake's Great Piano Palace, 612 Washington St., Boston," indicating that they were used for promotional purposes. Two of the cards feature racist caricatures.

Dates: approximately 1880

Paul Rand design book for The Limited and the TLC Group

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-05
Scope and Contents

The materials are collected in a three-ringed binder and include sketches, correspondence, colored photocopies.

Dates: circa 1988

Mon Design Book

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-07
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises a single stab-bound volume in paper wrappers with numerous designs (approximately 280). Some are pasted in, others drawn or stenciled directly on the pages or loosely laid in.

Dates: 19th to early 20th century

Japanese Textile Design Album

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 004-04-08
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of a single stab-bound volume. Colorful pattern designs (approximately 285) are pasted in with occasional annotations.

Dates: Majority of material found within late 19th to early 20th century