Typographical Holiday Ornamentations Booklet

Typographical Holiday Ornamentations Booklet

December 1, 2021

This month’s Artifact of the Month is a mid-20th-century booklet advertising different typographical ornamentations for the holiday season (#2021.05.027). Ludlow Typograph Company of Chicago, Illinois printed this catalog full of wintry decorations intended to be used as illustrations or borders on ads and posters as shown in the photographs. Six pages are dedicated to jolly images like Christmas trees, holly, Santa Claus, and reindeer. The assortment, printed in bright red or green, could be ordered in a variety of sizes.


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Features the front cover, back cover, and one of the inner pages of the booklet
Title of the artifact reads "Ludlow Christmas Ornaments" with some sub text. Green rectangular wreath with red images border the page
2 inner pages of the booklet featuring red and green prints on the left page and New Years and Christmas cards on the right page
2 inner pages of the booklet featuring red and green illustrations on the left page and typography samples on the right
2 inner pages of the booklet featuring green leaves illustrations on the left page and typography samples on the right
Back page of the booklet promoting sales, products, and services at Ludlow Typography, and Co

Larry B. Thomas Pop-Up Book, Dollhouse

Larry B. Thomas Pop-Up Book, Dollhouse

August 1, 2021

This month’s Artifact of the Month is a pop-up book by Atlanta-based artist Larry B. Thomas.


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The first pop-up scene of the book featuring a field and blue sky as the background with a variety of paper doll and magazine cutouts in the foreground.
The first open page of the book featuring a dining scene and the word, Dollhouse, under in an arch with a rat and a tiger peeking through a window in the background.
The cover of the book featuring the title, Dollhouse, as well as a tiled arch covering a policeman and cows in gas masks
The second pop-up scene with a collage of animals such as a monkey and fish as well as people and a dollhouse in front of a villa scene

Rare Book: Essays for the Month of December

Rare Book: Essays for the Month of December

February 1, 2020

This month’s artifact comes from our Rare Book Library: Essays for the Month of December


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An image of the opened book to Essay VI

Thai Accordion Book

Thai Accordion Book

November 1, 2017

This month's feature is a Thai accordion book from 1853.


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The accordion book unfurled so that several pages may be seen. The page is black with white text written on the surface.

Historical Account of the Substances by Matthis Koops

Historical Account of the Substances by Matthis Koops

November 2, 2020

This month’s artifact is from our permanent exhibit; it is a book printed in 1800 entirely from straw. Historical Account of the Substances Which Have Been Used to Describe Events and to Convey Ideas from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper by Matthis Koops.


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Historical Account of the Substances book
Historical Account of the Substances book

Original Saturday Evening Post from 1954

Original Saturday Evening Post from 1954

December 1, 2020

This month’s Artifact of the Month, the last of 2020, is all about a year-in-review; it is an original Saturday Evening Post from 1954.


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Post Magazone
Post Magazine Inside

Harrison Elliott

Harrison Elliott

March 1, 2021

This month's Artifact of the Month, a photograph of handmade paper expert Harrison Elliott (1879-1954) examining a sheet of handmade paper, is (un)coincidentally connected to the museum's current exhibit - which is all about the man himself!


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Harrison Elliott making paper
Harrison Elliott making a paper book

Congreve Workbook - Banknote Security Samples

Congreve Workbook - Banknote Security Samples

June 1, 2021

This month’s Artifact of the Month is a workbook documenting the development process of the triple paper method proposed for the English banknote by Sir William Congreve in1819.


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england bank note forgery
england bank note forgery
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