Typography Collection (page 2)

Alphabet initials, ornate upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1940

Swirl block initial capitals A-Z. circa 1900

Italic alphabet, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Block alphabet design, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Brochure page, Oldsmobile Six and Eight, giving detailed specifications. Date: 1930s

Brochure page, Oldsmobile Six and Eight accessories
Brochure page, Oldsmobile Six and Eight specially designed accessories -- radios, heaters, defroster, clock, seat covers, identity initials, wheel trim rings and discs. Date: 1930s

Brochure page, Oldsmobile service, terms and accessories
Brochure page, Oldsmobile cars, giving details of service, payment terms and approved accessories. Date: 1930s

Brochure page, Oldsmobile cars, unisteel turret top bodies by Fisher give you the protection of steel above, steel below and steel on every side. Date: 1930s

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile Eight, showing a stylish green car on a road -- the text suggests that the car is affordable luxury. Date: 1930s

Typographic composing new machine. Engraving by W. Meyer for Artistic Illustration, 1885

White lilies, cross and cup on an Easter card
White lilies, cross and cup on an illuminated manuscript style Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Illuminated manuscript style New Year card, with gothic lettering, verse and flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Illuminated manuscript style Christmas and New Year card, with gothic lettering, snow scene and flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Illuminated manuscript style Christmas card, with gothic lettering, leaves, fruit and holly. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card with the words Best Wishes in mottled green and brown. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Churchs Archmoulded shoes 1948
Stylish, comfortable & practical heeled, lace-up womans shoe: unlined for lightness, perforated for coolness while supporting the arch in its natural place. Date: 1948

Christmas and New Year printed greetings card, from Olive of Daneswood Avenue, Catford, SE London. Date: 1938

Christmas and New Year card with holly and mistletoe
Christmas and New Year card (three pages) with holly and mistletoe, Christmas Cards & Christmas Carols by Alfred Crowquill. Date: circa 1860s

Religious verse with flowers on a Christmas card
Religious verse with yellow flowers, red berries and two butterflies on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Decorative Christmas page design, holly and mistletoe
Decorative page design with a border of holly and mistletoe, Christmas Cards & Christmas Carols by Alfred Crowquill. Date: circa 1860s

Booklet cover, Christmas Carol arranged for four voices
Booklet cover in medieval illuminated manuscript style, Christmas Carol arranged for four voices. Date: circa 1880s

Booklet cover, Our Goose, a Christmas Legend. Date: circa 1880s

Booklet cover, Shall We Gather At The River, the title of a popular American hymn written in 1864. Date: circa 1880s

Business card, Calton Bar, Kobe, Japan
Business card for the Calton (or Carlton) Bar, Sannomiyacho, Kobe, Japan, the finest place in town, with service by more than a dozen beautiful girls

Youth club poster, Beatles night
Youth club poster advertising a Beatles night, alerting the girls in particular to the fact that four Beatle badges must be won. Details will be broadcast on Radio Glastonbury at 8pm. Date: 1960s

Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, Maidenhead
Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, High Street, Maidenhead, with some amazing temporary reductions to three shillings and sixpence, and a four-day turnaround. Date: 20th century

Advertising leaflet for photographic services, offering to produce enlargements for half price during the winter months, as well as postcard reproduction. Date: 20th century

Dutch Dolls ABC
Alphabet made up out of wooden Dutch Dolls Date: 1930s

MɒIMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright
Mɒ IMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright, essayist and Hispanist. Title page of Colomba, 1840. Publication created in Leipzig

God Save the King 1
Black and white lantern slide of the first verse of the National Anthem. Roman typography with a Gothic style title. Part of Box 195 entitled Curtains & Flags Date: circa 1911

God Save the King 2
Black and white lantern slide of the third verse of the National Anthem. Roman typography style.. Part of Box 195 entitled Curtains & Flags Date: circa 1911

Public Library Sign
Public Library sign made from terracotta tiles. Forest Hill Library built 1900. Date: 2011

Poster, Rally Round the Flag, Every Fit Man Wanted. Recruitment poster for the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1915

Greetings from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: 1948

Fruit Label -- text
Fruit Label -- Fine oranges for beautiful girls, red oranges for red lips and no lipstick required, all done by the vitamines [sic] of these oranges. Date: 20th century

Johann Operinus
JOHANN OPERINUS (or OPORINUS) German/Swiss scholar, professor of linguistics and typography. Date: ? - 1568

Newport, Isle of Wight - Greetings from ladies of Newport ! Date: 1907

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1940

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Hollywood, California Date: circa 1940

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Greetings from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1940

Spain (1910). Solidaridad Obrera, publication
" Spain (1910). " Solidaridad Obrera", publication of the Labour Societies. Cover with the news of the Labour National Congress (Barcelona, 4th November 1910)."

PUJADES, Jer󮩭o (1568-1635). Soanish lawyer
" PUJADES, Jer󮩭 o (1568-1635). Soanish lawyer and historian. Main page of the " Semanario Hist󲩣 o Erudito"."

Cover design, Deruluft timetable
Cover design, Deruluft (Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft, LVG), serving Berlin and Moscow. circa 1934

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

Burradon Colliery mining disaster
Report in the Illustrated London News, 10th March 1860, describing the terrible coal mining accident which occurred on 2nd March of that year at Burradon Colliery near Newcastle when a fatal

Grand Centrifugal Railway
Advertising flyer for the Grand Centrifugal Railway, an Extraordinary Novelty, 200 feet long, with a Virtical (sic) Circle, upwards of 40 feet in circumference

Writing Examples
Examples of capital letters as they were supposed to be in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

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