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Informationen zum Autor John Grossman is the owner of one of the world's largest collections of museum-quality artifacts and ephemera from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He is the co-author of A Victorian Scrapbook, Joy to the World, A Victorian Christmas, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, all published by Workman. We Wish You a Merry Christmas has subsequently been republished by Castle Books. Most recently, he is the author of Christmas Curiosities. Klappentext In the late 19th and early 20th centuriees, more than 5 billion cigars were being sold in the United States via boxes with color labels despicting everything from women, animals, and sports icons to actors, heroes, and political figures. These cigar box labels were not only amusing and beatiful to admire; they were a testament to the printing process of chromolithography, and an important precursor to today's methods of product advertising. Labeling America: Popular Culture on Cigar Box Labels showcases the unique collection of artist and ephemera collector John Grossman, which covers 90 years of cigar box labels and bands printed by four generations of George Schlegel Lithographers. What makes this archive special is that the Schlegel company was one of the few lithography companies to keep meticulous sample albums and files showing an unbroken record of American graphic style evolution. Now housed at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, the carefully cataloged Grossman Collection gives a glimpse into life at the turn of the century. This beautifully illustrated volume chronicles these printed slices of American culture and combines them with the history of chromolithography into an interesting story of America's changing tastes and graphic styles. Zusammenfassung Showcases the unique collection of John Grossman which covers 90 years of cigar box labels and bands printed by four generations of George Schlegel Lithographers. This book takes these printed slices of American culture and combines them with the history of chromolithography to present the story of America's changing tastes and graphic standards. ...
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John Grossman is the owner of one of the world's largest collections of museum-quality artifacts and ephemera from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He is the co-author of A Victorian Scrapbook, Joy to the World, A Victorian Christmas, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, all published by Workman. We Wish You a Merry Christmas has subsequently been republished by Castle Books. Most recently, he is the author of Christmas Curiosities.
