In the 1800's, long before the days of photojournalism and television, colorful up-to-date pictures of news events, portraits of important political and social figures, and scenic views of American na
Full-color mini-sized reproductions of famous American posters from World Wars I and II: "Join the Marines" and "Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man, I’d Join the Navy," by Howard Chandler Christy; "I Want You
Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like greetings from Santa Claus! These antique cards, most of them dating from the turn of the 20th century, offer a unique and jolly way to extend best holiday wishes.
Old-fashioned holiday charm abounds with these collectibles and their colorful portraits of ruddy-cheeked children and Santas. Reproduced directly from rare originals of 1900–30, the images of
24 full-color ready-to-mail cards: young ladies with Coca-Cola, at a Singer sewing machine; kids with Kellogg's cornflakes, Campbell's soup, much more.
Wondrous panorama of the animal kingdom, with detailed reproductions of over 600 rare engravings: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans, insects, some plants — all identified.
Although known primarily for his illustrations, murals, and portraits, Charles Banks Wilson things of himself chiefly as a lithographer. "Lithography," he says, "is what made an artist of me." The 118
Exhibiting the meticulous detail so highly prized among today's collectors, the 24 full-color cards in this captivating collection include now-rare illustrations by two popular artists of the period:
Exquisite depictions of romantically idealized landscapes from woodcut master's superb Fifty-three Stages on the Tokaido. Reproduced from the Collection of the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
This catalog raisonné reproduces 665 black-and-white and 12 color prints. Minnesota-born Adolf Dehn (1895-1968) was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and his prints are in the collections of major
Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese ar
