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Vintage Book Ads

Friday, December 4, 2009

There’s a lovely essay by Joseph Epstein titled “In and Around Books,” which playfully parses the dedications, acknowledgments, and blurbs that have evolved into an expected part of publishing. To which I would add: ads!
A couple years ago, the New York Times launched its Paper Cuts blog with a fabulous collection of book ads from [...]

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Art, Recently

Friday, April 17, 2009

So far, we’ve talked quite a lot about high art. But what about the history of design, say? Or folk art? Or out-and-out kitsch?
Enter The Museum of Online Museums, a clearinghouse of collections big and small. Sure, they’ve got links to heavy hitters like the Rijksmuseum and The Art Institute of Chicago, but they also [...]

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Why I Love Vintage Advertising

Friday, March 20, 2009

Those of you who have had occasion to visit the Wyoming Humanities Council offices in Laramie have probably noticed that we have the good fortune to host traveling exhibits, especially ones that we’ve helped to fund. Right now, for instance, every time we come to work, we get to look at photographs by Sara Wiles [...]

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