Kaleidescope: Ad Graphics & Illustrations

From my vintage vault: A wide variety of engaging, charming and eye-grabbing graphics and illustration from 1940s, 50s and 60s advertising.

Close Cover Before Striking

1950s and 1960s Matchbook cover graphics: Ads with a strip of flint.

More Graphic Fun: 1950s, 60s & 70s

A variety of vintage paper items (including box lids, cards and photos) from the 1950s, 60s and 70s that have been glued into my sketchbooks over the past 20 years.

Found Object: Telescope Fish Tank

Somewhere in 1996-1997, this odd photo was taken by my grandfather at my Uncle Kevin's house in Goodyear, Arizona. This snapshot (and others like it) were unearthed yesterday for the first time in ages: found in an envelope that was glued into one of my sketchbooks from this time period. Upon seeing them, I was taken RIGHT BACK to a visit to my grandparents' Staten Island home where I scooped up all their "misfire" vacation shots and said, "Hey... Can I have these?" The answer, of course, was "Yes."