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Durkee’s Allspice “Calls the appetite”

Durkee’s Allspice
“Calls the appetite”

Vaseline Camphor Ice tin, 1940s.

Vaseline Camphor Ice tin, 1940s.

“Dainty white mint candies.”

“Dainty white mint candies.”

Vintage spice packaging.

Vintage spice packaging.

1950s Bowers Old Fashioned Peanut Crunch tin. Photographed at Junk & Disorderly, South Hero, Vermont.

1950s Bowers Old Fashioned Peanut Crunch tin. Photographed at Junk & Disorderly, South Hero, Vermont.

Part of the tea selection at Hong Kong Supermarket. Brooklyn, NY

Part of the tea selection at Hong Kong Supermarket. Brooklyn, NY

Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine, vintage label

Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine, vintage label

Stone’s Original Green Ginger WineThis wine dates back to the founding of Finsbury Distillery in 1740. I’m not sure what year this bottle is from.

Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine
This wine dates back to the founding of Finsbury Distillery in 1740. I’m not sure what year this bottle is from.

My mom gave me this Pyrex Forest Fancies casserole unused in its original box from about 1981. I saved the box artwork because of the pyrex logo and elaborate nature-themed photo styling. The casserole dish is now in use.

My mom gave me this Pyrex Forest Fancies casserole unused in its original box from about 1981. I saved the box artwork because of the pyrex logo and elaborate nature-themed photo styling. The casserole dish is now in use.

karenh: vintage Ohio Blue Tip match cans designed by Saul Bass

karenh:

vintage Ohio Blue Tip match cans designed by Saul Bass

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karenh: vintage paint tins(via The Dieline via Pop Kulture)

karenh:

vintage paint tins
(via The Dieline via Pop Kulture)

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Ruling inks at The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI which is somewhat of a pilgrimage destination for typophiles. This photo was taken on a type nerd field trip with Craig of Twenty Six Types who I co-curate Number of the Day with. We were lucky to be there on a day when Jim Moran, the museum’s Printer+Archivist was in house and had time to tell us some great type history. He’s a walking encyclopedia on wood type and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. The strings in the background are from a c.1895 Hickok Double Bean Paper Ruling Machine, which was used to make ledger and lined paper. Here’s a photo of that ruling machine by Liz Sapp.

Ruling inks at The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI which is somewhat of a pilgrimage destination for typophiles. This photo was taken on a type nerd field trip with Craig of Twenty Six Types who I co-curate Number of the Day with. We were lucky to be there on a day when Jim Moran, the museum’s Printer+Archivist was in house and had time to tell us some great type history. He’s a walking encyclopedia on wood type and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.

The strings in the background are from a c.1895 Hickok Double Bean Paper Ruling Machine, which was used to make ledger and lined paper. Here’s a photo of that ruling machine by Liz Sapp.

Majestic Shoe Polish, Black / c. 1930sFrom the Morningstar series.

Majestic Shoe Polish, Black / c. 1930s
From the Morningstar series.

Top: Higgins red ink, 1930s. Photographed at Morningstar Treasures, where I snapped a series of vintage packages. Bottom: Higgins red ink at my own drawing table, 2004. Interesting side note: The 1930s bottle was manufactured during the time when Higgins Ink was based in the amazing blue mansion at 271 9th St. between 4th and 5th Avenues in Brooklyn, NY. The house was originally built in 1856 and then altered when Charles M. Higgins bought it in 1898. The ink factory building is in the adjacent lot around the corner on 8th St. [More info: Forgotten NY, NYC Architecture, AIA Guide to NYC, Brooklyn Historical Society, GoAntiques]

Top: Higgins red ink, 1930s. Photographed at Morningstar Treasures, where I snapped a series of vintage packages.

Bottom: Higgins red ink at my own drawing table, 2004.

Interesting side note: The 1930s bottle was manufactured during the time when Higgins Ink was based in the amazing blue mansion at 271 9th St. between 4th and 5th Avenues in Brooklyn, NY. The house was originally built in 1856 and then altered when Charles M. Higgins bought it in 1898. The ink factory building is in the adjacent lot around the corner on 8th St. [More info: Forgotten NY, NYC Architecture, AIA Guide to NYC, Brooklyn Historical Society, GoAntiques]

Matchboxes. From the Morningstar series.

Matchboxes. From the Morningstar series.