20150225

_ Hatch Show Print, Nashville Tennessee //



* photos from a quick winter weekend trip to Nashville, Tennessee for some letterpress history//

1. Hatch Show Print Patch
2 – 3. Hatch Show Print Print Shop
4. Hatch Show Print Postcard
5. Vintage wood printing block for Grand Ole Opry Poster
6. Hatch Show Print Circus Poster Detail

20150220

_ Champions of Indiana //







Destination Indiana presented by the Indiana Historical Society brings Indiana's history to life through thousands of images and hundreds of stories about Hoosier heritage including these magnificent old photographs and printed pieces //


1. Civil War era Colton's map of Indiana
2. 1910 Postcard Panorama of Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument and Sky-Scraper District Indianapolis, Indiana
3. 1899 Baist Property Atlas Monument Circle Northeast & Southeast quadrants Indianapolis, Indiana.
4. 1905 View of West Market Street Looking East, Indianapolis, Indiana
5. Ribbon for The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Union veterans of the Civil War 1893 National Encampment Indianapolis, Indiana.
6. Visitor Guide for The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Union veterans of the Civil War 1893 National Encampment Indianapolis, Indiana.
7. May 29, 1945 Letter from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to His Parents
8. 1964 Handbill for the Easter Boycott in Gary
9. 1910 Main Street, Farmersburg ( my home town! )
10. Vigo County Map
11. 1914 “On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away" the Indiana State song written by Paul Dresser 1898
12. 1852 first annual Indiana State Fair diploma
13. 1887 The South Bend Greenstockings



20150213

_ Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown //




 * Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown _Charles M. Schulz  ©1976 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. - one of many Peanuts books from my childhood that inspired me to become an artist //