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22 x 17 inches. 28 broadsides, including two duplicates. White stock printed in two additional colors. Condition varies, with some posters showing only minor wear but the majority with marginal chips, loss, and/or tears; old tape repair to verso some; significant dampstaining to three posters.
A collection of posters most likely issued during WWII, encouraging workers to use safety precautions, be efficient, work together, be responsible during off hours, and even smile at coworkers. All of the posters were illustrated by Stan Randall, an artist who studied under Norman Rockwell and worked on early gag and humor comics like "Alfy Elephant" and "Slim Pickins". Randall also did the newspaper feature "Right Around Home" for two years in the 1950s, was an assistant on "Ripley's Believe it or Not", and did numerous commercial comic strips and promotional art.
Randall's comic strip background shines clear in a series of eight posters (plus one of the duplicates) featuring two workers named Spec and Lumpy,… Read More

[Dayton, Ohio], Circa 1909. Very Good. 5-1/2" x 3". Five unused divided-back postcards. White cardstock illustrated in halftone from photographs to recto. Light wear and some soiling/staining; scuff to one card, slightly affecting image. An set of begging cards depicting the treatment of Alonzo Souslin for a broken neck, including pictures of his wife and young son and his address at the base of each card. The cards are titled as follows: "As Removed from Miami Valley Hospital to Wife and Baby," with an image showing Souslin in a full torso and head cast; "A Warm Back," showing Souslin in a back, neck and head brace; "Their Only Support," showing Souslin in the brace beside his wife and son; "As I Will Have to Go," showing Souslin in the brace and wearing a suit; and "Will Papa Ever Be Able to Buy Me Any More Toys?" showing Souslin's 2-year-old son, Marion, with a few scattered toys as props.According to the cards, Souslin had his neck broken on October 23, 1906, while he was decorating the new… Read More

[New York]: [National Interim Committee for a Mass Party of the People], (n. d.). Good+. Circa 1973. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". 22, [2] pp. Green stapled self-wrappers printed in black, with signed note laid in from signer of the open letter Ted Glick, from the Committee to Support Puerto Rican Independence. B/w illustrations by Peg Averill throughout. Light vertical crease throughout; light staining/spotting to fore-edge. ALs from Ted Glick is dated simply "Jan 8" and reads: "Friends - I saw your Peoples Thanksgiving poem in Notes & thought I'd send you a present after your gift to all us readership! Thanks a lot / Ted Glick."Not found in OCLC.