Thursday, April 11, 2013

The name bewilders me, but the fonts enchant, especially on "tomatoes".




Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Ignorance: egregious.  Design: near-flawless.  What does a collector do?  (One purchases bulk lots unknowingly containing beautiful but racist can labels, in this case.)




I'm so fond of vintage Sunkist that sometimes I forget Dole's triumphs in the '20s through '40s.  1938 here:


Approximately 0% of magazine ads produced in the last 50 years are that attractive, if you ask Inflammammal.  And it's not even necessarily the best, just the one I looked at most recently.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

As I've not mentioned it before, and as its packaging is rightfully among the top handful of American commercial design icons:



Postmarked in 1949; the writer notes he is having a "swell" time.


Monday, April 8, 2013

I don't have anything to add to it, today; these German cherries are beautiful.  The leaf edges, too, the gently curling ones.


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Postmarked 1900, "A California Paradox", oranges growing with snowy peaks behind.  (Indeed I live in the greatest state.)