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House Industries advertising cards and box
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 2011-205
Abstract:
House Industries is a type foundry in Yorklyn, Delaware which specializes in creating fonts for billboards, greeting cards, logos and a variety of other media. The collection is a set of nine advertising cards promoting House Industries and its United typeface.
Dates:
2006
Original commercial art album
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 2000-220
Abstract:
Commercial art, or advertising art, is art created for an enterprise to communicate reasons to buy goods and services, to create a recognizable logo, or to detail the correct performance of a task. This album consists of examples of original commercial art including lettering, letterheads, labels, a postcard, point-of-sale advertising, newspaper advertising, sketches of people, color separation examples, and a drawing of tableware.
Dates:
circa 1940
