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Lettering: Trademarks, September 10, 1935
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office(Next post on Monday)
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Studio J at Continuity Associates
In the late 1970s I rented a table at Continuity Associates, 9 East 48th Street, New York City. Several months later a room was offered to me and I took it. The elevator stopped at the third floor and...
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Anatomy of a Logo: Toy Boy
In 1979 Neal Adams’ New Heroes Portfolio featured six characters, Toy Boy, Crazy Man, Titan, Ms. Mystic, Shaman, and King Tut. Neal also drew the logos. A few months later Neal planned to launch a...
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Street Scene: Sunset Play Center
•NEWYORKCITY•Sunset Park, 7th Avenue near 42nd Street, Brooklyn(Next post on Monday: Victor Moscoso,1950s Student, Artist and Athlete)
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Creator: Victor Moscoso, 1950s Student, Artist and Athlete
“It was the neighborhood of the junior high school I went to—Kane Street, Thompson turf. It’s now called Cobble Hill.” —Victor Moscoso, in the Paris Review, on his Brooklyn neighborhood. There is a...
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1926 Tyee Yearbook
University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington(Next post on Monday: Zain-Eppy)
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Comics: Zain-Eppy
Zain-Eppy was the publisher of Famous Comics, a comic book given away free to promote a product. The contents were reprints of popular comic strips. Zain-Eppy filed a trademark application for Famous...
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Lettering: Trademarks, September 17, 1935
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office(Next post on Monday: Charles F. Arcieri)
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Comics: John and Marie Severin
John Powers Severinborn December 26, 1921, Jersey City, New Jersey1925 New York, State Census454 86th Street, Brooklyn, New YorkName / Age / OccupationJohn Severin, 31, accountantMargaret Severin,...
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Creator: Charles F. Arcieri
Charles Frank Arcieri was born on November 11, 1884, in San Francisco, California. His full name and birth date were on his World War I draft card. Arcieri’s birthplace was identified in American Art...
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Creator: John Martin is Morgan van Roorbach Shepard
John Martin is the pseudonym of Morgan van Roorbach Shepard according to a profile published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York), March 22, 1925. Shepard was born on April 8, 1865, in Brooklyn, New...
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Lettering: Trademarks, September 24, 1935
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office(Next post on Monday: Abe Kanegson, Letterer)
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Comics: Abe Kanegson, Letterer
Abe Kanegson was born Abram Chininson on September 1 or 6, 1921, in Lubobin, Poland. Kanegson’s original family name was recorded on his mother’s Petition for Naturalization at Ancestry.com. The...
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Street Scene: Garment Wear Arcade
• N E W Y O R K C I T Y •307 West 36 Street near 9th Avenue, Manhattan(Next post on Monday: Trademarks, October 1, 1935)
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Lettering: Trademarks, October 1, 1935
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office(Next post on Monday)
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Street Scene: Dairy Supply Company Limited
• LONDON•35 Little Russell Street; The Cartoon Museum is moving.(Next post on Monday: 1930 Tyee Yearbook)
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Lettering: Trademarks, October 8, 1935
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office(Next post on Monday: The Gettysburg Address)
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Typography: The Gettysburg Address
The American PrinterFebruary 20, 1918Design by Frederic and Bertha GoudyA Chinese Union soldier fought at Gettyburg. (Next post on Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving)
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