Vintage Beirut
Martyrs Square [1950s] | Copyright Katy Payne
from each brave eye
seems like yesterday
heavy. breath.
etching / aquatint 3.75” x 6.6”
theme: the drive home
mezzotint 4” x 6”
sad
monotype 8” x 10”
Typeverything.com, Alan Mays
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Well done typography, design and signage for The Stronghold denim boutique in Venice (California).
In a city known for its murals, we found this great mural sign for the Standard Tap bar in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia (PA).
Faded hand painted type found in warehouse district in Northern Liberties (Philadelphia, PA).
Found mural of typographic signage for the Trenton China Pottery Co. in Philadelphia’s (PA) old city.
Found faded type on the Neumann Leathers building on Willow St. in Hoboken (N.J.)
Found faded type on abandoned Windsor Wax Co. (est.1923) factory building on Newark St (at Jackson St.) in Hoboken (N.J.)
Found faded type on 1st Street near Washington St. in Hoboken (N.J.).
Goodman’s Haberdashery and Clothing for Men/Boys was established in 1923 and closed in 1990. 1st Street, as far as the eye could see, was the commercial center of Hoboken, and was serviced by a trolley car.
Preserved slab serif type on the 1853 sugar warehouse building in TriBeCa (NY). This was Grocers Steam Sugar Refining Company and was later sold to the United States Sugar Refining Company.
Source: City Realty
The imposing and faded advertisement for TIP TOP TAILORS (c.1914), on RIchmond St. near John St. in Toronto (Ontario). Bell Media Radio presently resides at this location. Tip Top Tailors was a Canadian mens-wear clothing retailer founded in Toronto in 1909 by David Dunkleman.
Source: Wikipedia
A rare faded type find on Richmond St. near John St. in Toronto (Ontario). The GELBER BROS. LIMITED sign is on a 1920s warehouse building that housed the Gelber Brothers Wholesale Woollens & Yard Goods.
Source: Occasional Toronto
Found Art Nouveau carved stone type in the Southam Building name (Montreal, Quebec). This early 1916 structure was the Southam Printing Incorporated building, and is now Southam Lofts.
Another faded type sign of a Tea Company on Duane St. at Greenwich St. (Tribeca, NY).
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