Hotel Astor Times Square NYC Brochure Promo Pamphlet c1910s-30s Ephemera
The artifact is a multi-panel, printed pamphlet designed to attract and inform prospective guests.
The artifact is a multi-panel, printed pamphlet designed to attract and inform prospective guests.
It has pressure marks/waves, corner dings and staining.
The sheet details the complete Kennerley Series, including the recent addition of Bold and Bold Italic faces, rounding out a collection that also features Roman and Italic variants.
The summons warns of “eternal pickling” and incarceration in “Davy Jones Locker” for disobedience, and it is signed by the mock court officials Peg Leg, Assistant, and Davy Jones, Secretary. The paper has yellowed significantly with age and exhibits moderate foxing, manifesting as small brown age spots scattered across both sides.
This sleeve is sized for paperback books, and you will find that it slides neatly onto any shelf.
You will find that this bookmark makes a small moment of joy, and it adds charm to your reading.
With the Van Gogh name, you will find that it adds a creative flair to any display.
The cover, printed in a restrained palette of dark ink on aged, toned paper, announces its contents with a formal, centered typographic layout. The item stands as a tangible record of the administrative machinery of employee benefits and the paternalistic culture of a bygone industrial era.
It has pressure marks/waves, vertical crease near right edge, corner dings and staining.
The typography is exclusively serif, with variations in weight and size used to create a clear hierarchy of information, and the absence of illustrations or decorative graphics underscores the purely functional, record-keeping purpose of the piece.