Something Different

Is anyone else interested in vintage print and graphic design? Because I am, and therefore plan on posting it; perhaps it can be of use to someone somewhere. :)

All of these are scanned from my dad's collection of old player piano rolls. Some are dated, some are not - any commentary is appreciated! My knowledge about this stuff is very limited; I'm just in love with all these old logo designs.

This is from the endpaper of an actual roll:


And the rest of these are box labels (that's the top of a QRS roll tab there on the first one):

French Postcard

Ironically, this was also found in a flea market in Branson MO, but is a postcard all the way from France!

It even has an oh so convenient date written on it: May 18, 1903.


I don't speak french, so it's difficult to decipher what the writing on the front means. EDIT: My friend Zelda speaks french and was kind enough to translate the little note on the front:

"A SMALL BUNCH OF CHERRIES"
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
(Signature)

Here's the back (Zelda translated the print, it says "This side is reserved exclusively for the (recipient's) address." how fascinating!) - it's addressed to Mademoiselle Louise Fuinon, 3 Rue de La Boétie, Paris, France. I looked up this address on google maps to make sure I'd deciphered the spelling of the place correctly, and you can too! it has an on-street view even, of the building that Miss Louise Fuinon lived in in 1903. And check out that beautiful penmanship - something that typewriters and computers have sadly robbed us of.